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		<title>LITTLE GIRL’S BEAUTIFUL DREAM BECOMING A REALITY</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[BOOKS BY AND FOR ETHIOPIANS WIN MORE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: IBBY Ethiopia: Yoseph Ayalew / phone: 251 965 696 969 / 911 227 650 / &#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; email:&#160;yosephopenheartbigdreams@gmail.com OHBD: Ellenore Angelidis / phone: 425-295-8841 / email: ellenore@openheartsbigdreams.org December 2025 – Open Hearts Big Dreams (OHBD) started because a little girl named Leyla [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteering is a Two-Way Street</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellenore Angelidis]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Michael Angelidis Giving back is very important to any society and volunteers are integral. Today we all lead extremely busy lives and it can be hard to find time. However, the benefits are enormous; providing important support to organizations, like OHBD, dedicated to worthy causes all over the globe. One of the more well-known [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>by Michael Angelidis Giving back is very important to any society and volunteers are integral. Today we all lead extremely busy lives and it can be hard to find time. However, the benefits are enormous; providing important support to organizations, like OHBD, dedicated to worthy causes all over the globe. One of the more well-known benefits of volunteering is the impact on the community which…</p>
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		<title>Conserving the Beauty of Ethiopia &#8212; A Legacy of Love and Working Together</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellenore Angelidis]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia is a country full of animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the world—and other amazing animals as well. But many of those animals could easily disappear forever. Majestic black lion populations, for example, have declined almost 90%, with only small populations clinging to life in pockets of Ethiopian wilderness. One conservationist who [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ethiopia is a country full of animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the world—and other amazing animals as well. But many of those animals could easily disappear forever. Majestic black lion populations, for example, have declined almost 90%, with only small populations clinging to life in pockets of Ethiopian wilderness. One conservationist who studies them says, “It’s not just the lions…</p>
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