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    <title>GlobalGiving.org: The Children Left Behind</title>
    <link>http://www.globalgiving.org/pr/4400/proj4342a.html</link>
    <description>Progress Reports for Project #4342 on GlobalGiving.org</description>
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      <title>The Children Left Behind: Final Report</title>
      <link>http://www.globalgiving.org/pr/4400/proj4342d.html#progressReportLink</link>
      <description>&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.3830316385175182" style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Our  sincerest thanks to all of the donors who helped us to reach our  fundraising goal for The Children Left Behind. The project has been and  continues to be an overwhelming success, as we continue to touch the  lives of children in Hidalgo. In fact, The Children Left Behind was  recently recognized for its excellence by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which awarded IMIFAP - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Juscelino  Kubischeck Award of Merit for Regional Development in Latin America and  the Caribbean 2011 specifically for this project! There were 337  nominations and four winners in total. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;IMIFAP &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;ndash; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Yo quiero, &amp;nbsp;yo puedo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;is  the only winner from Mexico and shares the award in the social,  cultural, and scientific category with the Salesian Project for the  Street Children of Ecuador.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; This award highlights our work with The Children Left Behind, which we  could not have done without the support of our GlobalGiving donors.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Through  our most recent evaluation activities, we have found a positive and  important impact in the promoters, teachers, parents and particularly in  the target population: infants and children. The program has achieved  changes at the individual and professional level in the promoters who  received the workshops and has contributed to improved relationships  among members of the community; mothers, fathers, caretakers, teachers  and children. Between the promoters and the parents the program has  helped build a network of support aimed at promoting child development  and improving school performance. The parents who have participated in  the program have undergone changes that have allowed themselves to  better know and value their communication and interaction with their  children and partners, getting more involved in their children&amp;rsquo;s  development and school activities. Amongst the children, their  participation in the program has allowed them to develop skills such as  self-knowledge, communication, decision making and creativity.  Importantly for the children in this community with high levels of  outward migration, they have shown improvements in expression of their  emotions and communication with their families. The infants from 0 to 3  years in the program are now receiving the appropriate stimulation for  their development that is improving their motor and language  development; improvements have been noted in their socialization and  recognition skills. Within the community the program has developed  mutual support networks and increased corporation among members to  mitigate the negative effects of migration upon children and provide  them with a favorable development environment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Through  interviews with teachers, parents, and caregivers of the children who  participated in our programs, we found that they were best able to  express the changes that occurred in themselves and in the children:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;It looks like they have accepted themselves more, they have accepted themselves as they are.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;They  do things not because they have to...but because they want to do them.  They have changed a little, and it has helped us a lot in maintaining  our rules.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;They  have started to express how they feel, that they miss their father and  that they feel sad or that they celebrated their birthday and got gifts,  and that they feel happy. I use these situations to ask, in general:  how do you feel on this occasion and how on that one?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;We hope that all of you that have donated to The Children Left Behind will consider making more contributions to IMIFAP - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; projects. By donating to IMIFAP, you can still &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;support indigenous women to market their products&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;microfinance for marginalized communities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt; contribute to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000099; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;drug prevention and a culture of peace in Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;.  