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Refugee Week 2014: Yarrie’s Story

Yarrie Bangura was born in Sierra Leone, and fled civil war there, ending up in a refugee camp in Guinea. She shares her story with MiNDFOOD.

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Celebrating Mother’s Day

We speak to three mother’s from different walks of life about the joys and challenges of motherhood, lessons learnt and passed down and on losing their own mum.

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Celebrating Women: Tanya Saad with sisters Paula & Vivian

Tanya Saad had her world turned upside down when she found out she carried the BRCA 1 gene and that her beloved younger sister did too. We speak exclusively to Tanya and her two sisters Paula and Vivian about the journey so far, the book that was born from their experiences and the challenges they continue to face as a family because of BRCA1.

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Why this woman will be running on Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day 2012 was the last one Kahtlin Morris spent with her mum before losing her to breast cancer. Find out what she’s doing to make her mum proud.

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Mother’s Day Profile: Gina and Marissa Gouras, Orsini Jewellery Founders

Georgini Jewellery founder Gina Gouras speaks to us about what it’s like working side-by-side with he daughter, Marissa.

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My Story: Anke Timm

Anke Timm shares her personal journey as a single mother with breast cancer as part of this month’s Shades of Pink campaign.

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My story: Jo Yirell – “Losing a child rips out a part of you”

Following the death by malaria of her 20-year-old son, British mother Jo Yirrell became an ambassador for Malaria No More and campaigns tirelessly for awareness of the disease. Her story caught the attention of writer Richard Curtis and has now been immortalised on screen.

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My Story: Kate Fitzsimmons

Life changed forever for the Fitzsimons family when their daughter Nicole was killed in a scooter accident in Thailand. But […]

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The future of foster care

By the time a foster child enters the system, the odds are already stacked against them. Which is why same-sex couple Kelli and Katrina decided to give it a go.

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Geraldine Cox & the Third Sunrise

Geraldine Cox talks to MiNDFOOD Radio about her Third Sunrise Orphanage for Cambodian kids born with HIV.

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Teen Mum to Outward Bound Ambassador

Read about how one teen mum to became an Outward Bound Ambassador.

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My Story: Shellie Morris

Fewer than 10 fluent speakers of the Yanyuwa language remain in the world and musician Shellie Morris is one of them.

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Bowled over

Boccia is a sport that’s helping the severely disabled realise their dreams of competing on an international athletic stage.

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Surviving a Stroke

Successful film producer and small business owner Ade Djajamihardja was struck by a severe stroke in July 2011. His wife, business partner and full-time carer Kate Stephens shares their story of true love and survival.

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Wedding band uncovered at Great Barrier Reef

A newlywed groom has been reunited with his wedding band after a scuba diver found it at the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Like sardines, 438 refugees were crammed into a space that should have held 40…

At the age of seven, Abbas Nazari boarded a boat with his family to escape persecution in Afghanistan. After a long, frightening journey, he now calls New Zealand home.

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My Story: Irene Lynette

Irene Lynette was four when she was placed into an institution and forced to study the bible, she shares her story with us and explains how religion and culture influenced the person she is today.

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Angelina Jolie loses aunt to breast cancer

Just weeks after announcing her preventative double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie’s aunt has lost her battle with breast cancer, aged 61.

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My Story – Brett Adamson: A responsibility to help

For Brett Adamson, becoming a nurse was a gateway into helping the world’s most disadvantaged people via aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières.

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Impressions from a very pink day of the year

There are very good reasons mothers shouldn’t put themselves last on the family priority list.

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Doerthe’s Story

In 2007, Doerthe Jansen swapped her beautiful three story inner Sydney terrace for a grass hut in The Gambia.

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A nurse volunteer’s experience with Interplast

Perioperative registered nurse Joanne Oxbrow shares her life-altering experience with non-for-profit Interplast.

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Man dons pink tutu for breast cancer awareness

Photographer dons a pink tutu to help breast cancer patients during their time of treatment.

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My Story: Kathryn McCusker

Kathryn McCusker was an Opera singer before she discovered the power of yoga and meditation. She is now a very successful kundalini yoga instructor and teachers inner peace to many famous faces. She shares her story with us.

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