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	<title>Hope Out Loud</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vacation from the Poor</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=40</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Annie Farrell,
Bright Hope Team Member
Last week, I took a vacation from the poor.
It’s hard for me to even write that sentence, but it’s the truth.  My husband and I had planned carefully for a full week off to travel to Michigan.  We put it on the staff calendar, socked some money away and packed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane and Benson</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=39</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following story came in an email from one of our partners in the Mathare Valley, Kenya:
Jane (11yrs) and Benson (9yrs) are orphans and have faced a lot of challenges in their young age; born out of single parenthood their father’s whereabouts is unknown. Jane and Benson have a sister who is just 3 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expecting Miracles</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=38</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A commentary on the article, &#8220;Expecting Miracles&#8221; by Paul Gifford in Christian Century, July 10, 2007.
Submitted by Bright Hope Staff Member, Aaron Subich
In his article, Paul Gifford really brought to light an interesting dynamic of what’s happening in African Churches that are experiencing growth.  The congregations of these churches are expecting miracles…  Gifford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Med Pack Delivery in Ugandan New Vision</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=37</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article in the Ugandan New Vision, Bright Hope’s Partnership Developer Carmen Brubacher is shown delivering Med Packs in Uganda. Read the article.
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		<title>Update from Nagasi, Philippines</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=35</link>
		<comments>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=35#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jenny is four years old. As a result of the extreme poverty in which the family was living, Jenny&#8217;s father abandoned the family in hopes of starting a better life. Jenny became sullen and withdrawn after her father&#8217;s departure.
Jenny&#8217;s mother, a licensed midwife, supports the family by assisting women when they give birth. The work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A story from Recreo; a youth outreach project in Chile:</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andy is a unique boy and stands out among the rest of the boys in the Recreo program. We never see Andy smile among the rest of his peers who are always laughing and smiling. At first we thought he was a rebel and/or indifferent to everything around him, but as we have gotten to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How A 61 Year Old Man From Uganda Changed My Life</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=27</link>
		<comments>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=27#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 20:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted By: Anne Farrell, Bright Hope Team Member

This man’s name is Odeya John. He lives with his wife, sister and grandchildren in a rural village in southern Uganda, where Bright Hope serves. I met him this past summer and I still find myself thinking about him and his family quite often.

He may look a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trainings in Samfya</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=26</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, important program activities took place at one of our projects in Samfya, Zambia. These trainings will greatly impact the community and lives of those who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. Read on&#8230;
March has been a busy month in Samfya. In program activities, the project held two important trainings - a Loan Officer training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poem for a Girl</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=24</link>
		<comments>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=24#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Submitted by Bright Hope Staff Member, Rosey Lavine

A young girl knocks on your window
as a left over tear dries on her cheek.
She&#8217;s hungry to the point begging.
She&#8217;s desperate to the point of eating… anything
down to the dirt off the ground&#8230;
And she asks you for change.
She reaches her hand through the window.
Hoping…Hoping&#8230;
“Please sir. Please”
Do you see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humbled By Global Poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=22</link>
		<comments>http://www.brighthope.org/blog/?p=22#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brighth1</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by: Amy Endler, Bright Hope Staff Member
I’ve met the indigenous leaders, viewed the pictures, listened to the stories, read the reports.  Global poverty effects the poorest people in the world who live in the most remote places of their country.  Extreme hunger is not just a stomach growling but someone who is dying from [...]]]></description>
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