We will also be launching a new project on GlobalGiving soon to help  support our efforts in Tenejapa, Chiapas, where we are providing life  skills and health education to rural indigenous children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Thank you again, and we hope that you will continue to support IMIFAP - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;_________________________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nuestro m&amp;aacute;s sincero agradecimiento a todos los donantes que nos ayudaron a alcanzar nuestra meta de recaudaci&amp;oacute;n de fondos para el proyecto &amp;ldquo;Los Ni&amp;ntilde;os Abandonados&amp;rdquo;. El proyecto ha sido y sigue siendo un &amp;eacute;xito abrumador, mientras continuamos tocando las vidas de las ni&amp;ntilde;as y los ni&amp;ntilde;os de Hidalgo. De hecho, el proyecto Los Ni&amp;ntilde;os Abandonados ha sido recientemente reconocido por su excelencia por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), que otorg&amp;oacute; a IMIFAP - &lt;em&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/em&gt; el Premio Juscelino Kubischeck de M&amp;eacute;rito para el Desarrollo Regional en Am&amp;eacute;rica Latina y el Caribe 2011 espec&amp;iacute;ficamente para este proyecto! Hab&amp;iacute;a 337 nominaciones y cuatro ganadores en total. El IMIFAP - &lt;em&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/em&gt; fue el &amp;uacute;nico ganador de M&amp;eacute;xico, y comparti&amp;oacute; esta edici&amp;oacute;n del premio en la categor&amp;iacute;a &amp;ldquo;Social, Cultural y Cient&amp;iacute;fica&amp;rdquo; con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n Proyecto Salesiano &amp;ldquo;Chicos de la Calle&amp;rdquo; de Ecuador. Este premio destaca el trabajo del proyecto Los Ni&amp;ntilde;os Abandonados, que no se podr&amp;iacute;a haber hecho sin el apoyo de nuestros donantes de GlobalGiving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;A trav&amp;eacute;s de nuestras actividades de evaluaci&amp;oacute;n m&amp;aacute;s reciente, hemos encontrado un impacto positivo e importante en los(as) promotores(as) docentes, madres, padres de familia y muy especialmente con la poblaci&amp;oacute;n meta: beb&amp;eacute;s, ni&amp;ntilde;as y ni&amp;ntilde;os. Se han logrado cambios a nivel individual y profesional en los(as) promotores(as) que participaron en los talleres de formaci&amp;oacute;n y se ha contribuido a establecer mejores relaciones con los miembros de la comunidad; madres, padres, ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as. Entre los(as) promotores(as), madres y padres de familia se han establecido lazos de apoyo a trav&amp;eacute;s de los cuales han sido enfocado al desarrollo de los ni&amp;ntilde;os(as) e incrementado su rendimiento escolar. Las madres y padres de familia que participaron en el programa han tenido cambios que les han permitido conocerse y valorar sus interacciones con su pareja e hijos(as) e involucrarse de una forma m&amp;aacute;s cercana y comprometida en el desarrollo de sus hijos e hijas y en sus actividades escolares. Se ha promovido en los ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as el desarrollo de habilidades como el autoconocimiento, la comunicaci&amp;oacute;n, la toma de decisiones y la creatividad. Destacan entre ellas, la expresi&amp;oacute;n de emociones y la socializaci&amp;oacute;n, de gran importancia para una comunidad migratoria. Referente a los(as) beb&amp;eacute;s, el programa ha favorecido la estimulaci&amp;oacute;n adecuada de los mismos, fortaleciendo su desarrollo motriz y de lenguaje; mejorando sus habilidades de socializaci&amp;oacute;n y reconocimiento, entre otros. Dentro de la comunidad se ha logrado reforzar las redes de apoyo mutuo y cooperaci&amp;oacute;n entre los agentes de las comunidades con el fin de fortalecerlas como un factor protector frente al fen&amp;oacute;meno migratorio y favorecer el desarrollo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;A trav&amp;eacute;s de entrevistas con los(as) docentes, madres, padres, y cuidadores de los ni&amp;ntilde;os que participaron en nuestros programas, hemos encontrado que ellos fueron los m&amp;aacute;s capaces de expresar los cambios que ocurrieron en s&amp;iacute; mismos y en los(as) ni&amp;ntilde;os(as):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Puede ser en que ellos se aceptan m&amp;aacute;s, se han aceptado como son.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Hacen las cosas sin que tengan que hacerlas por obligaci&amp;oacute;n o eso, sino que las hacen de voluntad, han cambiado un poco y nos ha ayudado bastante para el control de reglas.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Empezaron a expresar de que era, de que estaban triste cuando sus pap&amp;aacute;s los rega&amp;ntilde;aban, estaban felices cuando les festejaban su cumplea&amp;ntilde;os y as&amp;iacute; fueron dando pero yo utilice como que el cuestionamiento &amp;iquest;Cu&amp;aacute;ndo te sientes as&amp;iacute;? &amp;iquest;Cu&amp;aacute;ndo as&amp;iacute;?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Esperamos que todos ustedes que han donado a Los Ni&amp;ntilde;os Abandonados consideren hacer m&amp;aacute;s contribuciones a los proyectos de IMIFAP - &lt;em&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/em&gt;. Mediante la donaci&amp;oacute;n de IMIFAP, todav&amp;iacute;a pueden &lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;apoyar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;las&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;mujeres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;ind&amp;iacute;genas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;comercializar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;sus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/indigenous-women-to-microfinance/"&gt;productos&lt;/a&gt;, apoyan &lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;las&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;microfinanzas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;para&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;las&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;comunidades&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/microenterpriseshidalgo/"&gt;marginadas&lt;/a&gt;, y contribuyen a &lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;la&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;prevenci&amp;oacute;n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;del&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;uso&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;drogas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;una&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;cultura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;paz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="projects/drug-prevention-and-a-culture-of-peace-in-mexico/"&gt;M&amp;eacute;xico&lt;/a&gt;. Tambi&amp;eacute;n muy pronto pondremos en marcha un nuevo proyecto en GlobalGiving para enfocar nuestros esfuerzos en Tenejapa en el estado de Chiapas, donde estaremos formando a ni&amp;ntilde;as y ni&amp;ntilde;os en habilidades para la vida y en educaci&amp;oacute;n para la salud en zonas rurales e ind&amp;iacute;genas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;iexcl;Gracias de nuevo, y esperamos que ustedes seguir&amp;aacute;n apoyando a IMIFAP - &lt;em&gt;Yo quiero, yo puedo&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/news/news-releases/2011-09-07/juscelino-kubitschek-prize,9527.html"&gt;2011 Kubitschek Prize (English)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iadb.org/es/noticias/comunicados-de-prensa/2011-09-07/premio-juscelino-kubitschek,9527.html"&gt;2011 Premio Kubitschek (Espanol)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.globalgiving.org/pr/4400/proj4342d.html#progressReportLink</guid>
