One of its researchers, Marina Monteith, said these children were missing out on the basic necessities of life.

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Our Nation's farm and ranch families supply many of the basic necessities of our daily life.

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Our first task was, at that time, making sure that people who were in refugee camps in Darfur had access to basic water, food, other necessities of life.

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