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Global Issues / Citizen Voices Contest
Global Issues/Citizen Voices Contest
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is partnering with Helium to get your voice heard on the most pressing issues of the day. We want to know your thoughts on questions raised by Pulitzer Center-sponsored reporting projects around the globe – and the winning essays will be showcased on the Pulitzer Center’s website and on Helium. Winning writers will also receive a Pulitzer Center Citizen Journalist Award.
Check out the Pulitzer Center’s resources available in the left and right columns of this page. Be sure to click on the “see all” tab in the bottom right corner, as in some cases there are more articles available than displayed here. When selecting the winners from the top 10 ranked entries on Helium, the Pulitzer Center especially values vivid, well-articulated essays that reflect unusual insight, a clear point of view and, where appropriate, original reporting. Anything fictionalized or not based on the writer’s own observations should be clearly marked as such in the body of the text.
Articles below are peer ranked for quality and written on the same subject.
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"You're going to the Caribbean!" the radio announcer shouts to the lucky caller on the other end of the line, who is audibly ecstatic.
In the "vacation a day giveaway" that took place this past winter, on air, in Philadelphia, Pa; the coveted prize was a trip to the Caribbean. Local listeners were enticed by the prospect of escaping the winter weather. In the States, the Caribbean is synonymous with paradise. U.S. tourists are drawn to the pristine beaches, beautiful, blue skies, and tropical temperatures
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Paradise
Small hands clasp a cold glass of water on a typical summer day in the Caribbean. Large eyes anticipate eagerly the candy that is being passed around the room. The room is strewn with bed pans, very outdated hospital beds, and the only noise that can be heard is the crinkling of the candy wrappers. The child, all of 52 pounds stares blankly out a glassless window. The tropical breeze blows her blond hair, or at least what is left of it. If you look closely in the reflection of her eyes you
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Global Warning 2008 AD: Potential HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Countries
In the year 2008, Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean and rightly so. Many people are also becoming more and more aware of the threat of HIV/AIDS, in many other countries of the world, as there is no country which remains exempt from the threat of this devastating disease, which is gradually running rampant throughout the world.
The people who live in Caribbean countries are
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"Out of sight, out of Mind". Sadly I feel many Americans fail to act on serious issues until they are knocking at their own door. Perhaps someone they know, or even worse, a member of the family will contract this terrible disease from something as simple as a blood transfusion? They were not gay, and they did not contract it from a prostitute. Then it seems these people who have had their heads in the sand become passionate activists. That is all great but what about now? Why does it usually have
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The Caribbean, Dominican Republic, and Haiti receive US dollars to help fight AIDS. These countries have "sex tourism". The US President's Emergency Plan (PEPFAR) for AIDS relief spent $6.4 million, on individuals that condemn sex work $55 million in US dollars from PEPFAR flowed into organizations and agencies in Haiti. Critics state the pledge to condemn sex work reduces aid to those most at risk.
The rates of infection are dropping, Dr. Jean Pape (2007)states two reasons in decrease in HIV ...read more
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by Sarah Dohl
"In a small town not far from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad & Tobago, pastel colored wood houses perch on green hills. The networks of unpathed paths mark the gathering places for children of the village. Two of them are Natalie and Sade who lost their mother to AIDS. But until recently they had no idea if they had contracted the disease from her" (www.un.org, Kids and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean).
And although I have never seen these colored houses, or the smiles of two little girls named
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by Petra Newman
"No man is an island; entire of itself . . . any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." (John Donne 1572-1631)
The words were written almost four-hundred years ago during the Renaissance era, when the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) raged throughout Europe.
Today, four-hundred years later, another plague is ravaging the world; a pandemic where death is once again a constant companion of the living. HIV/AIDS;
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As a respected and recognized global leader with the backing of a strong democratic government, monetary and scientific resources, United States America can have a great impact in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS in third world countries. If the United States was concerned enough to immerse themselves in the political and economical plight of the Middle East as a concern for the safety of American citizens, then it is imperative that the fight against HIV/AIDS should be equally very important for
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An increase in AIDS cases, anywhere, is a public health threat. It is a threat not only to the country or region or continent where it is found, but to the United States and any developed nation participating in global exchange. Americans should be concerned enough to follow the simple measures needed to prevent the spread of HIV infection, to support research that investigates alternative treatments that can replace the current ones when they are outdated, and to encourage basic health measures
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by Susan Gosine
HIV/AIDS is not indigenous to the Caribbean. Nor does it belong to America. Like most diseases that threaten human health worldwide, it has found its way into homes in these regions, ferried from one country to another in blood and sexual fluids by many unsuspecting carriers.
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Tourism and Trade between the Caribbean and the USA are modes of transport for this notorious serial killer. More than 20 million visitors travel back and forth between these regions annually. Idyllic beaches and tropical climate
