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CHI Projects

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» Upcoming projects:

• Panama Project (Panama)

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• Guatemala Project (Guatemala)
• Project Alajuelita (Costa Rica)
• Project Protect (Kolkata, India)
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Current Events

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Poor nutrition and impoverished living conditions often stunt the growth of a population.  During the first presidential debate, Senator John McCain referred to North Korea as a “repressive brutal regime” and drew on the growing height difference between North and South Koreans - with the average South Korean standing a full three inches above his Northern counterpart - as further evidence for this condition.

However, this height gap now also exists between Americans and Northern Europeans, with Americans coming up short.  These differences are not the result of increased immigration of shorter people to America; the study examined Americans that were English-speaking and native-born.  The author argues that the Northern European countries do a better job of dispensing wealth to its populous and caring for their children.

–contributed by Katie Bradford