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		<title>An API With a Social Conscious</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I wrote about a new type of lending and investing service called &#8220;Micro Finance&#8221; which enables anyone to make a small investment and help end poverty.  The blog post I wrote about was an eBay organization called MicroPlace.  Today, a similar service called Kiva.org released an interesting API that allows outside developers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CharityWater.org &#8211; Providing Clean Drinking Water to the World (MLK Day 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water is one of the basic necessities in life.  However, 1.1 Billion people in the world don&#8217;t have access to clean, safe drinking water.  That&#8217;s one in six people in this world. Charity:Water is trying to change that by bringing clean, safe, drinkable water to some of the world&#8217;s poorest regions. A 100% Charity One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ModestNeeds.org &#8211; Helping Break the Cycle of Poverty (MLK Day 4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modest Needs is a unique and award winning charity that helps low-income working families afford short term emergencies like unexpected car repairs, high heating bills, or unexpected doctor visits. Many working families just above the poverty line are just a simple problem away from going under and being caught in a vicious cycle of dept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FeedingAmerica.org &#8211; America&#8217;s Food Bank (MLK Day 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the current economic issues and rising food costs, the need for food banks has never been more great.  With this in mind, I&#8217;m profiling FeedingAmerica.org (formerly Second Harvest) as part three of my Martin Luther King Day of Service Series. The web site is a centralized location that allows you to donate money, find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bestdayfoundation.org &#8211; Giving Special Needs Kids a Day at the Beach (MLK Day 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a kid, one of my favorite past times and best memories came from the beach.  It was always a chance to be in the sun, the surf, and just be wild&#8230; just be a kid.  That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m profiling the BestDayFoundation.org &#8211; A non-profit organization that provides kids with special needs a day at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MicroPlace.com &#8211; Micro Finance to End Povery (MLK Day 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To start off my contribution to the MLK Day of Service Series, I&#8217;d like to profile a non-charity charity called MicroPlace.com. I first heard of this type of organization while watching a documentary on PBS.  I instantly became interested in this type of organization, because unlike other charities or organizations, &#8220;Micro Finance&#8221; companies helps people [...]]]></description>
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