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Lora’s Home: the Story of a Bulgarian Orphan

Posted in compassion, tagged , , , , , on November 26, 2007 | No Comments »

Ten years ago South Africans Jack and Elsabé Louw were asked to help an organization that worked with children in institutions in Bulgaria. During their first visit to an orphanage for children with disabilities, hidden in the mountains in Southern Bulgaria, they met a seven-year old girl named Lora. Their lives would never be the same again.

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A Time to Belong

Posted in globalgirl stories, tagged , , , , on November 25, 2007 | No Comments »

Adopting a new country is serious business. It took Idelette McVicker seven years to become a Canadian citizen, but finally she’s come home.

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Mother Theresa of the Goldfields

Posted in compassion, tagged , , , , , , on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »

Merle Henegan of South Africa cares for the poorest of the poor in Goldfields, in the Free State. For the last 13 years she has brought dignity and love to some of South Africa’s most marginalized.

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