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		<title>Article:  Help Design Reef&#8217;s &#8220;We Heart Guatemala&#8221; Sandal and Enter to Win a Trip to Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/10/article-reef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reef announces the &#8220;We Heart Guatemala&#8221; Design Initiative which launches on Facebook today and will run through December 2010. Reef fans will be asked to participate in the design and marketing process of this particular sandal. This unique initiative is centered on a group of Guatemalan women who create the beautiful hand braided threads that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Horizons of Friendship</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/10/profile-horizons-of-friendship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horizons of Friendship  is a federally-registered non-governmental organization, located in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.  They are committed to eliminating the root causes of poverty and injustice in Central America and Southern Mexico (Mesoamerica) through the cooperation of people from the South and North. To accomplish this they work with local partner organizations that undertake local initiatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Mayan Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/profile-mayan-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NGOs Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[El Quiché]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayan Hope is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing educational, nutritional, medical, ecological, and other needed services to indigenous families, villages, and abandoned or abused children of Guatemala and other Latin American nations. They are a direct and hands-on charitable organization meaning that, as such, they work in close cooperation and side-by-side with the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  CHOICE Humanitarian</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/06/profile-choice-humanitarian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/06/profile-choice-humanitarian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Groups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alta Verapaz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Esquintla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CHOICE Humanitarian is ending poverty by focusing on sustainable village development. Our goal is to connect motivated villages to resources and tools to change their lives. By building skills, capacities and leadership of the villagers – the entire community brings itself out of the cycle of poverty. CHOICE, which stands for Center for Humanitarian Outreach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Transitions &#8211; UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/profile-transitions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/profile-transitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 00:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobility Devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:  Everyone should check out Transitions&#8217; great new website at www.transitionsfoundation.org. Mobilization, health, rehabilitation, education, leadership&#8230; The Transitions Foundation is committed to making a difference in the lives of Guatemalans who may otherwise have few opportunities to grow, to learn, and to become literate and productive contributors to their Guatemalan culture.  They provide rehabilitation, vocational, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Build a Nest</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/profile-build-a-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Groups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microcredit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nest is a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists and artisans around the world. Using a unique combination of interest-free microfinance loans, mentoring from established designers, as well as a market in which to sell their crafts, Nest helps its loan recipients create successful small businesses. Nest instills pride of ownership, preserves ancient artistic traditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  A Thread of Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-a-thread-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Thread of Hope is a fair trade web store featuring items from Guatemala.   Eliza Strode, the owner, is a clinical social worker who went to Guatemala in 1997 to learn Spanish. Previously a food co-op manager in Cambridge, MA, she visited a number of artisans’ cooperatives in Guatemala.   Eliza started selling Fairly-Traded products from Guatemala in 2001. She has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Maya Traditions</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-maya-traditions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-maya-traditions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sololá]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1988, Maya Traditions founder Jane Mintz, an experienced social worker (MSW) and weaver, began working with indigenous women artisans living in poverty in Guatemala. She observed that their skill of backstrap weaving was a chance for them to earn a stable income for their families while working from home doing what they were already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  University of Washington Guatemala Project (UWGP)</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-uw-guatemala-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-uw-guatemala-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development Groups]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[San Marcos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Washington Guatemala Project (UWGP) is a group of University of Washington students and recent alumni working to provide scholarships and vocational training for their peers in Guatemala. Their project is jointly designed and supported by UW students/alumni and the Movimiento de Trabajadores Campesinos (MTC), a non-governmental organization based in San Marcos, Guatemala. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profile:  Hope Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-hope-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/profile-hope-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Non Guatemalan Orgs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eye Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transforming Critical Need into Sustainable Change The mission of The Hope Alliance is to empower impoverished people with the skills and tools they need to create positive change in the lives of their families and in their villages.  The Hope Alliance also educates and exposes volunteers to the situation of those in developing countries.  The [...]]]></description>
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