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			<title>Dining For Women is Supporting COV Throughout May</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Dining-For-Women-is-Supporting-COV-Throughout-May.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;A big thank you to all of the Dining For Women Chapters who are supporting Children of Vietnam's Empowering Foundation for Women and Their Children this month!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;With your support, COV will be able to provide customized programs for single mothers living in poverty so that they will be empowered for a better future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Empowering Foundations for Women and their Children (EFWC)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 1px; font-size: 1 [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:36:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hold on to Hope Video from Ohio State</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Hold-on-to-Hope-Video-from-Ohio-State.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Please check out this uplifting video put together by the Vietnamese Student Association at Ohio State University. Their Hold On To Hope video benefit's UNAVSA's 2012 philanthrophy- the Children of Vietnam's Hope System of Care.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;What gives you Hope?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;{youtubejw}VqCdGdaf18Q{/youtubejw}&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:24:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>An Adoptive Mom's Story </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/An-Adoptive-Moms-Story-.html</link>
			<description>Please check out this post from an adoptive mom who has become an advocate for children after a life changing visit to Vietnam!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;Heartwarming.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;http://worldmomsblog.com/2012/04/10/human-rights-inspired-by-a-vietnam-adoption/#comments&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;first-meeting&quot; height=&quot;234&quot; width=&quot;350&quot; src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/first-meeting.jpg&quot; /&gt;</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:02:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>A Dose of Adorable </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/A-Dose-of-Adorable-.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Check out the excitement on these kids faces when they were delivered&amp;nbsp;vitamin-fortified meals!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;COV distributes 855,360 of these meals at 2 cents per meal across Quang Nam Province.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/536815_408277189184264_159078937437425_1625741_1115194255_n.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;308&quot; alt=&quot;536815_408277189184264_159078937437425_1625741_1115194255_n&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/564876_4082773 [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:51:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Vietnam in a Historical Context </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Vietnam-in-a-Historical-Context-.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Want to see Saigon circa 1945? Check out this video!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=eR1OIgftNvU&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Screen_Shot_2012-04-17_at_12.47.25_PM&quot; height=&quot;508&quot; width=&quot;732&quot; src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/Screen_Shot_2012-04-17_at_12.47.25_PM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:44:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Study shows that 3.4 Million Children in Vietnam are Undernourished</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Study-shows-that-3.4-Million-Children-in-Vietnam-are-Undernourished.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Did you know? COV is working to alleviate malnutrition and stunted growth by distributing 855,360 of vitamin-fortified meals at 2 cents per meal across Quang Nam Province to rural kindergartens, orphanages, pagodas and rural hospitals. Find more about COV's nutrtition programs here&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Asia One News&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-a [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:39:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Da Nang City Government Recognizes COV</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Da-Nang-City-Government-Recognizes-COV.html</link>
			<description>Children of Vietnam's staff in Da Nang was excited to be honored at a Da Nang People's committee last week where the organization received a Chairman's Merit Certificate for the good work COV does for the children of Da Nang.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;There were 23 awards given out all to government people and one to COV—the only charity.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Great job COV team- thanks for all of your hard work!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/IMG_0861.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; alt=&quot;IMG_0861 [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:57:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Make Agent Orange History features COV and UNAVSA</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Make-Agent-Orange-History-features-COV-and-UNAVSA.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Make Agent Orange History featured the UNAVSA and COV's Hope System of Care in a recent blog entry. Check it out!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://makeagentorangehistory.org/unavsa-selects-children-of-vietnam-for-major-fundraising-effort/#comments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0px;&quot;&gt;And here is some additional details about one of the HSOC benificiaries- Thien.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:28:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Clara's Cause </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Claras-Cause-.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Clara Wilson, a young and loyal COV supporter has completed raising money to rebuild a tsunami torn kindergarten in Vietnam. Find out how she did it with the FOX news story below!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; fo [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:54:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Dining for Women featured on NBC</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Dining-for-Women-featured-on-NBC.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;&quot;&gt;Have you seen the &quot;Making a Difference&quot; NBC Nightly News feature on Children of Vietnam's partner Dining for Women?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;&quot;&gt;Check it out below and thanks to Dining for Women for supporting Children of Vietnam with their upcoming May giving campaign!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Here is the NBC web link:&amp;nbsp;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#4631823&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt; [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:46:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>UNAVSA Video needs 4000 views to raise $2000 for HSOC</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/UNAVSA-Video-needs-4000-views-to-raise-2000-for-HSOC.html</link>
			<description>Check out this awesome video put together by COV's supporters at the&amp;nbsp;Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA). UNAVSA consists of 200 student assocations across US and Canada and they are all working very hard to raise awareness and funds for COV's Hope System of Care.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If this particular Youtube Video gets 4000 views then COV gets a $2000 donation!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So please click!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;And a&amp;nbsp;thousand and one thanks for your dedicated work to improve the li [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:46:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Fun Video on Vietnamese Cuisine </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Fun-Video-on-Vietnamese-Cuisine-.html</link>
