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We all know that there are so many things that could be put to good use here. But it's important to only send things that are appropriate for this conservative culture. It is very expensive to ship and distribute items so here is the critical information before you get out the boxes. Information for all shipments: Please consider including in your donation an Epson PictureMate print pack (T5570) which includes 50 printing photo sheets and color cartridge. We take pictures during distribution visits and can print from a portable Epson printer in the field. Pictures we can take and give out become treasures for Afghan families. Around $30/each. Wrapped hard candies are a wonderful addition – nothing perishable or meltable please! Information for all clothing shipments: Think SKIN – they cover it up… no bathing suits, shorts, sleeveless blouses, and nightgowns. Nothing that needs mending or washing because remote villagers don't have the necessary resources. No underwear unless it is brand new. Please avoid items with large logos. Some cartoon characters can be ok for children, but most of our t-shirts featuring company or place advertisements are inappropriate. Think FLEECE, FLEECE, FLEECE, and more FLEECE. Think waterproof rain jackets, down, or poly-filled ski Bib Overalls – all sizes. Think Wind blocker Jackets. In the mountains the temperatures are beyond freezing with wind-chill. Please categorize by Gender. Items can be mixed in the box but then categorize by sizes. Ie: Girls – Toddler, S,M,L – or if more specific by age like 4-8, 10-14, teen. Information for infant clothing shipments: Everything that you can think of they need. Think baby shower – swaddling blankets, fleece sleeping traveling bags, diapers and rubber pants, Desican rash cream, Bag Balm can or similar, sleeping hats, any clothes. Information for girls' clothing shipments: Underwear if new, bras if Plain cotton – no lacy stuff, no Victoria Secret ANYTHING! Long sleeved anything, sweatshirts, shirts, sweaters cardigan or button or zip (make sure zippers work!) No holes please. Pants – all long, no shorts. Pants can be any washable material, patterned – they mix and match – or not at all! They love, love, love party dresses! Any holiday dresses that have been worn once and given away because it’s outgrown is great. They wear these dresses every day of the week, or on special occasions like “Eid”. They are darling! The younger girls can wear short sleeved. Sweatshirts, Jackets, Vests, Hats, Scarves, Mittens, Gloves. SOCKS, SOCKS, and more SOCKS – most don’t have shoes, they wear “flipper slip-ons” or sandals and socks. Without the socks – they are barefooted in winter. No jeans for girls. Information for boys' clothing shipments: Underwear like “Fruit of the Loom” cotton with matching t-shirts. – Make a set. Blue Jeans OKAY – make sure the zippers and buttons work. – no holes, rips please even if it is the “fashion”. Sweatshirts, Jackets, Vests, Hats, Scarves, Mittens, Gloves. Shoes in good condition, tennis shoes, and boots – these kids walk everywhere and go through shoes like you wouldn’t believe. Most kids will walk 4 miles every day to go to school in each direction! SOCKS, SOCKS, and more SOCKS – most don’t have shoes, they wear “flipper slip-ons” or sandals and socks. Without the socks – they are barefooted in winter. Information for women's clothing shipments: BIG Bulky Sweaters, button, zip, or pullover are great. The longer the better. Car coat length. Loose pants, dark colors are safe. – Nothing like jeans, leggings, tight sweat pants. But loose sweatshirt material pants can be worn under their dresses. Like everyone else – heavy wool, or heavy cotton socks, warm up socks that are bulky. Shoes but think rural mud/dusty village compounds. – and easy to slip on and off. No one wears shoes in the house, so they are constantly taking them off. Everyone turns down the heel. FLEECE vests, sweaters, jackets. In general go for the large , XL. XXL as women will wear big and bulky. Information for men's clothing shipments: Often men are the most left out – but they need it just as much. They are the ones who must go out, and walk miles. They are in the elements more than anyone. They are the people that are the caretakers for our orphans and guards for our villages. These are the men that take care of their families no matter what. They are just as vulnerable if not more! WINTER Face hoodies – like the ski masks. Or Military mountain face and head gear. We need as many of those as you can possibly supply. Down or poly-filled jackets – as long as possible (covering the butt!) it’s freezing! And they are outdoors sometimes all night. Ski Bib Overalls for cold. Rain ponchos. Working Coveralls, or jacket/pants like the “Carharts”. These can be life saving in our winters. Ski gloves, working gloves. Scarves. Wool or heavy cotton socks – as many as possible. Wool Vests mostly large size. Shoes, hiking boots, working boots, tennis shoes – again, they walk and work the most and their shoes are either falling apart or not at all. Some where a little rubber slip boot that only goes up to their ankles and have no support. – Just think sturdy. In general go for the large , XL, XXL as most of the men can wear large or more even if they are medium. Information for school supply shipments: EQUAL Amounts of everything! In distribution to children and communities everyone needs everything and it can easily get out of control if there is unfair, unequal, or looks like anyone is left out. Therefore, if a school has a registered count of 500, for instance, we will wait until there are 500 packets or whatever. The following items should accompany each other or it makes no sense to distribute as the families will have no way to make up for what is missing. Important: Include in every box of school supplies several boxes of the real “ZIP LOCK GALLON FREEZER” Bags. We need this to re-bag all the individual packets for each child for a seamless fair distribution. Pencils - If you have a single pencil count – such as 1000 pencils, please include 1000 eraser tops, 1000 sharpeners. If you are collecting BOXES of pencils, make sure for every pencil in every box has the eraser tips and sharpeners. Don’t send us boxes and single pencils unless everything equals out. Thank YOU! However, Boxes of “Golf Pencils” is very much appreciated for “little hands”. Crayon Boxes – they can be different manufacturers but please