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	<title>Untrammeled Spirit</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/zimbabwe/2100/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Tryphine lost her father when she was seven and her home at age 12. Mercy Corps is connecting her to the help she needs to overcome the challenges thrown her way at such an early age.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:44:25 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Building Education From the Ground Up</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/education/2064/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Proyecto Aldea Global (PAG), a longtime Mercy Corps partner, is helping to address the plight of Honduran students and teachers through a program called PROLENCAH. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:47 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>The Footsteps of Millions</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2033/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The long road from impoverished village to chaotic city is fraught with difficulties for Chinese migrants. Mercy Corps helps them change challenges into opportunities.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:10:14 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Perfect Harmony Family</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2035/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The 500 pounds of homemade noodles that Guo Guifen sells each market day keep local cook-pots full - and have won her family the village's top honor.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:14:59 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Planting Day</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2036/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The day a garden is established is one of happiness and hope for families - especially with the knowledge that they can remain at home and tend it through harvest.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:20:29 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Nourishing Roots</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2037/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Zheng Hong, a former professor of micropaleontology, has moved out from behind the microscope to focus on one of China's biggest social issues: migrant youth.

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	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:48:12 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Dandelion Seeds</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/children/2038/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[For many years Hu Yan and her brother floated from city to city with their mother, a migrant worker. Today, they have settled in a place where they're flourishing.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:28:45 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Finding Hope on the Side of the Road</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/2039/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[One day as Guo Peiling was rummaging around the neighborhood for his recycling business, he found a school for his youngest daughter.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:40:45 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>The Last Girl In School</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/peacefulchange/1951/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[For the last few years, 12-year-old Anita has stayed home while her peers walked to the village school. But not today]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:41:26 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Optimism and Action Transform a Village</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/peacefulchange/1948/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[In the village of Bichpuri, trees and vegetables are part of the reason that no one is without the possibility of an education.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:52:33 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Rising From Violence</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/peacefulchange/1945/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[On a hot August day, violence and ruin came to the Geti camp. Less than a week later, good neighbors were helping shaken families rebuild their homes.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:46:37 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>Change Begins Within</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/peacefulchange/1942/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[A 14-year-old son of bonded laborers brought learning to his people through literacy classes &amp;mdash; and ended up leading a movement that resulted in freedom.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:43:23 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>After Slavery, Unshackling Potential</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/peacefulchange/1940/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Conflict, ethnic discord and slavery have long kept western Nepal poor and hopeless. Mercy Corps is helping youth unite and change society.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:30:39 -0800</pubDate>
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	<title>An Ancient Culture Confronts New Challenges</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1833/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The Liangshan Yi are an ethnic group at risk; faced with the challenges of a Chinese economy that seems to be leaving them behind, they need the optimism, ingenuity and action of their youth more than ever.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:50:49 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>The China Few Have Seen</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1837/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Zhuhe Township is hundreds of miles - and seems hundreds of years - away from China's rapidly growing, ultramodern cities.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:09:56 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Bringing a Culture Back from the Brink</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1838/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Professor Hou Yuangao, alongside Mercy Corps, is helping to save and preserve his own endangered ethnic group.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:07:40 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Living and Learning Together</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1839/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[The young women of Project GLOW display remarkable grace and a zest for life amid the hardships of life in the Liangshan Yi villages.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:28:36 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>From Grief to Hope</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1840/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Having already endured an untimely loss, a mother finds solace in a daughter involved in Project GLOW.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:15:44 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Q&amp;A with Guo Xin</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/china/1842/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps China's Program Officer for Project GLOW discusses her work in the Liangshan Yi area.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:29:26 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>A Song of Sadness</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/topics/hivaids/1843/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Young Mahai Azhi, who's gone from being an orphan to succeeding in school, musically shares her poignant emotions.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:47:34 -0700</pubDate>
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