			<description>A Taste of Vietnam, A Whirlwind Video Tour of Vietnamese Cuisine&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“A Taste of Vietnam” is a fast-paced three minute video tour of the food of Vietnam. The video is by Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of&amp;nbsp;The Perennial Plate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padd [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:39:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Citizen Effect Supports COV</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Citizen-Effect-Supports-COV.html</link>
			<description>Children of Vietnam is so thankful for our partnership with Citizen Effect!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Citizen Effect, is a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals to become &quot;Citizen Philanthropists.&quot; They offer tons of tools for raising funds and awareness. They are featuring several of Children of Vietnam's projects such as Bikes for Education, the hope System of Care, Scholarships, sanitation projects and home and kindergarten constructions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Check out their full list of projects in Vietnam through  [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:28:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Student Supports COV with a barefoot marathon!</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Student-Supports-COV-with-a-barefoot-marathon-.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;A student named Tommy Budhijanto is helping raise money for&amp;nbsp;Children of Vietnam and&amp;nbsp;UNAVSA Collective Philanthropy Project! He is planning on running the Austin Marathon barefoot!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Check out his fundraising page. &amp;nbsp;COV wishes him good luck and a big thank you. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise?fcid=183864&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;stay_classy&quot; height=&quot;510&quot; width=&quot;192&quot; src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/stay_classy.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:02:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Education Moves</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Education-Moves.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Last month the COV staff hosted a film crew from EuroNews to assist in creating their program called &quot;Education Moves.&quot; &amp;nbsp;The program features three nonprofits helping children to overcome the challenges of transportation and the impact it has on the children. Check out the video and info on COV below!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://www.euronews.net/2012/02/03/education-moves/&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;video1&quot; height=&quot;460&quot; width=&quot;630&quot; src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/video1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:57:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Big C supports COV</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Big-C-supports-COV.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Big C donated nutritious food and holiday treats for 100 families. Big C is a large retailer in Da Nang that &quot;offers a complete one-stop-shopping for Vietnamese customers&quot; Thank you Big C!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;215&quot; alt=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;float: left;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://childrenofvietnam.org/images/stories/1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;3 [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:33:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Agent Orange Advocacy post by VSA at the University of  Maryland</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Agent-Orange-Advocacy-post-by-VSA-at-the-University-of-Maryland.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Check it out and spread the word.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;COV is so thankful for the enthusiastic support of the entire UNAVSA community!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://www.publicasian.com/vsas-unite-to-help-children-affected-by-agent-orange/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;VSAs unite to help children affected by Agent Orange&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The university’s Vietnamese Student Association teamed up with other VSAs across the country to support Children of Vietnam’s Hope System of Care project, which helps victims with birth defects caused by Agent Oran [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Tet Celebration with the Hyatt Regency</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Tet-Celebration-with-the-Hyatt-Regency.html</link>
			<description>Happy Tet!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;A &amp;nbsp;big thank you goes out to our friends at&amp;nbsp;Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa&amp;nbsp;for their support this hoilday season. Read all about their contribution to 40 families New Year celebration on the Keyed In to Hyatt blog!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;Celebrating a Brighter Vietnamese New Year&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; alt=&quot;/content/hyattblog/2010/08/Celebrating-a-Brighter-Vietnamese-New-Year/2012/01/celebrating_a_bright/jcr:content/par/image/file&quot; class=&quot;cq-dd-image&quot; src=&quot;http:/ [...]</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hold on to Hope Campaign 2012</title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Hold-on-to-Hope-Campaign-2012.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Support Children of Vietnam and UNAVSA!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1000&quot; src=&quot;http://cpp.unavsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/a1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;slider5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use Picnik to make your own Hold on to Hope poster!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's how:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;1. Go to&amp;nbsp;www.picnik.com and click on the button&amp;nbsp;in the center of the screen that says&amp;nbsp;[Get started now!]&lt;br style=&quot;outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin: 0px;&quot; /&gt;2. After picnik loads, click on the butt [...]</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:28:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Dining For Women Calendar </title>
			<link>http://childrenofvietnam.org/en/blog/Dining-For-Women-Calendar-.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;There is still time to purchase a 2012 Dining For Women Calendar to start the year 2012 off right!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out August for information on Dining For Women's much appreciated support for Children of Vietnam.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click here to order:&amp;nbsp;http://diningforwomen.org/2012Calendar&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;or here to view the full PDF version:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;http://diningforwomen.org/sites/default/files/documents/DFW%202012%20CALENDAR.pdf&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://diningforwomen.org/sites/default/ [...]</description>
			<author>boycoc8@wfu.edu</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:16:58 +0100</pubDate>
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