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How I became the Vanilla Queen

…books I learned about exotic faraway countries and about people who dedicated their lives to assist the people living in developing countries. I knew that was what I’d want to…

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Enchanting Tahiti

…like being part of an enormous aquarium — with the sharks outside the reefs! The beaches are clean and sandy. People paddle through lagoons and bays in kayaks. Trade winds…

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Afternoon Tea at Onamea Tea Plantation

…many people welcome friends to drink afternoon tea and share scrumptious food, but how many people have the pleasure of experiencing drinking tea at the source?  My friends Rob Nunally…

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Afternoon Tea on Onomea Bay

…many people welcome friends to drink afternoon tea and share scrumptious food, but how many people have the pleasure of experiencing drinking tea at the source?  My friends Rob Nunally…

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What’s In Your Pantry? Part Two

people whose lives depend on certain fresh, frozen, canned or boxed foods. In other words, we need to be mindful and not clear the shelves. People with kidney disease need…

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Sending Prayers to Haiti

…a million desperate people. What we can all offer to the Haitians — and to all the people who are there to help — is our compassion and love.  Many…

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Global Women’s Leadership Network

…standing for equality, moving people from poverty to self sufficiency and providing people, particularly girl children, with much needed healthcare and education.  Established in 2004, GWLN is executing two fundamental…

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Mangrove Fund – Helping Haiti

…the Haitian people. Haitians face enormous challenges including a lack of education, sanitation, and crushing poverty. The country sits in an area vulnerable to severe tropical storms and hurricanes. Most…

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Color Me In

Since its launch in 1963, the Peace Corps has provided a unique opportunity for a deep connection between peoples of many cultures. this is certainly true of sarah Grant who…

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Unraveling Women’s Fair Trade

…could sell the beads in a way that wasn’t about retail, but was about women to women,” explains Wakefield.“We knew people would be interested in stories of resilient, hardworking women…

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Vanilla in Tahiti

…and the French who, because Tahiti is a French colony, have dual citizenship. The following three profiles offer a glimpse of the people who make up the industry in Tahiti….

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Vanilla and Aromatherapy

…homey scent which may remind people of food, may be a preferred scent. Its recent rise in commercial popularity is well-deserved.”  Unfortunately, after the studies were completed, Sloan Kettering did…

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Kasimu School, Kenyesa, Malawi

…in the California Sierra and lived a contemplative life filled with meditation, reading and hiking.  It was a beautiful period in the lives of two people who committed to a…

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Lending Promise

…had lived in Nepal, and she knew about the poverty and hardship there, brought, in part, by a 10 year civil war which  left 13,000 people dead and an estimated…

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