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FUNDRAISER REACHES WORLD'S NEEDY - 2003-05-24

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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Date: 
Saturday, 2003, May 24
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More than 60,000 people in 10 cities expected to take part in Partnership Walk. Helping women in India develop business and marketing plans to sell their traditional beadwork for fair wages was an eye-opening experience for Fatima Sachedina, who spent seven months in a program sponsored by Aga Khan Foundation Canada.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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Canada NewsWire - English - FUNDRAISER REACHES WORLD'S NEEDY - 2003-05-24

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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Source: 
www.newswire.ca/releases/May2003/25/c5257.html

The 19th annual World Partnership Walk raised more than $3 million today and brought together tens of thousands of people in cities across Canada to fight global poverty. The Walk, the largest event of its kind in Canada, raised record funds and brought out more Canadians than ever looking for a way to make a difference in developing countries.

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Fundraiser reaches world's needy More than 60,000 people in 10 cities expected to take part in Partnership Walk - 2003-05-24

Posted February 25th, 2010 by heritage
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Helping women in India develop business and marketing plans to sell their traditional beadwork for fair wages was an eye-opening experience for Fatima Sachedina, who spent seven months in a program sponsored by Aga Khan Foundation Canada.Ms. Sachedina was sent to work in Ahmedabad, in the province of Gujarat in India, as part of the AKFC's International Microfinance and Microenterprise fellowship in September, 2001.

Canada NewsWire - Français - FUNDRAISER REACHES WORLD'S NEEDY - 2003-05-24

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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Source: 
www.newswire.ca/releases/May2003/25/c5260.html

La 19e édition de la Marche des Partenaires mondiaux a permis de recueillir plus de 3 millions de dollars aujourd'hui et de rassembler des milliers de gens dans plusieurs villes du pays, sous la bannière de la lutte contre la pauvreté dans le monde. La Marche - événement le plus grand de son genre au Canada - a recueilli une somme record grâce à la plus grande participation jamais enregistrée à ce jour de Canadiennes et Canadiens à la recherche d'un moyen de faire la différence dans les pays en développement.

Canada NewsWire - English - FUNDRAISER REACHES WORLD'S NEEDY - 2003-05-24

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
in
Source: 
www.newswire.ca/releases/May2003/25/c5257.html

The 19th annual World Partnership Walk raised more than $3 million today and brought together tens of thousands of people in cities across Canada to fight global poverty. The Walk, the largest event of its kind in Canada, raised record funds and brought out more Canadians than ever looking for a way to make a difference in developing countries.

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