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Girl, 7, Opens Orphanage In Haiti

 Chelsi Zash    Created:  7/9/2009 8:30:14 AM  Updated: 7/9/2009 8:43:20 AM
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Parsons, KS -- A young humanitarian in Kansas is making a huge impact on orphans around the world.

Isabelle Redford is just seven years old but you could learn a lot from her. What she started as a fundraiser with homemade cards is now a global project called Art for Orphans.

It all started when her mom told her a story about two little orphans whose mom died when they were being born. It was a story that inspired her to do something to help.

Within nine month's Isabelle's efforts really added up. She raised enough to build an orphanage in Haiti.

Last month she and her parents travelled there to see it.

Now less than two years after she started her project builders are breaking ground on a second orphanage in Malawi, Africa.

To get more information check out Isabelle's website:

http://artsfororphans.blogspot.com

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