keep the “count” the same. ie: 12 crayons per box, 24 crayons per box, etc. DON’T ask for crayon boxes. Specify exactly and the count. Scissors – preferable one per child, but if this is too much, we can make up ART boxes, or Teacher boxes that have maybe 60 scissors for one class at a time. Glue Sticks – at least 60 for a class, preferable one per child. Notebooks are the most important. Large 8x14, spiral or tear off is fine. ONE per child. They have no opportunity or money to buy paper. Kids save their notebooks, don’t use them because they don’t want it to be gone. TWO per child is even better – sometimes the parent will take it. Teacher Boxes -  Rolling Ball Liquid Pens, preferable to Bic (those dry out for some reason). Tape (masking and regular rolls of tape) scissors, paper clips, colored tacks, art stencils, stickers for good work, sticky pads, Notebooks, Marking pens (thick and thin) Chalk and eraser, Mechanical graphite pencil refills, stapler with box of staples. Art supplies: All the colored construction paper you can send in different sizes. Suggestion: Go to your local Art store, framing store. Usually they “throw out” at the end of the day huge quantities of framing paper – for example. If one of their customers comes in to have a picture framed, they buy the board, a machine cuts out the opening (like an oval shape)… the oval insert is thrown away, and the rest of the board they purchased minus the “Picture Frame”. You will be amazed at the quantity of waster and wonderful free colored and great paper for construction art projects. Please take the time to research this, tell the manager what you are doing and they usually will make a box to save these things for you. They will tell what day to pick it up, or to come at the end of the day. This is a great resource of waste product! Also ask for left-overs of other supplies that may be opened for when they make displays and there are left over boxes of things like glitter, paint, whatever. Send us poster paint, big Paint Brushes and we will make Identifying Donor Poster Boards as we distribute so you can see where it went and they see the donor! Principal Boxes: Desk supplies, Plastic Blow up Globes, set of stationery, pens or whatever you can think. It really makes a nice gift. Teaching Aids; As many maps as you can send. Maps of the World Maps of Afghanistan Maps of the Region Plastic Blow UP Globes – (lightweight and flat when shipped but a great teaching tools Books: Eyewitness series of Country books – they are mostly pictures and very simple English. “Dick and Jane” English books – very simple… any preschool picture books – good for teaching: Nouns, Numbers, Colors, Shapes, Animals, Birds, Plants etc. All the simple English books with pictures are great. Videos: - Movies that are educational – or Disney type entertaining, or documentaries like “March of the Penguins” Sesame Street series, Baby Einstein – entertaining and educational Animal Kingdom The Sciences: all about the ocean, mountains, stars, planets etc. National Geographic videos Discovery Channel. Other donation ideas: Used or new watches. Everyone needs one, not many have them. Ask friends, classrooms, entire schools, your workplace, to have a used watch give-away week. Ask them to bring a working watch – please make sure they understand they must be working – we don’t have batteries. Everyone in the US has several watches – give one away. These make great “incentive” gifts to students, teachers, workers, or just to give to kids on the streets. I am surprise how many people will go out and just buy a new watch – and some are really quite nice like the “Swiss Watches”. Pocket watches are a prized and esteemed gift to a village elder! Ideas for collecting donations: Go to your local sporting goods store, ask for last years leftovers from the corporate office – anything that is camping gear related fits into the daily life of rural villagers. Ask for mis-sized products, returned, ripped (and then mend it) Ask for anything that can be a corporate donation. Tents, Rain Ponchos. Garage sales at the end of the day – cheap! Go to your local Hardware store and look for Men’s outdoor yellow rubber work jacket and pants – any size. I’ve purchased them for as little as $10 on sale and it’s a great thing to give someone because they all work outdoors cutting wood, hauling things etc. Go to factory outlets – ask for corporate donations – a lot of times they will give away truckloads one time a year with a “letter”. Go to “BIG DOG” online, or if there is a local store near you. They do this and it’s easy. Think Patagonia, REI, Big 5, etc. Go to Ski Swap Meets – things left at the end of the day are pretty cheap or will give away if they know what it’s for! Go to garage sales, estate sales, St. Vincent De Paul, Goodwill, Church Bazaars – ask for the left-overs, not sold items – or buy nice but cheap. Have a “Baby Shower for Afghan Babies” and have all your guests bring new/used from friends their outgrown baby clothes. Go to your local hospital find out who your local “midwife, Lamaze trainers are” They know EVERYONE who has had babies and they are a great resource for collection! When you're finally ready - Essential Packing Instructions: In EACH box, include boxes of Hefty Steel Plastic bags – we will re-pack depending on the type of distribution. Please write out your own “Packing Slip” that is slipped in a plastic see-through baggie taped on the outside of the shipping box so that we don’t need to open the box just to know the contents. Boxes should weigh no more than 50-55 pounds. In each box please tell us who you are! DO NOT, and I mean DO NOT write Kabul Afghanistan anywhere in the address. It only serves to confuse and misroute items through the US military system. Use the following address EXACTLY: Line 1 - WIDS (POC Cell # 0799-774671) Line 2 - c/o Kathleen Rafiq Line 3 - APO, AE Line 4 - 09356 What you can expect to receive in return: Letters of Receipt Pictures of distribution if possible Distribution to “Rural Children, schools, and communities” Organized, fair, and equitable distribution according to your donations and collections. Heartfelt thanks If you also send us some “Poster Paint” and big brushes, we can paint signs of who this is from, and the village we are distributing to so that the pictures will reflect the event. If you have any questions, please contact Kathleen Rafiq. home  |  programs | photos  |  events  |  media  |  contribute  |  resources  |  contact

