Choir Kids Cleaning Streets
July 27, 2010
Quick video of kids in Wozo, which is Haiti Partners’ Youth Choir, dumping trash they collected. They come to our (John and Merline’s) home every Saturday and Sunday afternoons to practice, learn and work on service projects. It’s wonderful to see how they’re learning to take responsibility, to make decisions together and to manage conflicts that arise. They’re also constantly improving as a choir and dance troupe.
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Kietrie Teaching English
July 27, 2010
We see intern Kietrie Noe here teaching English at Cabois Community School. She and Mary Padden teach children in the morning and do classes with teachers in the afternoons. Great work, Kietrie and Mary!
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Bibles From Canadian Bible Society
July 24, 2010
The vast majority of Haitians are self-proclaimed Christians. More frequent than not, when you ask a Haitian adult in a literacy program why they want to learn to read and write their answer will be, “So that I can read the Bible and read hymnal when singing in church.”
Haiti Partners is grateful for our partnership with Canadian Bible Society making it possible to distribute 10,000 Bibles a year over the next three years to literacy programs, churches and schools. In addition to receiving the Bibles, people receive training in Lectio Divina, a participatory approach to Bible study and prayer where EVERY voice is valued, where pastor and person who is illiterate stand on equal ground in the group as they seek to hear God, cultivate their faith, and build unity.
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Faith in Society after Earthquake
July 23, 2010
Mother Chloe Breyer shares about her trip in Haiti with us.
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Micah Institute Advocacy Trip to Haiti
July 23, 2010
Dr. Peter Heltzel of New York Theological Seminary along with Chloe Breyer, Carl Nazaire and Kenel St. Vil share about their experience in Haiti on the first Micah Institute Haiti Advocacy Trip with Haiti Partners.
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Water Project Progress at IMN Community School!
July 21, 2010
We are proud to report that thanks to a generous grant from Global Hope, Inc. – a 501(c)(3) organization based in Downers Grove, IL – for the first time ever IMN Community School now has water available on-site! As you can see in the pictures below, this grant made it possible to dig a well in the schoolyard and to install a manual pump which will serve the students, staff and community for year to come. The final phase of the project – which is on schedule to be completed in August – is to install an electric pump which will pump water from the well into a water tank where it can be stored for use throughout the year.
IMN has been blessed with many great partners – Kids4Good, SchoolsCountCorp, Reed Elsevier, Global Hope, and a host of individuals – who have all been instrumental in its efforts to reconstruct and get back on its feet after the earthquake. Great thanks to all of you and especially to Global Hope for your partnership on this exciting water project!
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Progress on 2nd Learning Center
July 20, 2010
A quick video showing progress on our 2nd Learning Center that will serve Henri Christophe School. This is being built on land donated by a Haitian colleague. We are grateful for the support of all the people who are making this possible.
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Open Space meeting at Bèl Platon Community School
July 19, 2010
Last Saturday, Haiti Partners long-time colleague, Enel Angervil, new staff member, Benaja Antoine, and two local partners, Pastor Ilven Obel and Principal Jean-Thony Delus, organized and conducted a community-wide Open Space meeting in the remote island village of Bèl Platon, where one of our partner schools is located. Despite a rain storm, 56 participants came from 10 regional institutions and included local officials, representatives of international non-governmental organizations, as well as a number of school principals, teachers, and pastors. The theme of the meeting was: What kind of education and activities are best for community development?
For more post-quake pictures from Bèl Platon Community School, click here.
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More Than Education at Cabois
July 17, 2010
I visited Cabois Learning Center yesterday and witnessed first hand how this building is already serving as a shelter. The rain poured and crews working on the roads came in for shelter. Gerald, school administrator, also shared how the micro-credit, that families of students are receiving, is helping them to rebuild.
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Interns Kietrie and Mary Share
July 13, 2010
Yesterday marked 3 weeks since our interns Kietrie and Mary arrived in Haiti. They share here how it’s going.
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6-Month Update
July 12, 2010
Here’s a quick update on what our donors and partners are making possible in Haiti.
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Update from Henri Christophe Community School
July 7, 2010
Below are a couple videos from my (Erik Badger) recent visit to Haiti. The first is by Benaja Antoine, Haiti Partners Program Coordinator, of Henri Christophe Community School in action in their original school building. The second is of the new site where the school will soon be relocated. Great to see so much progress!
