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		<title>Camilla&#8217;s visit to the Eastern Cape May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was high time that I actually saw what ASAP does on the ground out in South Africa after nearly 3 years of working for them, so I managed to tag on a short visit to the end of a holiday.    On the morning of Tuesday 20th May 2010, I found myself in a 4&#215;4  white jeep being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plates for orphans!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Make A Plate company has been producing durable hand-designed plastic plates since 1969, and I&#8217;ve been a loyal customer since 1983. But let me clarify for those who aren&#8217;t familiar: Make A Plates are not plastic plates designed by just anybody, they are custom drawn by you! The kit comes with round sheets of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2010/05/15/plates-for-orphans/</link>
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		<title>Friends Academy fall fair:  ASAP tee shirts sell like hot cakes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every fall, Friends Academy—an independent Quaker school for pre nursery through the 12th grade in Locust Valley, New York—has a wonderful fair that brings the entire community together. Through the dedicated spirit of the Friends/ ASAP student committee, led by Stephanie Batista. Grace Dixon, Brooke Hen, Nancy Karches, and Maria Wade, coupled with the support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2010/02/03/friends-academy-fall-fair-asap-tee-shirts-sell-like-hot-cakes/</link>
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		<title>Year-end Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello All!
It has been a busy spring at ASAP. As many of you know, we lost the permaculture manager at one of our partner CBOs in the Eastern Cape. A fund has been started in her name to educate her five children.
Now, onto better, more exciting news! Thanks to the generosity and support of our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2009/12/12/year-end-newsletter/</link>
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		<title>Nokulunga Mzobotshe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Born August 11th 1962 – Died October 22nd 2009

The first time I heard the name 'Nokulunga' I thought, “How the hell am I ever going to remember that?” Nokulunga, Nokulunga, Nokulunga. Andy and I practically chanted it, along with the names Fikiswa and Boniswa as we drove the 1000 miles east from Cape Town to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2009/11/11/nokulunga-mzobotshe/</link>
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		<title>Filming in the Eastern Cape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of ASAP&#8217;s longstanding supporters and force behind Grandmothers United, Elizabeth Ashcombe, has helped to enlist the expertise of Move A Mountain Productions to put together an updated promotional film for the organization. The film crew consisted of Priscilla Higham, Linet Dube (ASAP office manager), Alex Richards and Andy O&#8217;Neill (ASAP volunteers), Elizabeth McKay (Move [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2009/07/02/filming-in-the-eastern-cape/</link>
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		<title>Andes horse trek raised £2,192.29 for ASAP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rosie Tyser came to the ASAP lunch in May 2008 in London and proposed a sponosred horse trek in the Andes.   We were so thilled that she chose ASAP as her cause and was able to raise £2,192.29 for ASAP.  Here&#8217;s a report from the horse&#8217;s mouth!
I crossed the Andes on horseback from January 24th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2009/03/13/andes-horse-trek-adventure-raised-219229-for-asap/</link>
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		<title>ASAP in the Telegraph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASAP has been featured in a September 2008 Telegraph Magazine article about our new fundraising effort: Grandmothers United. The article highlights the programmes ASAP funds which offer South African grandmothers (gogos) psychological support and a break from looking after their orphaned grandchildren. The Grandmother&#8217;s United campaign will recruit grandmothers in the UK, USA and around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2008/11/10/asap-in-the-telegraph/</link>
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		<title>Grandmothers United at Vogue House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vogue House, Hanover Square, London W1 welcomed over 100 grandmothers in 
support of Grandmothers United for ASAP.  




Sue Crewe, Liz Ashcombe, Rosie Bartlett, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Lynne Franks, Candida Lycett Green, Lucinda Lambton, Jane Ormsby Gore and Lyn Rothman, along with the assembled guests, listened to the Telegraph feature writer Cassandra Jardine,  who recently visited two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2008/11/09/vogue-house-hosts-tea-party-with-grandmothers-united-for-asap/</link>
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		<title>New A.S.A.P. volunteers in the Eastern Cape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy O’Neill and Alex Richards will be volunteering with ASAP from September 2008 through September 2009. After Andy finished his PhD in physics at Columbia University and Alex completed her second novel, they are ecstatic to have found the time to work with the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Mount Frere with one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.africansolutions.org/2008/10/28/new-asap-volunteers-in-the-eastern-cape/</link>
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