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I don’t normally use my blog for causes, but I think this is a good one…

North East India Project has recently partnered with Smile Train; a non profit helping children with cleft palates. NEIP has recently sent two children in India, Alum and Tsuti, to a Smile Train doctor who has performed the first part of their cleft palate surgery; closing up the palate. Their second and final surgery, fixing their upper lip, will most likely be in 4-6 weeks, and will provide them with a new smile. The Smile Train doctor is located in Shillong, Meghalaya, which is over 300 miles from the children’s village. Word is beginning to spread around the state of Nagaland, and NEIP is already receiving more requests to help other children…

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

We want
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~maximize screen for best viewing~  Posts will be continually be updated over the next few weeks as the news continues, so keep checking back.

 CLICK HERE if you wish to contribute financially to help these persecuted/displaced people of Orissa.  Be sure to contribute to the “Asia Disaster Relief Fund” 

Updated 10-04-08: PowerPoint
Someone has put together a PowerPoint Slideshow with text and images about the violence in Orissa.  It is informative and worth watching… Download here. 

Updated 9-28-08: Current Known Statistics & Affected areas
24 August to 29 September, 2008

States listed in alphabetical order

1. BIHAR

1 Church damaged: http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2417/45/

2. CHHATTISGARH

4 Nuns assaulted: http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2432/45/

3. JHARKHAND

1 Church attacked and attempted ‘reconversion’ of Christians: http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2435/45/

4. KARNATAKA (several stories at http://indianchristians.in/news/content/category/7/21/45/)

4 (of 29) Districts affected

19 Churches damaged or destroyed, but attacks continuing

20 Nuns, women injured by police

5. KERALA
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Hope to see you all there!

Hosted By: North East India Project
When: Friday Jul 04 to 28, 2008
Where: Provide-N-Ce Art Gallery
4325 W. 41st Ave.
Denver, CO 80228
United States

I have been to Kolkata a few times now… streets packed with people, bikes, buses, taxi’s and, of course, the rickshaws.

I was always fascinated with the rickshaws, standing there watching the men pull various people around town in them. Before my first visit to India in 2004,
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Photos Of India – Come see photography by Jason at Bead Beautiful – The Gallery this month! Located in downtown Denver in the main ‘Art District’. 985 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, Colorado.