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Carrying Generators For Hours
July 7, 2010
Many of the 240 generators we received from Briggs and Stratton are being carried to extremely remote locations throughout Haiti. These fellas walked more than three hours to get this one to its destination.
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First impressions from Cabois
Blog #1 Mary Padden
July 5, 2010
Hi! This is Mary, a Haiti Partners intern for the summer of 2010. For the next month and a half, I am living in the rural community of Cabois along with my good friend Kietrie. We are staying with families, spending time with various members of the community, and working with the students and teachers at the Cabois Community School. I had a great first week and a half in Cabois and was very busy getting acquainted with the area. My host family is extremely welcoming and generous and they do everything they can to ensure that I am comfortable and happy.
My days usually start off by bathing in the river and carrying back water to my homestay. I am far from mastering the ability to carry water on my head – but I’m working on it! The other day, on the way back from the river and while carrying a bucket of clean laundry on my head, an elderly woman ran out of her house and broke out into laughter. The sight of a “blan” (foreigner) carrying something on their head was simply too much for her. After laughing, she then told me how happy it made her to see me here, living as Haitians do. I was glad to provide the day’s comedic event and even more touched that she is happy that I am here.
Blog #1 Kietie Noe
July 5, 2010
With us on our flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince were hoards of different church groups in matching t-shirts bearing such messages as “Only Jesus Can Save Haiti” and “Bringing Jesus to Haiti.” The true irony of the shirts did not hit me until one week after arriving in Cabois, the village where Mary and I currently residing. Cabois is a community that, in many ways, is the most utopian and true to the teachings of Jesus of any I have ever seen or heard of. I wish not to imply that life here is perfect, obviously. Life here is very difficult because people don’t have the basic things they need. As a community, however, the values practiced intuitively by all are very idyllic and unselfish. Nobody has much but everybody shares absolutely everything and cares very deeply about everyone else’s wellbeing. The families we are living with are being paid a fair amount for us to stay with them and, as a result, have more or less been feeding the whole lakou (small segment of the neighborhood surrounding our respective homes) since we arrived.
Another instance of pure unselfishness occurred during my first solo walk around the village. It began to rain which, being from Seattle, did not actually alarm me in the slightest. I had not walked far in the rain, however, before a woman I had never met came towards me and ushered me in to her home where she offered me the chair that she had been sitting on, the only one in the room. She refused to let me go until the rain had stopped. When it had, she found a neighbor nearby and he accompanied me the rest of the way home. I am told that it is rare for people to have to walk alone here because it is customary for anyone who witnesses a lone walker to join them and keep them company on their journey. It made no difference that I could not speak Creole.
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Reed Elsevier gives grant to IMN Community School!
July 4, 2010
We just learned that Reed Elsevier, parent company of LexisNexis, granted Haiti Partners $9500 to support reconstruction, operating costs and the water project at IMN Community School! This is wonderful news as it assures that we’ll be able to reach our initial goals, set last February just after the earthquake.
Great thanks to Reed Elsevier for this generous support and special thanks as well to Kids4Good volunteer, Debbie Guagliardo, who learned about this great opportunity through her employer, LexisNexis!
(For more pictures of recent progress at IMN Community School, click here.)
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Partner School Cistern Project
July 2, 2010
Thanks to a generous contribution from DAS, students and their families at partner school Bèl Platon have water!
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IMN Community School June Progress Update
July 1, 2010
Last Monday, I (Erik Badger) visited IMN Community School and made this short video update of the great progress that’s happening there. Sincere thanks to the many supporters who have made this progress possible, especially Kids4Good, Schools Count Corp. and Global Hope. We are so thrilled to be partnering with such a dynamic team!
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Education, Democracy, and Development
June 30, 2010
In this 5 minute video I (John Engle) talk about our purpose, philosophy and essential practices in our work.
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Women and Children: Briggs and Stratton Generators Help
June 27, 2010
Long-time colleague Eramith Delva, who just received a generator from Briggs and Stratton, shares how it will benefit Haitian women and children.
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9th Annual Haiti Open Space
June 27, 2010
Among the highlights for me (John Engle) at our 9th* Annual Haiti Open Space meeting that convened more than 80 Haitians from around the country was emphasis on social enterprise. In particular, social or “community” enterprise that can generate funds to pay teachers’ salaries which will lead to better education that is accessible to more Haitian children. This is something to get excited about.
