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		<title>Updates from the Field: Public Health Fellows Andrew and Anika</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  ‘Write Blog’ has been on our ‘to do’ list since arriving at Hopecore just over 4 months ago. Now as we come to the end of our stay here we have found some time to reflect and finally write &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/updates-from-the-field-public-health-fellows-andrew-and-anika/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jamestown College Visits Chogoria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 08:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a group of students and professors from Jamestown College, North Dakota arrived in Chogoria to visit Village HopeCore International. Below is an entry written by Taylor Brown, a business student at Jamestown College, about her experience in the &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/jamestown-college-visits-chogoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>School-Based Mobile Health Clinics Expand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Health Team has been working hard to increase the number of schools that benefit from HopeCore’s Mobile Health Clinics. In order to do this, the Public Health Team has increased the number of schools they visit each day &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/school-based-mobile-health-clinics-expand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Loan Funding</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/loan-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microfinance Program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HopeCore recently funded 3 self-help groups. Each of the 36 members of Jejenge 3, Arithi 2 and Vision 7 self-help groups received 30,000Ksh (about $350) checks on March 15th. Loan recipients will use this money to invest this their individual &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/loan-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HopeCore Makes Smart Investments</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/hopecore-makes-smart-investments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://villagehopecore.org/?p=1332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HopeCore makes smart investments by loaning to those who will most benefit from 30,000Ksh ( about $350). In order to identify the neediest in the community, the HopeCore Micro Enterprise Team conducts income surveys to assess the need of each &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/hopecore-makes-smart-investments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Greenhouses to Rural Farmers</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/introducing-greenhouses-to-rural-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What's New?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greenhouse framing is a new and exciting technology in Kenya. They have been gaining popularity over the past few years as they allow farmers to control the climate of their crops, preventing the damaging effects of drought, flood, and other &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/introducing-greenhouses-to-rural-farmers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative Development that Increases Income and Food Security</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/innovative-development-that-increases-income-and-food-security/</link>
		<comments>http://villagehopecore.org/innovative-development-that-increases-income-and-food-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caroline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MicroEnterprise Global Fellow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past, microfinance has been defined as small monetary loans, usually given to individuals who are part of a group, which holds the responsibility of repayment. Village HopeCore International intends to change this definition by offering the villagers of &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/innovative-development-that-increases-income-and-food-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve Done A Lot This Year!</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/youve-done-a-lot-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://villagehopecore.org/youve-done-a-lot-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s take a few minutes to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished together in 2012: Clean water at 22 local primary schools. The clean water facilities we’ve installed at 22 primary schools include treated water tanks with spigots and hand &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/youve-done-a-lot-this-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Clubs Rabbit Rearing Project</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/health-clubs-rabbit-rearing-project/</link>
		<comments>http://villagehopecore.org/health-clubs-rabbit-rearing-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rabbit rearing is a simple income-generating activity that teaches students about responsibility and will help them fund future projects, which promotes better health at their schools. It also reduces donor dependency, by empowering Health Clubs to be able to fund &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/health-clubs-rabbit-rearing-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Perspectives from the Field &#8211; Caroline Gimmillaro</title>
		<link>http://villagehopecore.org/perspectives-from-the-field-caroline-gimmillaro/</link>
		<comments>http://villagehopecore.org/perspectives-from-the-field-caroline-gimmillaro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopecore provides many opportunities for foreigners to join the work of microenterprise development and public health promotion in Chogoria. Below is an account from Caroline Gimmillaro, our current Mircroenterprise Fellow, on her first few weeks in the village. Having lived and worked &#8230; <a href="http://villagehopecore.org/perspectives-from-the-field-caroline-gimmillaro/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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