{"id":652,"date":"2010-06-28T17:54:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/06\/if-youve-ever-thought-your-living-conditions-were-bad.html"},"modified":"2010-06-28T17:54:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T17:54:42","slug":"if-youve-ever-thought-your-living-conditions-were-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/06\/if-youve-ever-thought-your-living-conditions-were-bad.html","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;ve Ever Thought Your Living Conditions Were Bad&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12777592&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12777592&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/12777592\">Kuymandi Community Project<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2710494\">Tom Davis<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of the gorgeous places on earth, along with some beautiful kids. A stark contrast to the reality of life in Capetown. In this community, there were also dead rats laying around. I can&#8217;t imagine one of my kids having to live like this. 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