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	<title>Hands On Disaster Response is now    All Hands Volunteers</title>
	<link>http://hodr.org</link>
	<description>Please visit www.hands.org for more information</description>
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		<title>Thank you Tina and Hina</title>
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While every volunteer coming to work with Hands On Disaster Response gives 110% on-project, every once in a while HODR is graced with volunteers that keep that drive off-project, asking friends and family to participate in fundraising &#38; awareness events. Volunteer-led fundraisers are a fantastic way to stay involved: they help support the causes we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/29/thank-you-tina-and-hina/</link>
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		<title>Iowa: Project Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are assisting the Jasper County Emergency Management Agency and City of Colfax, Iowa with their flood recovery. ]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/28/iowa-project-update/</link>
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		<title>Event: Bonfire Rocks for Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bonfire Rocks for Haiti - A presentation on 10 days in Haiti by Scotty Stoughton, followed by music from Bonfire and a Haitian Arts display.]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/26/event-bonfire-rocks-for-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Iowa: Assessment Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HODR is heading to Iowa to assess the areas affected by flooding that in many locations has surpassed records set in 1993. An estimated 500 homes in Colfax, IA have been significantly impacted.]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/18/iowa-assessment-update/</link>
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		<title>Pakistan: Assessment Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan flooding situation is a natural disaster of epic proportions, with an estimated 900,000 homes damaged/destroyed and up to 20 million people affected.]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/17/pakistan-assessment-update/</link>
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		<title>Internships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hands On Disaster Response is accepting candidates for our Communications and Development Intern positions.]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/09/internships/</link>
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		<title>HAITI: If You Give a Town a School: What HODR is Doing for Education</title>
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To rebuild a successful education system is to rebuild a successful Haiti. From creating space and structure for schools to training teachers, HODR volunteers are chipping away at a seemingly intractable problem, one piece at a time. HODR volunteers are involved in education projects including:

RUBBLE CLEARING. Nearly 4,000 Haitian schools were destroyed or badly damaged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/05/haiti-if-you-give-a-town-a-school-what-hodr-is-doing-for-education/</link>
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		<title>HAITI: Building Transitional Schools in Leogane, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 

For a video slide show of a school build, click here.
What was once a pilot project is now in full swing: Over the next six months, HODR&#8217;s Transitional School Program will construct ten school buildings for the community of Leogane. With two completed and a third nearing its finishing touches, HODR volunteers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/05/haiti-building-transitional-schools-in-leogane-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Volunteer eBook available from HODR Alumni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kirsty Henderson, a veteran of four international HODR projects and other volunteering projects worldwide, has written an ebook called &#8216;The Underground Guide to Volunteering&#8217; (www.nerdynomad.com/volunteering). Her aim is to provide people who want to volunteer worldwide with the knowledge and confidence they need to make it happen.
People who want to volunteer are often put off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/05/volunteer-ebook-available-from-hodr-alumni/</link>
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		<title>HAITI: Local Volunteer Spotlight: Shooby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Shooby Leroy Jean-Pierre is a HODR local volunteer. As a translator, educator, and general go-to guy, Shooby serves as a crucial liaison between the international volunteer team and the local community. He also represents another bridge between cultures: he lived in Miami for most of his life, returning to Haiti to a few years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hodr.org/2010/08/05/haiti-local-volunteer-spotlight-shooby/</link>
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