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Afghan Widows Still Receiving Monthly Rations From CARE

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 15: Afghan orphans fasting during the last week of Ramadan pray at the Allauddin Orphanage September 15, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Boys older than 10 are expected to fast during the holy month, there are 190 boys and 60 girls at the government run orphange. Kabul remains relatively peaceful as Afghan President Hamid Karzai leads by a large margain presently in the controversial presidential polls, with partial results issued by election officials. Presently, out of 5,545,149 valid votes from 92.82 percent of the country's polling stations, Karzai has 3,009,559 and Abdullah Abdullah, former foreign minister, has 1,558,591, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said.

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Sep 15, 2009

fall and winter garden veggies

his garden contains the following baby organic plants:
Red Russian kale x10
Green borecole x10
Cavolo nero kale x10
Winter green cabbage x10
Spring green cabbage x10
Green frills mustard x10
Calabrese x10
Turnip x10
Winter purslane x10
Corn salad x10
Chinese leaf, tatsoi x10
Spring onions x20
Winter lettuce x30
Broad beans x10

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So now I'm going to introduce to a few foods that our ancestors would have regularly eaten.They would have eaten fresh seasonal greens, up to 70% of their diets. That's a massive difference in comparison to what we eat, most of the time there's a pile of potatoes/pasta, a pile of meat (sometimes but not enough times fish) and veg/salad on the side. Well veg/salad shouldn't be 'on the side' - it should be right in the middle along with a pile of fresh herbs'.

People used to eat forty to seventy differnt kinds of 'herb' in their 'sallets' or salads. Including:-Dandelion, lemon balm, mint, lavender, hyssop, feverfew, nettles, marigold, plaintain, hawthorn leaves, blackberry(bramble) leaves, beech leaves, fennel, chickweed, chamomile, borage, ramsons (wild garlic), Linden Flowers, Burdock, Marshmallow, Meadowsweet, Wild Marjoram/oregano, Cleavers, Rose, Red Clover, Sage, Thyme, Yarrow, Yellow Dock root, Wild Lettuce.

