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programming and adding dynamic content to websites. Kristen wanted to originally use the site to raise $ 4500 to build a sturdy brick home for her sponsored child, Aura in
Guatemala with the help of Children International. After waiting over a year for all the required permissions from Children
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Health: Some examples of these types of projects include the construction of a water well for a village in India as well as projects that raise funds for medicine and food supplies for individual families.
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February 2003. 100% of donations go toward their projects and are 100% US Tax Deductible. All persons working at Aura’s House are volunteers who receive no form of monetary payment for their efforts.
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provides Aura’s House with photos and updates to Aura’s House projects both past and present. In addition to
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