      <dc:creator>Claire Slesinski</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-10-12T16:29:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>February Project Update - Renovation!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA11434/child-reading-the-new-material-photo-from-progress-repo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/DSC04337_Small.JPG' alt='Child reading the new material'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Child reading the new material&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;In February we have had many exciting events, and IMIFAP and the members of the communities have been preparing for the opening of the second year of the center in Orizabita, the renovation of the center in Los Remedios and the event for it&amp;rsquo;s first anniversary!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;We were working very hard for the opening of the second year of the center in Orizabita, which happened on march 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, and we will continue to follow up during this month. All the members of the community have been working a lot for this, and in IMIFAP we continue to support them to make it happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The center in Los Remedios, Hidalgo, is being renewed. During this month, the community was very busy painting the building on the inside with many colors, and IMIFAP has been providing new equipment (games and books) for the children.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The centers&amp;rsquo; success has been incredible, and in order to celebrate it, there will be a big event for its&amp;rsquo; first anniversary and the beginning of its&amp;rsquo; second year running. With this, we celebrate the effort of everyone at IMIFAP and in the community who have been very involved and have worked very hard to give these children a better life and better opportunities. We&amp;rsquo;re on the right track, and with your support, we have managed to give these communities, and their children, an incredible opportunity for their development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;En el mes de febrero hemos tenido muchos emocionantes eventos, y tanto IMIFAP como los miembros de las comunidades, nos hemos estado preparando para la reinauguraci&amp;oacute;n de actividades del centro en Orizabita, la renovaci&amp;oacute;n del centro en Los Remedios y &amp;iexcl;el evento de su primer aniversario!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Estuvimos trabajando mucho para la reinauguraci&amp;oacute;n del centro en Orizabita, la cual se llev&amp;oacute; a cabo el 4 de marzo, y seguiremos dandole seguimiento todo este mes. Todos los miembros de la comunidad llevan trabajando mucho para lograrlo, y en IMIFAP seguimos apoy&amp;aacute;ndolos para hacerlo posible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;El centro en Los Remedios, Hidalgo, est&amp;aacute; en proceso de renovaci&amp;oacute;n. A lo largo de todo el mes, la comunidad estuvo muy ocupada pintando por dentro las instalaciones de distintos colores, e IMIFAP ha estado equipando el centro con nuevos juegos y libros para los ni&amp;ntilde;os.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;El &amp;eacute;xito de este centro ha sido incre&amp;iacute;ble, y para celebrarlo, habr&amp;aacute; un evento por su primer aniversario y el comienzo de su segundo a&amp;ntilde;o en funciones. De esta manera, celebramos el esfuerzo de todos en IMIFAP y en la comunidad quienes han estado muy involucrados y han trabajado muy duro para darles a estos ni&amp;ntilde;os una vida mejor. Vamos por buen camino, y con tu apoyo, hemos logrado darle a estas comunidades, y a sus ni&amp;ntilde;os, una oportunidad incre&amp;iacute;ble para su desarrollo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T16:29:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>January Project Update - New Center in Hidalgo</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA10602/imifap-facilitator-provides-feedback-to-promoters-photo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/IMG_4225_Small.JPG' alt='IMIFAP facilitator provides feedback to promoters'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;IMIFAP facilitator provides feedback to promoters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first month of 2011 has been a busy month for the &amp;ldquo;Children left behind&amp;rdquo; project. Promoters at the Development Center in Orizabita are learning new techniques to bring to the classroom this year, and IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; is one step closer to opening up the second Center in Los Remedios, Hidalgo!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Returning from the holiday break, the promoters in Orizabita took a refresher training this month. The training also touched on new topics such as violence and bullying in schools that will help them provide the children with even better attention this year. We expect the Center to open its doors again for activities in February.