Stay tuned. Our film about a Haitian success story using community enterprise to fund teachers salaries in numerous community schools and a companion booklet should both be finished by end of August. We’re grateful to Vista Hermosa for a grant that’s making this possible. Below is a short video about this. Click here to view photos.
*I erred in video saying 8th Annual Haiti Open Space. It’s the 9th.
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Distributing 240 Briggs and Stratton Generators
June 23, 2010
Yesterday we distributed more than 80 of the Briggs and Stratton 5500 watt generators to school directors, community leaders, and pastors who are part of Haiti Partners’ network or organizations committed to democratic practices. People came from Jeremie, Cap Haitien, Leogane, La Gonave, Gonaive,…from regions throughout the country. Press was present and news has already been on radio and television.
We couldn’t be more grateful to Briggs and Stratton for this generous donation valued at $250,000 which includes free parts for one year. We are also grateful to PADF who partnered with us and Haitian government to help with getting them into country and logistics. The rest will be distributed today and tomorrow.
(Click here for more photos and to download in high resolution.)
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New Interns In Haiti
June 22, 2010
Kietrie (left) and Mary (right) join Haiti Partners! Under the leadership of longtime friend Kim Montroll, Kietrie and Mary have joined us in Haiti. They will be volunteering with Cabois Community School, working with teachers and students there to improve education. They’ll be blogging here about their experiences so stay tuned.
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Epic River Crossing
June 22, 2010
Yesterday our group from Silver Spring Presbyterian Church (Mechanicsburg, PA) traveled to Darbonne and Cabois with Haiti Partners Youth Choir. They connected with the students and teachers in song and stories. Great fun! The roads are washed out and with a bus for all 33 of us there was no way to cross the river except by foot. Some are not familiar with river crossing and were quite scared and emotional ; ). No one was hurt or swept away by river.
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Soccer and Building Friendships
June 22, 2010
Our group from Silver Spring Presbyterian and local Haitians are having fun playing soccer!
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Silver Spring Presbyterian Sing With Haiti Partners Youth Choir
June 20, 2010
We’re delighted to be hosting a group of 12 people from Silver Spring Presbyterian Church. The group includes 9 youth. This morning we prayed and sang and learned news songs along side Haiti Partners Youth Choir. It was great!
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CABOIS LEARNING CENTER CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
June 10, 2010
Progress continues at Cabois Learning Center. And, this week construction began at Henri Christophe Learning Center!
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VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL RAISING FUNDS FOR HAITI PARTNERS SCHOOL
June 10, 2010
Haiti Partners is deeply grateful to students, their families and Principal at Vero Beach High School for their partnership with one of Haiti Partners school.
Watch this video by student Bridget Johnston to learn more:
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Donation of 240 Generators In The News
June 10, 2010
Click here for an article in Vero Beach News.
Click here for article in TMJ Milwaukee news and here for the video.
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Partnership with BuildaBridge
June 5, 2010
Haiti Partners staff member, Benaja Antoine, who is based in Haiti and who works with our partner schools to strengthen their teaching and help with computer training, is attending the annual BuildaBridge Institute in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. We’re excited about the training he’s getting in using the arts to improve educational impact and to help students heal after a disaster. Click here to learn more about this institute. Haiti Partners is excited about partnering with BuildaBridge. Their philosophies, principles and practices will be shaping our work with partner schools.
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XO Laptop Exchange in Virgin Islands
June 4, 2010
Last weekend my Haitian co-worker Benaja Antoine and I (John Engle) participated in an XO Laptop conference in the Virgin Islands. Not only were there students and mentors working on learning and teaching XO Laptops but the conference also convened people from around the world, including 3 from Afghanistan, who have been involved in “deployments” of XO Laptops.
