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		<title>Thanks from Mexico -</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We received a wonderful letter today from Sr. Ana, our contact at the Granja Hogar de los Ninos in Chihuahua, Mexico.
She writes:
Dear Chris, we are very thankful to Collette Foundation for the donation we receive through Mi Casa Foundation. The small beds, matresses and all is ready in the factory. It will be a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library construction in Cambodia &#8211; week 12 and nearly complete!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are continuing to see amazing success with the building in Cambodia. The new library for Journeys within Our Community will be complete in the next few weeks. The structure is totally up, and the cosmetic work is beginning.

We are so excited to show photos of the children in their new space! For now, click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starfish Foster Home Adds 6 New Babies!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starfish Foster Home increased it&#8217;s family earlier this month &#8211; adding six new little ones.

Angela, Isaac, Ryan, Kathryn and Elise were the original five chosen to join Starfish and benefit from the medical teams coming in July 2010 to repair their cleft palates. Amanda, the sixth baby, was a surprise gift from the orphanage. She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collettefoundation-org.securec8.ezhostingserver.com/blog/?p=601</link>
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		<title>Tenderfeet Education Center is OPEN!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a long and amazing process &#8211; Tenderfeet’s new school is officially open!
The official opening &#38; celebration was just this past Wednesday June 9th ! It was a colorful &#38; exciting celebration for the children, teachers, and parents.  All of the students were there dressed in their uniforms and Margaret spoke about what a great blessing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library Construction continues in Cambodia!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we move into the 8th week of construction of the new library for JWOC &#8211; things are really starting to take shape! (Check out the earlier photos here) The local community has come together to work so hard on getting this space ready for the students. We should have a fully functional library in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to the children of Jatson Chumig in Tibet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jatson Chumig Welfare Special School enjoyed a large celebration of International Children&#8217;s Day yesterday &#8211; some background:
The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland proclaimed June 1 to be International Children&#8217;s Day in 1925. It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as the International Children&#8217;s Day: one theory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things are happening in Fiji!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news on the Fiji front… The three cyclone proof houses that Collette Foundation funded have been completed.  Volunteers for the Koropita project are currently in the process of adding private bathrooms and kitchen facilities.  As soon as that is finished they will be ready for families in need to move in!  We should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections from South Africa Part #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pam&#8217;s reflections continue, this time from her visit to the Knysna Educational Trust, the Collette Foundation&#8217;s second project in South Africa.
A visit to a local township during our stay in Knysna was truly a memorable and heartwarming experience.  The Collette Foundation has been committed to working with the Knysna Foundation in improving the lives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a recent trip to South Africa &#8211; part #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pam Strand, Collette Vacations District Sales Manager, recently traveled to South Africa with a FAM group and visitied both Kgautswane Village and the preschools supported by the Knysna Educational trust - please read part #1 &#8211; Pam&#8217;s reflections from Kgautswane.


I recently returned from the South Africa Familiarization tour.  37 passengers and 7 employees embarked on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starfish Foster Home Announces 27th Adoption!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our partner in Xian, Starfish Foster Home annouces it&#8217;s 27th successful international adoption! Bryan, a beautiful little one who was given cleft palate surgery in February 2009, will be living in Sweden with his adoptive parents. He was the first, but certainly not the last to be adopted from the group of nine babies that [...]]]></description>
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