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; began training the local promoters in Los Remedios. They improved their life skills and developed tools and knowledge needed to run the new &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center. The promoters are excited to use the interactive didactic techniques they learned in the training to provide the infants and children in their community with stimulating educational experiences to support the children&amp;rsquo;s integral development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;With the new promoters trained, your donation will help purchase games and materials to supply the new Center. The children of Orizabita and Los Remedios, Hidalgo thank you for your support!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;_______________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;El primer mes del 2011 ha sido uno muy ocupado para el proyecto &amp;ldquo;Los ni&amp;ntilde;os abandonados&amp;rdquo;. Los facilitadores del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; han aprendido nuevas t&amp;eacute;cnicas para aplicar con los ni&amp;ntilde;os e &amp;iexcl;IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; ha avanzado un paso m&amp;aacute;s hacia el lanzamiento del segundo Centro en Remedios, Hidalgo!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Los facilitadores en Orizabita regresaron de las vacaciones con mucha energ&amp;iacute;a para tomar un taller de repaso este mes. El taller tambi&amp;eacute;n abarc&amp;oacute; nuevos temas como la violencia y bullying en las escuelas, los cuales les ayudar&amp;aacute;n para brindar una mejor atenci&amp;oacute;n a los ni&amp;ntilde;os este a&amp;ntilde;o. El Centro abrir&amp;aacute; sus puertas de nuevo en febrero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Tambi&amp;eacute;n durante este per&amp;iacute;odo IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; empez&amp;oacute; a formar a los nuevos facilitadores en Los Remedios. Mejoraron sus habilidades para la vida y desarrollaron herramientas y conocimientos necesarios para llevar a cabo las actividades con los ni&amp;ntilde;os en el Centro. Los promotores est&amp;aacute;n emocionados de utilizar las t&amp;eacute;cnicas did&amp;aacute;cticas e interactivas que aprendieron en el taller para brindarles a los infantes y ni&amp;ntilde;os de su comunidad experiencias educativas estimulantes para su desarrollo integral.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Ya que los talleres de formaci&amp;oacute;n se han acabado, &amp;iexcl;tu donativo apoyar&amp;aacute; la compra de juegos y materiales para abastecer en nuevo Centro! &amp;iexcl;Los ni&amp;ntilde;os de Orizabita y Los Remedios, Hidalgo te agradecen tu apoyo!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA10603/promoters-review-techniques-in-a-workshop-photo-from-pr/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/IMG_4220_Small.jpg' alt='Promoters review techniques in a workshop'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Promoters review techniques in a workshop&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T18:30:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>December Project Update - End of the Year Party</title>
      <link>http://www.globalgiving.org/pr/4400/proj4342d.html#progressReportLink</link>
      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA9767/we-love-smiles-at-the-i-want-to-i-can-center-photo-from/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/child_Small.jpg' alt='We love smiles at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center.'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We love smiles at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; and program participants celebrated endings and new beginnings for the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center program this December. Read on about our end of the year holiday celebration and the exciting start of a new Development Center next year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December can be a tough time for the children at the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center in Orizaba whose migrant parents are away from home over the holidays. The Center&amp;rsquo;s end of the year party gave the children something to celebrate as promoters, caretakers, children and members of the community came together in celebration of the Center&amp;rsquo;s success this year.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the New Year comes a new &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center in the town of Remedios, Hidalgo. The training of the Center&amp;rsquo;s promoters (local members of the community) will begin in January, with the Center opening shortly after. Another reason to celebrate this holiday season!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your donation helped support the launch of the new Center in Remedios, and will ensure that activities at the Center in Orizaba continue strong over the next year. Thank you for your support! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;____________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; y los participantes festejaron el fin del a&amp;ntilde;o y nuevos inicios para el Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo;. Sigue leyendo sobre nuestra celebraci&amp;oacute;n navide&amp;ntilde;a y el emocionante comienzo del nuevo Centro de Desarrollo en el pr&amp;oacute;ximo a&amp;ntilde;o. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para los ni&amp;ntilde;os del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo;, diciembre les puede resultar ser un mes dif&amp;iacute;cil ya que muchos de sus padres no estar&amp;aacute;n en casa para esta &amp;eacute;poca de fiestas. Sin embargo, la posada que organiz&amp;oacute; el Centro de Desarrollo les brind&amp;oacute; una raz&amp;oacute;n para celebrar este a&amp;ntilde;o. Los promotores, cuidadores de los ni&amp;ntilde;os, ni&amp;ntilde;os y miembros de la comunidad de Orizaba se unieron para festejar el &amp;eacute;xito del Centro de Desarrollo en este a&amp;ntilde;o.