Benaja and I are grateful for the opportunity to learn what others are doing. We are also grateful to have spent time with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) and Waveplace staff. Waveplace is the organization we teamed up with for the 200 XO Laptop pilot during April and May. We’re optimistic that we’re going to receive XO Laptops for majority of students in some or all of our partner schools in coming months. Here’s a short video:
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BRIGGS AND STRATTON
June 4, 2010
I (John Engle) had the privilege of leading a group this week with Briggs and Stratton. Briggs and Stratton donated 240, 5,500 watt generators to Haiti Partners for schools, churches and grassroots organizations. These generators are valued at nearly $200,000. In Haiti, they would cost much more. Briggs and Stratton people have come to learn about Haiti and capture images on film. What a pleasure being with them, showing them Haiti and introducing them to our Haitian colleagues. What great people and how inspiring to learn about their corporate culture of community and generosity.
We had the opportunity to meet with Antoine Bien-Aimer, the Minister of Interior and his Director of Civil Protection. And something totally unexpected was hanging out with Jimmy Buffett (see below). Laura Timm, Briggs and Stratton executive, is keeping a blog. Click here to view.
Haiti Partners is deeply grateful to Briggs and Stratton for reaching out to Haiti in such a generous way.
Above: Children beside a donated Briggs and Stratton generator at Mission Ranch in Cite Soleil where Haiti Clinic functions.
Above: A child is receives medical care at Mission Ranch, where a Briggs and Stratton generator provides power for lights and fan and some refrigeration.
Above: We meet with Eramithe Delva in tent city by Haiti’s National Palace to learn more about how her organization for women who are victims of violence will benefit from a generator. Eramithe is part of Haiti Partners’ Leaders Program.
Above: Right to Left: Allan Klotsche (Haiti Partners’ Advisory Board Member), Laura Timm with Briggs and Stratton, Jimmy Buffett and I (John Engle) at Hotel Oloffson
Above: An example of the destruction all over Port au Prince.
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Haiti Trip Contest with InterVarsity Press
May 30, 2010
Here is a press release that InterVarsity Press just put out about a trip we just did together to Haiti this past week in conjunction with Kent’s book:
Haiti Partners and InterVarsity Press Have Successful Haiti Trip
WESTMONT, IL: In November 2009, InterVarsity Press launched a contest in conjunction with Haiti Partners to highlight Kent Annan’s book Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously. To enter and possibly win a trip to Haiti, contestants wrote essays or made videos to answer the question: “How would going to Haiti help you live out your calling of living fully and loving dangerously?”
“When we first thought of the trip, it seemed like an interesting way to connect people with the ideas of the book,” explains Annan, the co-director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit committed to improving education in Haiti.
And then the earthquake hit.
After much discussion and prayer, Haiti Partners decided that the trip should still occur, and so the entries were judged in March and six winners were chosen: Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Lindsay Bonilla, Jonathan Chan, Holly Drake, Travis Dennis, and Mariana Valbuena.
From May 20-24, under the leadership of Annan and John Engle, the other co-director of Haiti Partners, the six winners plus Dave Zimmerman (Annan’s editor) spent five days in Haiti and met with various Haitian leaders and educators. Only five months after the earthquake, the team witnessed firsthand the widespread devastation in Port-au-Prince.
“We saw building after building that had been demolished, innumerable tent cities, and the ads of dozens of aid agencies and NGOs,” noted Jonathan Chan.
The first stop on the trip was the former site of a university that Enel Angervil, a Haitian colleague with Haiti Partners, had attended. He was in the 6-story building when it collapsed, killing nearly 250 people. As he shared his story, workers pulled bodies from the rubble behind them.
In the midst of these circumstances, however, the majority of the Haitians that the team encountered were filled with hopefulness, creativity, and a resolute determination to rebuild Haiti across all sectors.
On Friday the team attended an education meeting in the small village of Cabois, a couple of hours outside Port-au-Prince. The event took place outside, across from the site where a school with Haiti Partners is now being rebuilt. The educators shared their stories about rebuilding the school system and their educational philosophy, with an emphasis on instilling a sense of community responsibility among the students, parents, and teachers.
“We met creative, imaginative, dedicated Haitians, in the cities and the country, who are passionate about seeing children empowered, encouraged and set on a path to shape their country’s future,” said Dave Zimmerman.
For a few of the nights, team members split up and stayed with local families near the town of Darbonne, which is close to the epicenter.
“Holly, Lindsay and I got to spend the night with the family Kent Annan describes in his book, the one he and his wife lived with for the first few months in Haiti. It was exciting to meet the people I had read about,” said Mariana Valbuena. “They took the time to include us in their daily activities and were patient with us when we didn’t understand a word they said. With them, I didn’t see the suffering of Haiti; I saw the strength received in God.”
