{"id":113,"date":"2011-07-28T10:57:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T14:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/?p=113"},"modified":"2011-07-28T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T15:03:24","slug":"how-do-you-create-a-better-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/discoveriesofawanderer\/2011\/07\/how-do-you-create-a-better-world.html","title":{"rendered":"How Do YOU Create a Better World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soon I am going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/content.nsf\/pages\/become-a-sponsor-today-bolivia?Open&amp;campaign=2100664\">travel to Bolivia<\/a> to write on how international donors are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/content.nsf\/pages\/become-a-sponsor-today-bolivia?Open&amp;campaign=2100664\">making a difference in Bolivian communities<\/a>. Some individuals (like myself) are inspired to travel far to help those in need. Others prefer to help those closer to their own communities or in\u00a0their own country. It doesn&#8217;t always matter <em>where<\/em> a person wants to make a difference. It just matters that people in need are being helped!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Share your own story. Where do you volunteer?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/43971\/26203013\/What_Charities_Do_You_Support_and_Why\">Which charity\u00a0do you give to?<\/a> Tell us how you help make the world a little bit better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soon I am going to travel to Bolivia to write on how international donors are making a difference in Bolivian communities. Some individuals (like myself) are inspired to travel far to help those in need. Others prefer to help those closer to their own communities or in\u00a0their own country. 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