I've purposely picked things that we don't have in our diets that people would have once eaten 'regularly'; and this is what they're good for:-

Dandelion - (Use root, stem leaves and flowers) Liver tonic, promotes bile flow, diuretic ( make syou pee ), mildly laxative, antirheumatic, purifies blood, clears skin disorders

Lemon Balm - (Leaves and flowering tops) Antioxidant, antihistamine, carminative, antispasmodic, antiviral, anti-bacterial, nerve relaxant, anti-depressive, stimulates bile flow, lowers blood pressure, use for anxiety, depression, stress, flatulence, indigestion, insomnia.

Mint - (Leaves and flowers) Antispasmodic, digestive tonic, prevents vomiting, carminative, peripheral vasodilator, promotes sweating, promotes bile flow, analgesic, stimulates liver and gall baldder function. Used in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, travel sickness, fevers, colds, flu, and to improve the appetite

Lavender - (Leaves, stems and flowering tops) Relaxant, antispasmodic, anti-depressive, nervous system tonic, circulatory stimulant, anti bacterial, antiseptic, carminative, promotes bile flow. Used for colic, depression, exhaustion, indigestion, insomnia, stress, tension headaches.
Hyssop - (Leaves and flowering tops) Antispasmodic, expectorant, promotes sweating, mild pain killer, diuretic, antiviral against herpes simplex, reduces phlegm, soothing digestive. uses for asthma, bronchitis, colds, coughs, influenza, fevers, flatulence.

Feverfew- (Leaves) Anti-inflammatory, dilates blood vessels, digestive. Uses for preventing migraine headaches, inflammatory arthritis. Avoid use inpregnancy as it stimulates the uterus. Fresh leaves may cause mouth ulcers in sensitive people.

Stinging Nettle -(Leaves, flowers and root) Astringent, blood tonic, circulatory, stimulant, diuretic, eliminates uric acid fromthe body, nutrient (high in iron, chlorophyll andVit C), promotes milk in breast feeding, (root is astringent and diuretic). Uses - a general, everyday nourishing tonic, for iron deficiency, aneamia, gout, kidney stones, as a blood tonic in pregnancy, diabetes, poor circulation and chronic skin disease. The root has a strong action on the urinary system and is useful for water retention, kidney stones, urinary tract infection, cystitis/prostate inflammation, and swelling.

Marigold/calendula - (Petals) Astringent, antiseptic, antifungal, heals wounds, menstrual regulator, stimulates bile production. Acts as an aid to digestion and as a general tonic, eases menopausal problems, period pain, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gall bladder problems, indigestiona and fungal infections

Plaintain - (Leaves) Anti -bacterial, soothingexpectorant, provides mucilage rich protection to digestive tract, nutrient, antihistamine, astringent. Uses for coughs, bronchitis, allergies, IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome, gastric ulcer.Hawthorn (Leaves and flowering tops, fruits) heart Tonic, improves circulatory function. Used for angina, hypertension, poor circulation. Consult Doctor if using other heart medicine before using this.

Beech (Young Leaves (I eat a lot and they're fine and tasty), and Seeds (not eaten in large quantities) The bark is antacid, antipyretic, antiseptic, antitussive, expectorant, odontalgic. A tar (or creosote), obtained by dry distillation of the branches, is stimulating and antiseptic. It is used internally as a stimulating expectorant and externally as an application to various skin diseases. The pure creosote has been used to give relief from toothache, but it should not be used without expert guidance. The plant is used in Bach flower remedies - the keywords for prescribing it are 'Intolerance', 'Criticism' and 'Passing judgements'.