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al A&amp;ntilde;o Nuevo le acompa&amp;ntilde;a el inicio de un nuevo Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; en la comunidad de Remedios, Hidalgo. La formaci&amp;oacute;n de los promotores (miembros locales de la comunidad) del Centro empezar&amp;aacute; en enero, y despu&amp;eacute;s el Centro abrir&amp;aacute; las puertas. &amp;iexcl;Otra raz&amp;oacute;n para festejar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu donaci&amp;oacute;n apoy&amp;oacute; el lanzamiento del nuevo Centro en Remedios y asegurar&amp;aacute; que las actividades del Centro en Orizaba contin&amp;uacute;en en el A&amp;ntilde;o Nuevo. &amp;iexcl;Gracias por todo tu apoyo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA9768/the-children-enjoy-drawing-at-the-center-photo-from-pro/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/children_Small.jpg' alt='The children enjoy drawing at the Center.'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The children enjoy drawing at the Center.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imifap.org.mx"&gt;IMIFAP's Homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-12-30T03:24:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>November Project Update - Eat your legumes!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA9319/mmm-delicious-legumes-photo-from-progress-report-novemb/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/IMG_3583_Small.JPG' alt='Mmm...delicious legumes!'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mmm...delicious legumes!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;This November, the children at the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Center learned about healthy eating habits and members of the community became more involved in the program. Read on to find out how!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;With diabetes on the rise in Mexico, the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center in Orizaba, Hidalgo emphasized the importance of eating well during &amp;ldquo;Healthy eating month&amp;rdquo;. Each day throughout November, a promoter brought a different healthy lunch for the boys and girls at the Center. When IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; visited, the children were chowing down on legumes and learning about the importance of eating a variety of healthy foods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Back in August, IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; held a life skills training with about 30 caretakers who expressed interest in participating in future workshops. In response, the Center&amp;rsquo;s promoters organized a series of talks that they themselves will put on. Among other topics, they plan to discuss the issue of violence with men in the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your continued support of the boys and girls of the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;_______________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Este noviembre, los ni&amp;ntilde;os del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; aprendieron sobre la importancia de comer sano mientras miembros de la comunidad se involucraron m&amp;aacute;s en el programa. &amp;iexcl;Sigue leyendo para saber c&amp;oacute;mo!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Con la problem&amp;aacute;tica de la diabetes cada vez m&amp;aacute;s grave en M&amp;eacute;xico, el Centro promovi&amp;oacute; el comer sano a trav&amp;eacute;s del &amp;ldquo;Healthy eating month&amp;rdquo; este noviembre. Cada d&amp;iacute;a a lo largo del mes, un promotor llev&amp;oacute; algo saludable de comer para los ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as del Centro. Cuando IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; los visit&amp;oacute;, los ni&amp;ntilde;os estaban comiendo legumbres y aprendiendo sobre la importancia de comer una variedad de comida sana.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;En el mes de agosto, IMIFAP-&amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; realiz&amp;oacute; un taller sobre habilidades para la vida con los cuidadores de los ni&amp;ntilde;os, quienes en turno, expresaron inter&amp;eacute;s en participar en m&amp;aacute;s talleres. Los promotores han organizado una serie de pl&amp;aacute;ticas las cuales ellos brindar&amp;aacute;n a los miembros de la comunidad. Entre otros temas, quieren tratar el problema de violencia con los hombres.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Gracias por apoyar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA9320/eating-well-at-the-i-want-to-i-can-center-photo-from-pr/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/IMG_3587_Small.JPG' alt='Eating well at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eating well at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imifap.org.mx"&gt;IMIFAP's homepage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:41:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-12-10T20:41:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>October Project Update: Development Center in the News!</title>
      <link>http://www.globalgiving.org/pr/4400/proj4342d.html#progressReportLink</link>
      <description>&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently, IMIFAP&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; programs were featured in a national news report in Mexico! Check out the report (in Spanish) to learn more about the "I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center and to see footage of children taking part in the Center&amp;rsquo;s activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Using the Center&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; philosophy, IMIFAP has implemented its life skills programs in public schools throughout Mexico. The news report applauds the results achieved by these school-based programs and features the Development Center in Hidalgo. In particular it highlights the center&amp;rsquo;s success working with children of migrants to improve their education, self esteem, development, and overall quality of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Our successes are being recognized! Please help us make the program even stronger by giving a recurring monthly donation to the children at the &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Hace poco, IMIFAP sali&amp;oacute; en las noticias nacionales