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      <title>Flood appeal: the first ten days</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Where the first $64,000 went after the river burst its banks in the north district: shelter kits, food parcels, and clean water, day by day.</description>
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      <description>What happens between 7 pm and 7 am when forty extra beds open in the city centre, told by the volunteers on the night shift.</description>
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      <description>Twelve weeks, three libraries, and 64 children who were reading below their age: what changed by the end of term, and what did not.</description>
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      <title>What one $25 backpack holds</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Notebooks, pens, a calculator, and a lunch box: the list teachers asked for, why every item is on it, and how we buy and pack 1,600 of them.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>From the first survey to the water test: the six steps behind every well we fund, how long each one takes, and what it costs.</description>
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      <description>Sixty volunteers, eleven stalls, and a stretch of road closed to traffic: a recap of the August volunteer day, with what it raised and what we will change next year.</description>
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