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Amplify your goodwill and cheer this holiday season! Buy an orphan a pair of shoes. Support an education. Do it in the name of one you love or as a family affair. Learn how in the new VVQ Holiday Gift Guide (PDF) and don’t forget to share it!

The latest issue of VVQ is hot off the press!
In this Issue:

• A Note from Founder and Executive Director, Shana Greene
• Quilts of Love from Dawn Brislawn
• Baby Tasur Expected in December!
• The College of Integrative Medicine Opens in Ghana
• Where in the World is Ramesh Nath Sharma?
• Butterfly Project Scholarship Recipients
• A Special It Takes a Village Party!
• Contact, Subscription & Donation Information

Village Volunteers Quarterly 2.2 (PDF) is finally here!

Please consider throwing an “It Takes a Village Party!” in your own back yard this month or next. (See the newsletter for details.) You’ll raise both the awareness and funding required to sustain the global work done by Village Volunteers.

Many people depend upon our help around the world and yet, in this troubled economy, we too find ourselves asking for help. Thank you for any gift or donation you can manage. Every bit counts and is greatly appreciated.

All the best,
Kim Clune, Ed.
Village Volunteers Quarterly
http://www.villagevolunteers.org

Welcome to the second newsletter I designed and authored for Village Volunteers. PS: Our readership is nearing 5000 worldwide!

In this Issue:

• A Note from Founder and Executive Director, Shana Greene
• Water Filter Project Fully Funded
• Nicole Khristine Partners with VV
• Congratulations to Pamela Odoyo!
• Sister Freda’s: Improving Orphans’ Lives
• VV in New Book by Susan Skog
• Get Connected: Online Resources
• Wassa Dance Thanksgiving Fund Raiser
• Sirua Aulo Academy Roof is Complete
• Three Exciting Volunteer Opportunities
• Never Too Young to Make a Difference
• Support Village Volunteers, Seattle

Village Volunteers, with just one e-newsletter under their belt, has recently accepted my offer to give the piece a fresh look and voice. The initial e-mailing, created by volunteer Devon de Lena, proved that roughly 4,000 supporters were eager for news about the people in African and Asian village programs that Village Volunteers strives to empower. That same audience suggested several ways in which the publication could improve.

Taking the publication’s starting point, reader suggestions and future organizational goals into account, the result is Volume 1, Issue 2 of 2008. This is the first publication in which I have had the opportunity to design, author, edit and include a bit of my own photography. (The original is on the left. The new version is on the right. Click the images to download the respective PDF files.)

In this Issue you’ll find the following articles:

• Lillian Tasur Goes to College
• A Note from Founder and Executive Director, Shana Greene
• Have’s Community Library Complete
• Meet VVQ’s New Editor, Kim Clune
• NEW: Village Volunteers Social Network
• Tyler Belgrave: What One Person Can Do
• Get Connected: Online Resources

In order to communicate with Village Volunteers alumni and share experiences with future volunteers, I created a social network at VillageVolunteers.Ning.com. Those who have volunteered in Ghana, Kenya, India and Nepal can now post pictures, videos, blog posts, chat, host forum discussions, events, create action groups and more. I look forward to announcing this project in Village Volunteers Quarterly, the newsletter I’m now writing, editing and designing for publication later this month. In preparation, I have posted my own writing and photography on the network, eager to see what others bring to the table.

Village Volunteers' Social Network Screen Shot