en M&amp;eacute;xico &amp;ndash; un programa de televisi&amp;oacute;n realiz&amp;oacute; un reporte sobre nuestros exitosos programas escolares &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo;. Mira el noticiero para aprender m&amp;aacute;s sobre el Centro de Desarrollo, los programas escolares &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; de IMIFAP, y para ver a los ni&amp;ntilde;os participando en las actividades del Centro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Utilizando la misma filosof&amp;iacute;a &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; del Centro, IMIFAP ha implementado los programas de habilidades para la vida en escuelas p&amp;uacute;blicas en varias comunidades de M&amp;eacute;xico. Sin embargo, el noticiero destaca el Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo Quiero, Yo Puedo&amp;rdquo; para los ni&amp;ntilde;os de padres migratorios en Hidalgo para sacar a relucir nuestro &amp;eacute;xito en fomentar una mejor educaci&amp;oacute;n, desarrollo, auto-confianza, y calidad de vida para los ni&amp;ntilde;os.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;iexcl;Nuestros &amp;eacute;xitos est&amp;aacute;n siendo reconocidos! Ay&amp;uacute;danos continuar mejorando el programa al hacer una donaci&amp;oacute;n mensual a los ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo Quiero, Yo Puedo&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB2U1FOxOn8"&gt;“I want to I can” Development Center in the news!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-11-18T16:13:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>August Project Report - Caretakers get involved</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA7928/happy-boys-sit-outside-the-center-photo-from-progress-r/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Boys_outside_the_center_Small.jpg' alt='Happy boys sit outside the center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Happy boys sit outside the center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;August was an exciting month at the Center in anticipation of the start of the school year. Some recent activities include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;With the start of the 2010-2011 school year, more school-age children have been invited to participate in the program. These older children will participate in after-school activities at the Center, while the activities for younger children will also continue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;IMIFAP held an informative workshop for 30 parents and guardians of participating children, in which we explained the activities and goals of the Center and did some life skills training. The caretakers are now really motivated to be more involved in the Center&amp;acute;s activities and told us that they would like more workshops to learn how to better care for the children. We hope to provide more adult trainings in the coming months in order to promote the comprehensive development of the children outside of their participation at the Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The plans to open a new &amp;ldquo;I want to, I can&amp;rdquo; Development Center in the nearby community of Panales are underway. We have strengthened our contacts with local government authorities and aim to open the Center in the first months of 2011.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your continued support!&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;_______________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;En espera del inicio del nuevo ciclo escolar, el mes de agosto transcurri&amp;oacute; con mucha emoci&amp;oacute;n por parte de los ni&amp;ntilde;os y los promotores del Centro de Desarrollo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; que continuaron con las actividades durante las vacaciones. Por tal motivo, hemos invitado a m&amp;aacute;s ni&amp;ntilde;os y ni&amp;ntilde;as a participar en el programa. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os de edad escolar estar&amp;aacute;n participando en las actividades del Centro despu&amp;eacute;s de que hayan salido de sus clases en la tarde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Durante el mes de agosto, IMIFAP llev&amp;oacute; a cabo un taller informativo para 30 padres y familiares encargados del cuidado de los ni&amp;ntilde;os, en el cual explicamos las actividades y objetivos del Centro e impartimos un taller de habilidades para la vida. Los cuidadores est&amp;aacute;n muy motivados al involucrarse m&amp;aacute;s en las actividades del Centro de Desarrollo y nos pidieron m&amp;aacute;s talleres sobre c&amp;oacute;mo mejorar el cuidado de los ni&amp;ntilde;os. Esperamos realizar m&amp;aacute;s talleres con los cuidadores en los siguientes meses con el fin de promover el desarrollo integral de los ni&amp;ntilde;os m&amp;aacute;s all&amp;aacute; de su asistencia a las actividades del Centro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Los planes para abrir el nuevo &amp;ldquo;Yo quiero, yo puedo&amp;rdquo; Centro de Desarrollo en la comunidad cercana de Panales ya est&amp;aacute;n en marcha. Hemos fortalecido nuestros contactos con las autoridades del gobierno local y esperamos abrir el Centro para los primeros meses del 2011.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;iexcl;Agradecemos su apoyo contin&amp;uacute;o!