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	<description>Giving Guatemala&#039;s indigenous children a chance to spread their wings and fly</description>
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		<title>Help Pay it Forward and Match Lisa&#8217;s $43 Donation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When fourteen year old Lisa Wong raised $43 from a bake sale for Roots and Wings, she could have stopped there knowing that she was helping many students who live on less than $2 a day. But Lisa knew that she could do more, so she asked her friends and family to match her bake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India: Lessons learnt</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/india-lessons-learnt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now back in the UK slowly (and reluctantly) adjusting to the damp and grey climate I know all too well after returning from 9 weeks in deserts, beaches, and tropical beauty spots of India. I didn&#8217;t see it coming, but I must admit that I have never felt more ready to return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NISGUA visits Sponsoring Community in Washington, D.C. area</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/nisgua-visits-sponsoring-community-in-washington-d-c-area/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/nisgua-visits-sponsoring-community-in-washington-d-c-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) visited one of their US Sponsoring Communities, which support their work to promote grassroots activism for justice and human rights in Guatemala. The following article from NISGUA&#8217;s blog, written by staff member Bridget Brehen, considers how communities in the US can connect with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay It Forward</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/pay-it-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a movie awhile back called, Pay It Forward. The idea was that a young boy, Trevor McKinney, was faced with a school project to change the world. He thought he would do favors, but the favor was &#8220;returned&#8221; to three new people. This kind of idea, if implemented in the real world, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kate Doyle &#8211; Human Rights Award Winner</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/kate-doyle-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/kate-doyle-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday May 13th at the Museum of the City of New York, the inspirational Kate Doyle, director of the Evidence Project at the National Security Archive, will receive the prestigious Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive (ALBA) and Puffin Foundation Award for Human Rights activism alongside Fredy Peccerelli, an innovative forensic anthropologist of the Guatemalan Forensic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Chilean Student Protesters can teach the Occupy Movement</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/what-the-chilean-student-protesters-can-teach-the-occupy-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Labor Day, May 1st, Occupy Wall Street renewed its wave of protests against the 1% across the country but the movement has largely dwindled in scope. It was also a year ago this month that Chilean students took to the streets and united with laborers and community groups to protest a failing education and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly News Round-Up: April 26-May 2</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/weekly-news-round-up-april-26-may-2/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/weekly-news-round-up-april-26-may-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wondering what&#8217;s been going in your favorite Central American country for the past week? Look no further &#8212; RWI&#8217;s weekly round of the top news stories from and about Guatemala will catch you up in no time! Groups involved with the Indigenous and Campesino March that happened last month met with the Guatemalan president to formally discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALBA Award Honors Fredy Peccerelli and FAFG</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/alba-award-honors-fredy-peccerelli-and-fafg/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/05/alba-award-honors-fredy-peccerelli-and-fafg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundacion de Antropologia Forense de Guatemala) is a unique organization that straddles both the human rights and scientific communities. This year, FAFG and its Executive Director Fredy Peccerelli, earned a high honor for their work on behalf of Guatemalan civil war victims, as a recipient of the ALBA/Puffin Award for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Voices presents Mujeres Construyendo</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/04/global-voices-presents-mujeres-construyendo/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/04/global-voices-presents-mujeres-construyendo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Global Voices introduced a new blogging platform for women throughout Latin America &#8212; Mujeres Construyendo. This week, we&#8217;re proud to share Global Voices&#8217; article with RWI&#8217;s readers, and hopefully spark a connection with two different organizations who give a voice to those who don&#8217;t always have a seat at the table. Enjoy. &#160; “Una bloguera [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activists for Guatemalan Human Rights Recieve ALBA/Puffin Award</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/04/activists-for-guatemalan-human-rights-recieve-albapuffin-award/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/04/activists-for-guatemalan-human-rights-recieve-albapuffin-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human rights advocates work tirelessly to bring justice to the most vulnerable in society, often without any recognition. However, two collaborating organizations are helping to change that with the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. The first ABLA/Puffin Award in 2011 was given to Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón for his accomplishments in bringing Chilean dictator [...]]]></description>
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