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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Final reflections from Ann, board member, to the Fast Team</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Amazing Pap &#38; Porridge Fast-Team members, I had planned to write to all of your earlier today, but have been in ultra-s-l-o-w-m-o-t-i-on for the past 2 days, so am only getting round to it now that I’ve settled into bed with my laptop, my final meal of porridge rumbling away in my truly spoiled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=569&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Day 3 Reflections from Jared, Co-Founder</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woke up this morning at 4:30am to the sound of 50 people getting ready for the COP17 civil society march (while the other 50 of us in the &#8220;Climate Change Refugee Camp&#8221; set up by Earthlife Africa tried our best to continue sleeping). I had slept only about five hours after what turned out to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=576&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Day 3 Reflections from Christina, CHOSA Alum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m actually not hungry. Yesterday, there was longing. I was happy to get out of bed and scoop pap into a microwaveable container I could heat up before school started and on my little lunch break. I proudly toted the container through the hallway and smiled through the comments of “Eww” and “Are you just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=558&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Final reflections from Brittanie, CHOSA Supporter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here typing, frequently taking short breaks to scoop small portions of make-shift porridge into my mouth my heart and my mind are so full. These three days have really been eye opening and challenging for me. Last year I worked in a township called Cross Roads in Cape Town, South Africa as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=578&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Day 2 Reflections from CHOSA Alum Katy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This being my first fast is well worth every moment. I’m not a picky eater- I swear. But, I hate grits, cream of wheat, and polenta- again, I swear I’m not a picky eater. Sticking to eating only pap and porridge has been harder than I thought, not only do I not like the consistency, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=518&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Reflections from Activist Pastor Xola Skosana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the month of September, a prominent activist in Cape Town, Pastor Xola Skosana, embarked on a 30-day hunger strike to protest a host of injustices: extreme poverty, racial discrimination, unemployment, corruption and exploitation, among others. He has made headlines internationally for his strong stances against injustice over the years, and during his hunger strike [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=523&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge Fast: Reflections from Alma Anides, Baph Alum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning feeling pretty motivated and mentally prepared to embark on the challenge. Remembering my awesome kids at Baph and the joy they inspired in me every time I saw their smiling faces, encouraged me to do this very very small act of love and solidarity towards them.  I happily ate my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=514&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pap &amp; Porridge: Day One Reflections from Ellie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day one of our fast is nearly complete, and it has definitely been a thought-provoking experience thus far! A large part of today was spent running some errands for my CHOSA-related duties: getting our year-end newsletter mailed out, etc. I was having some major cravings throughout the day, but living in this momentary lack while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chosablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7259982&amp;post=507&amp;subd=chosablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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