The team also attended a commencement ceremony for students who had finished an 8-week laptop training as a part of the “One Laptop Per Child” program. 40 children and 10 mentors from four Haiti Partner schools participate in this XO Laptop pilot project.
On Saturday the team met Andre, the principal of two local schools and the religious director of a Catholic church, who challenged them with these words: “Discouragement isn’t Christian. If you’re alive, God has work for you to do.”
On Sunday morning, the group attended Andre’s church, where everyone gathered under a tarp because the building had collapsed in the earthquake. Only the tabernacle, which holds the sacrament, remained.
“The sermon was about Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and emphasized that no matter the language we spoke, the most important one, the one the Spirit generates in us and that God expects of us, is the language of love. So after we receive more than we give in an exchange like this, then it seems we return home with the responsibility to grow in love,” notes Annan.
Upon returning home, Lindsay Bonilla describes her experience: “I’ve been on lots of missions trips in the past and when I got home I could say: ‘I helped build a playground or paint a wall’ or ‘Our team led worship services and did a Vacation Bible School.’ But this trip was very different. I wasn’t there to do; I was there to listen and learn, to be fully present and take in whatever I could.”
“It was a really good trip, with many meaningful exchanges between the Americans and Haitians we stayed with and visited. And every one of the contest winners was curious, listening, respectful, and patient. Our Haitian hosts and the people we visited with (all friends and colleagues) were incredibly gracious and hospitable. It all turned out even better than I hoped,” said Annan.
All proceeds from Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously go to Haiti Partners, as will the proceeds from Annan’s next book called Shaken: Searching for Honest Faith When Life Makes No Sense, which will be released with IVP in early 2011. Arpin-Ricci also has a forthcoming book with IVP.
For additional reflections from the participants: www.ivpress.com/haititrip
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More great progress at Cabois Community School!
May 28, 2010
Here are a few photos (by Luke Renner) from a recent visit to Cabois Community School. As you can see, they’re making great progress! This project has become a beacon of hope in this small, rural community. Thanks for your support in making it happen! (Click here to download these photos in high resolution)
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HAITIAN FLAG DAY – WOZO CHOIR
May 26, 2010
Wozo Youth Choir, sponsored by Haiti Partners, sings on Flag Day at the historic Fort Jacques, which was built by slaves after independence. The fort suffered significant damage from earthquake.
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NOT A CRYING TRIP
May 26, 2010
I (John Engle) am touched by words of friend David Zimmerman who just returned from Haiti. David is with InterVarsity Press and was here with a great group that my co-worker Kent Annan organized. To read his “Not a Crying Trip” entry along with blogs from other group members click here.
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WATER PURIFICATION
May 20, 2010
Among the challenges being faced by our partner schools and their communities is access to clean water. Here is one of the purification units that we are impressed with. We are seeking donors who might feel led to help us purchase up to 7 of these for our partner schools. They last for ten years and have an impressive track record. Learn more with video below or go to www.lifegivingforce.org
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GREAT CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS!
May 19, 2010
I’m (John Engle) thrilled by the progress! Please take 2 minutes to look at the video to see construction underway. Education for children in communities of Cabois, Darbonne, Lalo and others where Learning Centers are being built is going to be so much better than before the earthquake, thanks to generous contributions from people like Zyman Foundation and YOU! (Click here to view photos)
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CABOIS LEARNING CENTER PROGRESS
May 9, 2010
Cabois Learning Center is being built! And, school leadership is getting trained to manage a $10,000 fund for parents of students to get small loans to help them do commerce and get back on their feet. With deep gratitude to Zyman Foundation and Zyman family for making all this possible!
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KIDS4GOOD And SCHOOLS COUNT CORP Support Haiti School
May 8, 2010
IMN Community School, which is a Haiti Partners partner school has received generous support from KIDS 4 GOOD, Schools Count and other friends in the Chicago area. Students, teachers, director Maxandre Bien-Aime and Haiti Partners is grateful for this generous support!
IMN Community School needs another $4,000 to complete construction. Learn more here:
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Cite Soleil Community School Thrives
May 8, 2010
How encouraging to see students back and Cite Soleil Community School (CSCS) thrive! CSCS is a partner school of Haiti Partners.
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