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA7929/caretakers-accompany-their-children-at-the-center-photo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Caretakers_accompany_children_at_the_center_Small.JPG' alt='Caretakers accompany their children at the center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Caretakers accompany their children at the center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-09-30T15:58:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>July Project Update – New kids and a new community</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA7026/motivated-promoter-works-with-girls-at-the-center-photo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/I_want_to_I_can_Center_Small.JPG' alt='Motivated promoter works with girls at the center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Motivated promoter works with girls at the center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The project continues to expand its reach! New children are participating in the activities, some of whom travel to Orizabita from other communities to take part. At the moment, the program is helping 168 boys and girls up to 9 years old of age. Advancements in this last month include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have continued to provide accompaniment visits to each of the promoters who facilitate the activities, in order to identify both strengths and areas for improvement in their work. Afterward we held an additional workshop to strengthen skills in areas such as teamwork and negotiation as a means of reinforcing their motivation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are currently looking for contacts in Panales, a new community in the state of Hidalgo. Panales is located very close to Orizabita. By working with both communities, we want to compare the level of child development between the two communities to scientifically evaluate the results of our program. We are also looking to open a new “I want to, I can” Development Center in Panales at the beginning of 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project continues to grow because of you. Thank you so much for your donations!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;------------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;¡El proyecto se sigue expandiendo! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cada vez, más niños y niñas de otras comunidades se han trasladado a Orizabita para  incorporarse en las actividades que hemos llevado a cabo.  Al momento, el programa ayuda a 168 niños y niñas entre 0 y 9 años.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Para conocer las fortalezas, implementar mejoras y visualizar los avances en el programa,  realizamos visitas de acompañamiento con cada una de las promotoras. Después,  realizamos un taller adicional para fortalecer sus capacidades en temas como el trabajo en equipo y la negociación, aunado del fortalecimiento  en la motivación para trabajar con los niños.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ahora nos encontramos  buscando diferentes contactos en una nueva comunidad en el Estado de Hidalgo  llamada Panales.  Panales está ubicada muy cerca de Orizabita con lo cual, buscamos comparar el nivel de desarrollo infantil de cada una de las comunidades para lograr percibir y evaluar los resultados reales de nuestro programa desde una perspectiva científica. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Es importante decirles que nuestra meta es abrir un nuevo Centro de Desarrollo “Yo quiero, yo puedo” en Panales, Hidalgo a principios del año 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;El proyecto sigue creciendo gracias a ustedes. ¡Muchas gracias por sus donativos!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA7027/a-boy-who-s-been-left-behind-plays-at-the-center-photo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/I_want_to_I_can_Center_2_Small.JPG' alt='A boy who´s been left behind plays at the center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A boy who´s been left behind plays at the center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imifap.org.mx"&gt;Learn more about IMIFAP on our website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:25:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-08-13T20:25:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>June Project Update- Launch of the center</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA6452/opening-ceremony-for-the-i-want-to-i-can-center-photo-f/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Center_Opening_ceremony_Small.JPG' alt='Opening ceremony for the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Opening ceremony for the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are excited to share that during April and May, we trained 35 local promoters to work with the children in the community of Orizabita, Hidalgo State. And on May 28 we inaugurated the local “Yo quiero, yo puedo” (I want to, I can) Development Center in which these promoters will work. In the opening ceremony the local elders blessed the Center with an ancient indigenous ceremony (see photo), so we can expect the Center to be very successful!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During the first week after the Center opened, 139 children signed up to participate in it's activities. With our support the local promoters organize these educational and developmental activities for children 0 to nine years of age and their parents. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, in June we took initial measurements of the children. This is part of the evaluation activities and will allow us to later see the impact of this phase of the project. Look forward to hearing more about the results in future updates!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We want to thank you, our supporters; all this work is possible because of your help!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-----------------------------------------------------
