{"id":7,"date":"2014-11-26T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=7"},"modified":"2014-12-26T03:54:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T03:54:13","slug":"cofc-student-reflects-on-taking-out-the-trash-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/cofc-student-reflects-on-taking-out-the-trash-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"CofC Student reflects on &#8220;Taking out the Trash&#8221; in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;\">Eden Katz, an honors student at CofC, spent some time working in Ghana through Charleston&#8217;s inspiring PROJECT OKURASE. Her thoughtful reflections on the experience were recently featured in the College of Charleston Magazine:<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/POV.banner.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eden Katz, College of Charleston\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/POV.banner.jpg\" style=\"border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 18px auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;\" width=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon;\"><em style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">We all dream of making a difference, of changing the world in a positive way. For one student, that dream became a reality when she went to Ghana, where she discovered she had an opportunity to make a real impact on real peoples\u2019 lives.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: maroon;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\"><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: maroon; font-family: Droid Sans, Oswald, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><b><i>Read Eden&#8217;s story:&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/magazine.cofc.edu\/2014\/11\/05\/eden-katz\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/magazine.cofc.edu\/2014\/11\/05\/eden-katz\/<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: maroon; font-family: Droid Sans, Oswald, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\"><b><i style=\"background-color: white;\">Learn More: <a href=\"http:\/\/projectokurase.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ProjectOkurase.org<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eden Katz, an honors student at CofC, spent some time working in Ghana through Charleston&#8217;s inspiring PROJECT OKURASE. 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