Fennel-(Leaves and seeds) soothing diuretic, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, soothing digestive, promotes milk flow, mild expectorant. used for indigestion, flatulence, increasing milk in breastfeeding, relieves colic in babies when taken by nursing mother, used directly for colic, coughs. Avoid high doses in preegnancy because it is a uterine stimulant

Chickweed - (Leaves, flowers, roots and stems) Anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, astringent, heals wounds, demulcent. Uses for rheumatism, constipation, mucus in the lungs, cpoughs, colds, tumors and blood disorders. Externally for eczema, psoriasis and other skiin conditions (along with Marigold/calendula)

Ramsons/wild garlic - (leaves and bulbs) Anti microbial, antibiotic, cardio-protective, hypotensive, anti-carciongen, promotes sweating, reduces blood pressure, anti coagulant, lowers blood cholestrol levels, lowers blood sugar levels, expectorant, digestive stimulant, diuretic, anti-histaminic, antiparasitic. Uses - garlic inhibits cancer cell formation and proliferation. It lowers serum total and low density lipoprotein cholestorol in humans and reduces the tendency of the blood to clot, reducing the risk of blocked arteries and heart disease. An antioxidant and immuno boster. Strongly antibiotic and anti inflammatory. a ghood wound medicine. it protects organs from damage induced by synthetic drugs, chemical pollutants and the effects of radiation.

Borage - (leaves and flowering tops) Adrenal gland restorative, expectorant, increases milk in breast feeding. Uses for coughs, depression, streess, to strengthen adrenal glands after medical treatment with corticosteroid drugs.

Burdock-(Leaves, Stalk, Seeds, Root)- Leaf is Mild Laxative, diuretic. Root is mild laxative, antirheumatic, antibiotic, diaphoretic, diuretic, alterative, a skin and blood cleanser, burdock stimulates urine flow and sweating. root and seed s are soothing, demulcent, tonic, used to soothe kidneys and relieve lymphatics. It is a cleansing, eliminative remedy, helping to remove toxins that cause skinproblems like eczema, acne, rashes and boils, digestiove sluggishness, arthritic pains, supports liver, lymphatic glands and digestive system. The seeds prevent fever, are anti-inflammatory, anti bacterial, reduce blood sugar levels, are a soothing demulcent tonic used to sooth ekidneys and lymphatics.

Linden Flowers - (Flowering tops) antispasmodic, promotes sweating, diuretic, loweers blood pressure, relaxant and mild astringent. relaxing for stress, anxiety, tension headache, insomnia. relaxes and nourishes blood vessels, useful for high blood pressure and heart disease. it promotes sweating and is useful in colds flus and fevers

Marshmallow - (Flowers, leaves and root) Root - Soothes mucous membranes, diuretic, expectorant, Leaf - soothes, cleanses, heals external wounds, Flower - soothes mucous membranes, diuretic, expectorant, soothes, cleanses and heals external wounds, expectorant. Uses for ssothing mucil;age of digestive tract, the kidneys and the bladder, peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, urethritis, hiatus, hernia, cystitis, diarrhea and gastritis. the leaf is used for bronchial inflammations, and forulcerative conditions. The flower is used in a syrup as an expectorant for coughs.

Meadowsweet - (Aerial parts) Anatcid, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, astringent, antirheumatic, diuretic, liver supportive, promotes sweating, used for rheumatoid arthritis, cystitis, peptic ulcer, hyperacidity, gastric reflux, for certain types of diarrhea. It protects mucous membranes of the digestive tract and does not produce the stomach bleeding side effect that is caused by long use of aspirin

Goosegrass/Cleavers-The tender young shoot tips - raw or cooked as a pot-herb. A rather bitter flavour that some people find unpalatable, they are best used in the spring. They make a useful addition to vegetable soups. It is said that using this plant as a vegetable has a slimming effect on the body The roasted seed is a coffee substitute. One of the best substitutes, it merely needs to be dried and lightly roasted and has much the flavour of coffee. A decoction of the whole dried plant gives a drink equal to tea. Uses - Alterative; Antiphlogistic; Aperient; Astringent; Cancer; Depurative; Diaphoretic; Diuretic; Febrifuge; Homeopathy; Skin; Tonic; Vulnerary.Goosegrass has a long history of domestic medicinal use and is also used widely by modern herbalists. A valuable diuretic, it is often taken to treat skin problems such as seborrhoea, eczema and psoriasis, and as a general detoxifying agent in serious illnesses such as cancer. The whole plant, excluding the root, is alterative, antiphlogistic, aperient, astringent, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, tonic and vulnerary. It is harvested in May and June as it comes into flower and can be used fresh or dried for later use. It is used both internally and externally in the treatment of a wide range of ailments, including as a poultice for wounds, ulcers and many other skin problems, and as a decoction for insomnia and cases where a strong diuretic is beneficial. It has been shown of benefit in the treatment of glandular fever, ME, tonsillitis, hepatitis, cystitis etc. The plant is often used as part of a spring tonic drink with other herbs. A tea made from the plant has traditionally been used internally and externally in the treatment of cancer. One report says that it is better to use a juice of the plant rather than a tea. The effectiveness of this treatment has never been proved or disproved. A number of species in this genus contain asperuloside, a substance that produces coumarin and gives the scent of new-mown hay as the plant dries. Asperuloside can be converted into prostaglandins (hormone-like compounds that stimulate the uterus and affect blood vessels), making the genus of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry] A homeopathic remedy has been made from the plant.

