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		<title>Harnessing the Olympic Spirit</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2010/02/harnessing-the-olympic-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you cheer for your favorite curling team, hold your collective breath as Lindsay Vonn hits the slopes or gasp at each gravity-defying snowboard trick, remember that feeling of goodwill and resolve to share it with others.]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Ghana: Making a Difference</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/09/lessons-from-ghana-making-a-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is my experience and observation that generous people are drawn to certain areas and certain types of need. The conditions in many regions of Africa are a perfect example: Celebrity focus, news headlines and other media reports has created an awareness of living conditions in parts of Africa. That is good. However, awareness does not always represent a solution: sometimes action does not even represent a solution.  As we like to say within our organization, “Generosity is not the issue, effectiveness is.” Part of being effective is delivering what is truly needed in the eyes of the beneficiary.]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance: Making a Difference in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/08/microfinance-making-a-difference-in-ghana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In reflecting on my Ghana experience, it occurred to me that there were participants on the trip with very high-level business backgrounds, who each made the comment, “I had heard of micro loans and micro credits, but I suppose I did not fully understand what it meant.” Since that is common in my experience, I realized others may well have the same experience. I thought I should take this opportunity to explain in my own way, the simple brilliance of micro-lending.

It was truly amazing to see this process in operation first-hand - to see the lives impacted, the business generated and the change enacted by a few hundred American dollars.  Ultimately, this kind of thing changes the lives of future generations by providing the resources for better education, career opportunities and stable family lives for the community's children - about which we are passionate.]]></description>
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		<title>Report from Ghana</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/08/report-from-ghana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In regions such as this, it is even more critical that we get on the ground and observe unfiltered, the delivery of aid efforts and the tangible results. In the case of Accra and the aforementioned charities, I am very pleased to say, the report is good, and the results are real.]]></description>
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		<title>Off to Ghana for School Opening</title>
		<link>http://blog.operationkids.org/2009/08/off-to-ghana-for-school-opening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Larsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am off to Ghana this weekend to join two of our great charitable partners. The primary purpose of the trip is to open a new school constructed with the support of Forever Young Foundation and a coalition of other groups ...]]></description>
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