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		<title>Vision &amp; Verb Limited Edition Holiday Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CherryPie</dc:creator>
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Newly launched in the Vision &#38; Verb card shop is a &#8216;limited edition holiday cards&#8216; gallery.  As with the main gallery all profits from the cards sold help fund Kiva loans.

The profit from every card sold (approximately 50%) will be given back to the larger world in allotments of 50$ loans to men and women [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="V&amp;V Holiday Cards by KirscheTortschen, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/-cherrypie-/8009684144/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/8009684144_a096183817.jpg" alt="V&amp;V Holiday Cards" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Newly launched in the <a href="http://www.visionandverb.com/shoppe" target="_blank">Vision &amp; Verb card shop</a> is a &#8216;<a href="http://www.visionandverb.com/shoppe/holiday-limited-edition-gallery/" target="_blank">limited edition holiday cards</a>&#8216; gallery.  As with the main gallery all profits from the cards sold help fund Kiva loans.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The profit from every card sold (approximately 50%) will be given back to the larger world in allotments of 50$ loans to men and women seeking to start their own businesses.  The conduit for these loans is <a href="http://www.kiva.org/" target="_blank">Kiva</a>, a non-profit organisation that enables us to lend to the &#8220;working poor&#8221; around the world.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The pictures in the mosaic are thumbnails of the ones that I have chosen to include in the gallery.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8153 aligncenter" title="Our-Shoppe-Button-large" src="http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Our-Shoppe-Button-large-500x357.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="158" /></p>
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		<title>Empowering People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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The 21 ladies (from around the globe) that collectively share their thoughts and ideas through Vision &#38; Verb wanted to give something to the wider world in which they live.
An idea was born and embraced (by the 21 ladies) to use their artwork to create gift cards which would enable disadvantaged people around the world [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8153 aligncenter" title="Our-Shoppe-Button-large" src="http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Our-Shoppe-Button-large-500x357.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="357" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 21 ladies (from around the globe) that collectively share their thoughts and ideas through <a href="http://www.visionandverb.com/" target="_blank">Vision &amp; Verb</a> wanted to give something to the wider world in which they live.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">An <a href="http://www.visionandverb.com/at-home/2012/4/30/a-reprise-for-giving-back.html" target="_blank">idea was born</a> and embraced (by the 21 ladies) to use their artwork to create gift cards which would enable disadvantaged people around the world to help themselves:</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The profit from every card sold (approximately 50%) will be given back to the larger world in allotments of 50$ loans to men and women seeking to start their own businesses.  The conduit for these loans is <a href="http://www.kiva.org/" target="_blank">Kiva</a>, a non-profit organisation that enables us to lend to the &#8220;working poor&#8221; around the world.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.visionandverb.com/shoppe/" target="_blank">The shop</a> is now open for viewing <img src='http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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