{"id":7916,"date":"2022-01-07T10:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abcdreams.ca\/?p=7916"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T15:05:40","slug":"its-all-worth-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abcdreams.ca\/2022\/01\/its-all-worth-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All Worth While!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So happy to report that we have just heard from Oska! Oska was one of the first children added to the ABCD program, even before ABCD became officially registered back in 2008!<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 Oska was with a group of 7 boys who had heard that Lynn and I were in the area, identifying families in need of help, while we were volunteering with a group of Rotarians. Oska and this group of little boys walked for hours to locate us and this is how he came to ABCD when he was in primary school. <\/p>\n<p>Now he is in his first year at the Local Government Institute in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania! We are so proud of him and so happy to be in touch with him. 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