Durante los meses de abril y mayo entrenamos a 35 promotores locales para trabajar con los niños de la comunidad de Orizabita en el Estado de Hidalgo. Tenemos también el gusto de contarles que el 28 de mayo inauguramos el Centro de Desarrollo “Yo quiero, yo puedo” en la misma comunidad, en el cual trabajaran estos promotores. En la ceremonia de inauguración los ancianos de la comunidad dieron sus bendiciones al Centro con una ceremonia tradicional indígena (ver la foto), ¡así que podemos esperar mucho éxito para el trabajo del Centro!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Durante la primera semana después de la inauguración, 139 niños se inscribieron para participar en las actividades del Centro. Con nuestro apoyo, los promotores locales organizan actividades educativas y de desarrollo infantil para los niños de 0 a 9 años y a sus madres / padres.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Además, en junio tomamos una medición inicial de los niños. Usaremos esas mediciones como una base para evaluar el impacto en esta fase del proyecto. Podrán leer sobre los resultados de la evaluación en las próximas actualizaciones de esta página.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Queremos agradecer a los que nos han apoyado. ¡Todo este trabajo es posible gracias a ustedes!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA6453/materials-at-the-i-want-to-i-can-center-photo-from-prog/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/I_want_to_I_can_Center_Small.JPG' alt='Materials at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Materials at the &amp;quot;I want to, I can&amp;quot; Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA6454/promoters-work-with-children-at-the-center-photo-from-p/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/I_want_to_I_can_Center_2_Small.JPG' alt='Promoters work with children at the Center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Promoters work with children at the Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA6455/boys-at-the-ceremony-beneficiaries-of-the-center-photo/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Children_left_behind_boys_Small.JPG' alt='Boys at the ceremony, beneficiaries of the Center'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Boys at the ceremony, beneficiaries of the Center&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imifap.org.mx"&gt;Check out our website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Shoshana Grossman-Crist</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-07-06T18:01:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>March and April Program Updates</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA5281/children-in-the-program-photo-from-progress-report-marc/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Orizabita_171_Small.JPG' alt='Children in the program'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Children in the program&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the past few months IMIFAP has made great strides in laying the groundwork for the second phase of the “Children Left Behind” program in the community of Orizabita, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo.  The new program was received well by the community and together the decision was made to begin training workshops in April. In recent weeks we have been working with community groups, such as the local authorities and a group of mothers, fathers and care takers to plan the implementation activities. Our facilitators are finalizing the  development the didactic materials, including, manuals, guides, books, games, etc. for the three target age groups, 0 – 3 years, 3 – 6 years, and 6 – 8 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are excited about the progress and can’t wait to share more with you next month.  Thank you again for all your support, this program would not be possible without you!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/photo/PRA5282/children-in-the-program-photo-from-progress-report-marc/"&gt;&lt;img src='http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/CIMG0159_Small.JPG' alt='Children in the program'style='margin: 5px;'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: #888888; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 6px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Children in the program&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imifap.org.mx"&gt;Our Site!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Katherine Conway</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-04-19T19:22:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Thank you for your support and congratulations!</title>
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      <description>&lt;div style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to all of our supporters for helping us win the Global Giving challenge and support us in expanding the project: The Children Left Behind!  We are grateful for your support and hope you will continue to check back to this site for exciting updates on how your money and support are improving the lives of children whose parents have migrated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Overview of project mission:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project aims to develop an action model, based on sustainable and shared responsibility, for improving the environment of care and protection of children from 0 to 8 years of age, with greater emphasis on early childhood (0 to 3 yrs) in rural areas of the state of Hidalgo experiencing high rates of migration.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Through your support, the following activities have been carried out:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;• Established contact with institutions and authorities to plan and carry out educational activities
• Convened and conducted focus groups with mothers and fathers, care takers, and health personnel. 
• After completing the diagnostic investigation, finalized the design and content of the materials for children in the three age groups: 0-3 years old, 3-5 years old, and 6-8 years old.
• Finalized materials for community promoters, mothers/fathers, health personnel, and care takers.
• Piloted the final materials&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our report on this phase of the project is attached (in Spanish) if you would like more details of each of the about stages of the project.  Thank you again and we look forward to updating you on the project progress!
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attachments:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.globalgiving.org/pfil/4342/Segundo_reporte_parcial_IMIFAP_a_Van_Leer_Diciembre_2009.doc"&gt;Project Report (in Spanish) (DOC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:10:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Katherine Conway</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-01-22T20:10:07Z</dc:date>
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