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		<title>Join the Esperanza Alumni Association!</title>
		<link>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2012/02/15/join-the-esperanza-alumni-association-2/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, My name is Katie Phelps and I am currently serving as the secretary of the Esperanza Alumni Association (EAA). I live about 45 minutes northwest of St. Louis, MO. I am writing to encourage everyone to join the EAA and assist in any way you can. The EAA has done many great things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A letter from FEM Director, Josefina Pataky</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends of Esperanza We are at the end of 2011, the end of a year of great challenges in which has strengthened and propelled Esperanza to make changes at many levels with our eyes on a future of hope for justice and solidarity. Our hearts are full of gratitude for the support and help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Farms and Off-Roading: Oaxaca week 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a personal resolution to myself this week in Oaxaca. I told myself that I would never complain about trail-maintenance in the Northwest again. Granted, the “trail” I was on at the time wasn’t a trail in a conventional hiking sense. It could be better described as the road/path/route that coffee farmers use to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Projects: Oaxaca Week 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It is now my second week here with Esperanza on the coast of Oaxaca. I am hearing about new things and new projects every day down here. It may pain the Northwest readers to even hear about this with their current weather, but I am finally getting used to the warmer climate here. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tijuana to Oaxaca: by Eric Reutter</title>
		<link>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2011/11/06/tijuana-to-oaxaca-by-eric-reutter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Tijuana to Oaxaca: Week 1 Eight months in Tijuana. That alone could be material for a lengthy blog. That, however, will be for another time. This is about Oaxaca. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Eric Reutter and I just finished my time as an Esperanza long-term volunteer in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News From Oaxaca</title>
		<link>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2011/10/18/news-from-oaxaca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months ago, when I was offered a position to coordinate the Esperanza program in Oaxaca, it just felt right to go back to the coast and work on a project I had been part of it’s inception. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Carla Pataky and I am the current coordinator of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two weeks in Tijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2011/10/17/two-weeks-in-tijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past August I was blessed with the opportunity to work with Esperanza for 2 weeks. It was my seventh time working with Esperanza and my second time staying for two straight weeks. I love Esperanza and can’t imagine going a year without spending a week or two in Tijuana. It is rejuvenating, inspiring, peaceful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to start your OWN Esperanza group!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Eric Reutter, and I would like to take a second to tell you how easy it is to form an Esperanza volunteer group. First, I should back up for a moment. I am currently the long-term volunteer in Tijuana, and I have been coming down as a participant/leader on Esperanza trips for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from Esperanza Alumni Association President: Steve Hinderhofer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Esperanza Alumni, I hope this newsletter finds you well. My name is Steven Hinderhofer and I am an Esperanza alumnus. I am currently acting as the president of the Esperanza Alumni Association (EAA). Our mission is to to build a network of Esperanza volunteers in order to continue serving the families of Mexico, generate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from Board President, Marcel Tam</title>
		<link>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2011/10/16/letter-from-board-president-marcel-tam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esperanzaint.org/blog/2011/10/16/letter-from-board-president-marcel-tam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Familia Esperanza, Our organization has undergone many changes since Gilda Vilaplana, President of the Fundación Esperanza de México (FEM) Board of Directors, and I shared the revamped Esperanza International (EI) mission statement: “to cultivate global citizenship through international service experiences in working toward a better world.” Since then, both organizational partners have been working [...]]]></description>
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