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19 young people from developing countries hitchhike through Denmark to explore and discuss welfare and poverty.
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Rich but still poor
A story about home, sweet home
Clean water - a human right
Youth must fight for a positive image
A day in school with Gonzalo
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Rich but still poor
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By Njabulo Moyo If you are looking for rich and “happy” people in the world then visit Denmark the land were education and health are for free. Rich people are not always happy as most of them leave empty lives without a meaning as they don’t...
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A story about home, sweet home
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BY Saumu Sheiza - Tanzania On the picture: Gonzalo, Saumu and Peace It was surpricing visiting a center for homeless people in Odense called Ågården, as I have never seen something like paid for by the state. The center takes care of people...
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Clean water - a human right
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By Samba Diallo, Mauritania When I first looked at the map of our jouney, visiting Langeland has excited me the most. I come from Mauretania where water is to fight for. Famillies travel miles and miles seeking rain or any drop of water somewhere in the...
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Youth must fight for a positive image
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By Rachel Gondo (Zimbabwe) In the bus on my way to Vollsmose I was told that it’s a ghetto. The bus was full of immigrant-looking people, and I expected Vollsmose to be an overpopulated area with rowdy youth patrolling the streets. To my surprise...
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A day in school with Gonzalo
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By Gonzalo Chavarria, Nicaragua On the picture: Gonzalo Today at 8:00 AM I visited Sundhojskolen in Svendborg where I had to teach some classes about my country Nicaragua. The school building looked more like a hotel because of the size and the many ...
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Men are all the same
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By Laura Wache, Mozambique In Denmark we visited an instituition called Mandecentret (the Men Centre) in Aarhus that deals with men in crisis situations. I was quite surprised to hear about a centre for men, since I am from Mozambique and there I have...
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Young politicians should rule the world
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By Collins Odhiambo, Nairobi, Kenya On the picture Collins Odhiambo, Nairobi, Kenya Today I visited a Municipality Hall where I met an only 22 year old politician from the Social Democratic Party. What a surprise! In Kenya nobody will accept a young Bachelor...
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No woman should die while giving life
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STORY BY LIZZIE CHIHANA (on the picture), a pregnant women (5th month) from Zambia hitchhiking around Denmark tracing welfare. As we sat down after dinner during coffee my host family asked me about the health system back home in Zambia which is in the...
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Danish way of dressing is a surprise
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BY: Poverty Alfred Taban (Sudan) Short skirts, tight trousers, shorts, and tops - I was choked and surprised when I first saw the Danish women way of dressing in real life, because women in southern Sudan may end up being arrested or even rapped by young...
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Only healthy souls can develop a society
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By Apayi Nasab Peace, Uganda On the picture Peace, Rachel and Saumu The other day I visited a Danish hospital. I was amazed with the facilities – clean beds, free food, lots of nurses and plenty of space for the patients to feel comfortable. This...
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Public toilets are not for free
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By John Mulingwa, Kenya Picture taken by Njabulo Moyo On the picture John Mulingwa As a public toilet operator in Nairobi, Kenya, I never imagined that there would be pay toilets in Denmark. I was really surprised to find out that indeed there are public...
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Send me to prison, please!!
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By Grasia Maria Banegas Estrada, Honduras Here I am lying in my bed, considering seriously committing vandalisim in Demark. Nothing that requires blood, just something that will keep me locked up for at least a year. Recently, I visited a Danish institution...
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Pre-experiencing Danish winter
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By Lucy Fondo (Kenya) A Kenyan winter is a Danish summer. This early morning in Hirsthals is cold and rainy day and we are going to a fish auction on the harbour. Due to the weather the amount of fish today are not overwhelming but the technology is devastating...
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Even children can be made by machines
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By Sony Valentino, South Sudan. When visiting a fertility clinic in Brædstrup yesterday I realized that having a child is not something to do with man and woman alone but we can get children also by machines and this can help people who are not...
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Why the danes suffer from pshychiatric problems
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By John Mulingwa Picture painted by Luis Marcussen better know as the artist Ovartaci, who was hospitalised for 56 years at the psychiatric hospital in Risskov, which was the first psychiatric hospitals in Denmark (1852). The hospitals founders believed...
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