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	<title>Medicine For Mali</title>
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	<description>Helping the People of Mali, Africa</description>
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		<title>Bexley Methodist Church donates 1 scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bexley Methodist Church of Columbus, Ohio has donated a scholarship for a girl to go to high school in the capital of Bamako. These scholarships are awarded to the top girl and boy in their class in 4 schools. One of scholarship winners in 2010-11 &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/bexley-methodist-church-donates-1-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>2nd Altrusa grant for Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Altrusa of Columbu has generously donated a 2nd grant to MFM for teacher training and tutoring for the 2011-12 school year in 4 schools with a total enrollment of 2.000 students. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/2nd-altrusa-grant-for-education/</link>
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		<title>Garage sale nets 3 scholarships for MFM.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ian Bravendar and friends, high schoolers in Columbus, OH, held a garage sale to benefit MFM. They earned enough to help 3 Malian students go to high school in the capital city Bamako. What a great job! ]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/garage-sale-nets-3-scholarships-for-mfm/</link>
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		<title>Laura Delaney recognized for service by DMU</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laura Delaney, PA-C, M.P.A.S., physician assistant program, has received Des Moines University Faculty  Organization service award in June, 2011.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/laura-delaney-recognized-for-service-by-dmu/</link>
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		<title>Timber Ridge helps MFM medical team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Timber Ridge beef jerky goes to Mali Local Iowa retailer Timber Ridge donates beef jerky sticks to MFM med team. Dr. Laura reports that the team used the beef jerky to keep themselves going during long days in the clinic. Timber Ridge beef jerky fuels med team.]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/turtle-ridge-helps-mfm-medical-team/</link>
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		<title>Medicine For Mali brunch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all had a fun time in Columbus, OH as friends, neighbors, and family gathered to listed to Jill discuss this years public health and education efforts in Mali. Thanks mom! And, thanks to everyone who attended!]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/medicine-for-mali-brunch/</link>
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		<title>Altrusa Backs Schools with Grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Altrusa of Columbus, OH, has given MFM a grant to help promote all students, especially girls, continuing their education.  This service organization is supporting our tutoring program where students, with emphasis on girls, get extra classes during the week. MFM has also begun a teacher training program where district officials observe and give practical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/altrusa-backs-schools-with-grant/</link>
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		<title>MFM 2011 trip was a huge success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The MFM 2011 trip  was a great trip. We got many very worthwhile projects done. the med clinic saw 2000 patients. 500 micro loans were given out, mainly to women. Installation was complete on 3 new clean water systems. Public Health projects are moving ahead with great vigor, including the first written village health records, villages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/mfm-2011-trip-was-a-huge-success/</link>
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		<title>Villages to use Vital Stats to help solve their own health problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, one village had 7 deaths of children under 4 years old due to malaria. This information is in the Vital Stats notebooks that the MFM village volunteers are keeping. MFM will have a training to help the village and volunteers work together to use this information to highlight problems and then find solutions. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/villages-to-use-vital-stats-to-help-solve-their-own-health-problems/</link>
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		<title>Virginia Gildersleeves grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Gildersleeves International Fund (VGIF) has given MFM a grant for a midwife to go out to our 8 villages to supervise our matrons (woman in the village who assists women with births.) This is a follow up grant to the first VGIF grant which allowed us to train the matrons in safe delivery practices. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicineformali.org/virginia-gildersleeves-grant/</link>
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