Oxygen Producing/Air Filtering Plants

The list of top air cleaning house plants:


1. Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

2. English Ivy (Hedera helix)

3. Nephytis

4. Dragon Tree (Dracaena marginata)

5. Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)

6. Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

7. Janet Craig Dracaena (Dracaena deremensis)

8. Chinese Evergreen (Aglaaonema modestum)

9. Variegated Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans “Massangeana”)

10. Dracaena Warneckii (Dracaena deremensis “Warneckii”)

11. Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema modestum)

12. Potted Mum (Chrysanthemum)

13. Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans “Massangeana”)

Other recommended plants: Bamboo Palm (Chamaedorea seifrizii), Umbrella plant (Schefflera arboricola), Heart-leaf Philodendron (Philodendron scandens), Tree Philodendron (Philodendron selloum), Elephant Ear Philodendron (Philodendron domesticum), Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina), Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata), Pothos Vine (Epipremnum aureus), Aloe Vera

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Chinese evergreens, chrysanthemums, dragon trees, English ivy, gerbera daisies, janet craig dracaena, peace lilies, and striped dracaena. Formaldehyde is best removed by bamboo palms, corn stalk plants, devil's ivy, ficus trees, philodendrons, snake plants, and spider plants. Trichloroethylene is best removed by dragon trees, gerbera daisies, peace lilies, potted flowering mums, and ribbon plants.

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Hedera helix English ivy
Chlorophytum comosum spider plant
Epipiremnum aureum golden pothos
Spathiphyllum `Mauna Loa' peace lily
Aglaonema modestum Chinese evergreen
Chamaedorea sefritzii bamboo or reed palm
Sansevieria trifasciata snake plant
Philodendron scandens `oxycardium' heartleaf philodendron
Philodendron selloum selloum philodendron
Philodendron domesticum elephant ear philodendron
Dracaena marginata red-edged dracaena
Dracaena fragrans `Massangeana' cornstalk dracaena
Dracaena deremensis `Janet Craig' Janet Craig dracaena
Dracaena deremensis `Warneckii' Warneck dracaena
Ficus benjamina weeping fig

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Peru Study Shows Restrictive Law Fails To Limit Number Of Abortions

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"Clandestine induced abortion is a significant public health issue in many countries where access to abortion is severely legally restricted. Abortions are often available only in cases of rape or incest or when a pregnancy threatens the health or life of the woman, causing many women to pursue clandestine abortions, which are often unsafe. Forty percent of women live in countries where abortions are legally restricted.

As comprehensive official statistics are lacking, this study provides valuable public health data."

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Clandestine induced abortioin: prevalence, incidence and risk factors among women in a Latin American country.

UN document- 2007 World Abortion Policies

United Nations • Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Population Division
WORLD ABORTION POLICIES 2007

Excerpt: "...Introduction. The overwhelming majority of countries, 97 per cent, permit abortion to save the woman’s life. In five countries, abortion is not permitted. Abortion laws and policies are significantly more restrictive in the developing world.

In developed countries, abortion is permitted for economic or social reasons in 78 per cent of countries and on request in 67 per cent of countries. In contrast, 19 per cent of developing countries permit abortion for economic or social reasons, while in 15 per cent of developing countries abortion is available on request.

Many countries have additional procedural requirements that must be met before an abortion may be legally performed. Additional requirements may relate to the gestational limits within which abortion may be performed,mandatory waiting period, parental or spousal consent, third-party authorization, the categories of health providers permitted to perform abortions, the types of medical facilities where abortions may be performed and mandatory counseling. In addition, even when abortion is legally permitted, access to abortion services may be limited.

It is important to point out that up-to-date information on the status of abortion policy is not readily available for all countries. The information for some countries is either incomplete or unclear. Readers are therefore invited to provide information, comments or corrections they deem useful to the Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY 10017.

The data included in the chart were based on information available as of 31 December 2006."