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	<description>Creating a world for kids with intellectual disabilities.</description>
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		<title>A Day to Mourn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Hope has been busy busy with the start of our Community Care Centers in both Ng&#8217;ombe and Garden compounds.  We are so excited to say we are gaining ground in both places, and that kids there are growing and learning!  This morning, however, we took a pause to remember the lives of those children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom for 8 with Autism Spectrum Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We served a class today that we&#8217;ve been serving now for over 18 months.  It is called Bauleni Street Kids, but actually is a school, and has a wing of the school for children who have disabilities.  We work with all the classrooms, but mostly the class for children with fairly severe autism (most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another School requested and came for help today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had the second encouraging request in two days- a school we work with has lost one of its teachers, and the substitute volunteer teacher called to ask for help.  She wanted to know how she could best support the existing teacher, how she could figure out how to teach to the needs of each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consulted with A School Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were asked by a school we have consistently worked with to come to their classroom for children with intellectual disabilities and help them to teach their children better.  This, I believe, is a first for us.  We often offer, and some accept gladly, but this is the first time a director has called and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finishing the Two-Week Training for Potential Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week was the end of two weeks of intensive training for 10 potential workers for our two Community Centers.  Due to everyone&#8217;s lack of education and experience at the beginning, and the learning curve that needed to be climbed, I presented them with a challenge:  those who would learn, and ask questions, and try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Medical Trip today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, one of our workers mentioned that her cousin, Musonda, who is 8 years old, microcephalic, delayed in all milestones, and almost completely nonverbal, has been crying all night, and not eating and drinking, for a few days.   A few days??? Here, where the heat and dry air can make anyone dehydrated quickly? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Care for Ichthyosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, as our team of folks evaluated the needs of children with intellectual disabilities who came to sign up for our new community centers and sponsorship programs, we met an engaging little 1 year, 5 month old named Nathan.  He was born with bright pink, shiny skin, stretched tautly over his body, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training New Staff for our Community Centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we restarted our training that began a bit in December for some staff, and earlier for two others. We are starting with two trained Social Workers, one Educator, and three younger girls (18 years each) who have someone with special needs in their home. We also have two teachers that came to our Basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak Preview: Changes at SHN!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s right, friends. This post is meant to give you all a sneak peek of the up and coming things happening here at Special Hope… Within the next couple weeks, our website will be undergoing a significant facelift! Thanks to consultation from Brooks Adams Research and design by Kate Carpenter Design, as well as images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweaking an Already Existing Program (for a change)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things we thought we would be doing more of when we got to Lusaka was adding to existing programs, and giving teachers and parents new ideas to augment their current educational plans. Due to many factors, we have just not had the chance to do this very often. Two of the main [...]]]></description>
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