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		<title>Design Competition Deadline Extension</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news fellow procrastinators&#8230;we&#8217;ve extended the deadline for the 2011 Chicken Coop Design Competition from 12/31/2011 to MARCH 1, 2012!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2012/01/design-competition-deadline-extension/</link>
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		<title>Kansas State Students&#8217; Coop Design Exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kansas State University architecture professor, Katrina Lewis, contacted the Poultry Project last year after the 2010 Chicken Coop Design Competition (CCDC) expressing interest in getting her students involved in the next coop design competition.  Almost immediately after the 2011 CCDC launch, Katrina&#8217;s second-year architecture students started working on their designs. A few weeks ago, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/11/kansas-state-students-coop-design-exhibit/</link>
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		<title>2011 Chicken Coop Design Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been over a  year since we launched the first chicken coop design competition and we&#8217;re ready to do it again! We are still ironing out the details, but to all the eager designers, makers, chicken keepers, architects and creatives out there &#8212; plan on an end of the year (2011) deadline. Check back in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/08/2011-chicken-coop-design-competition/</link>
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		<title>Chicken Delivery II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter sent more photos of the chicken delivery. Now, all the families in Soroti, Tororo and Mbale have their 5 chickens (4 hens + 1 rooster) and a gorgeous chicken coop designed by Emily Axtman. Thanks to all of the Poultry Project&#8217;s donors, supporters, and the amazing team at TASO for making this Expansion + [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/07/chicken-delivery-ii/</link>
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		<title>Chicken Delivery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After three weeks in the care of a poultry farming/animal health expert, the chickens were delivered to families in Mbale, Tororo and Soroti. The chickens spent those three weeks eating wholesome feeds (maize bran; vitamin supplements; protein-ants, maggots, fish; greens; minerals-crushed bones, shells, and salt), drinking clean water, getting de-worming treatment, and receiving vaccines to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/chicken-delivery/</link>
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		<title>Meet the Team: Emily Pavlick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Pavlick is a nutritionist, aspiring ayurvedic chef, master granola baker and yoga instructor by trade. But its her immense heart and compassion, her warm presence and careful touch, her understanding eyes and unwavering generosity, her open mind and unwavering determination, and her belief in the connectedness of humanity that make her work with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/meet-the-team-emily-pavlick/</link>
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		<title>Meet the Team: Emily Axtman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Axtman (a DesignCorps fellow) submitted one of the winning designs for our Chicken Coop Design Competition. We asked Emily to work on a design for a chicken coop that could be used by our farmers in Uganda. She jumped at the opportunity, because she is committed to public service and she believes that design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/meet-the-team-emily-axtman/</link>
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		<title>Meet the Team: Kevin Kopanski</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin, fresh out of photojournalism school, learned about the Poultry Project back in 2007. He&#8217;s been trying to go to Uganda ever since. With a great job at a local Cleveland photography studio, a few years of built-up anticipation, a compassionate heart and an eagerness to share his creativity and talent with the Poultry Project, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/meet-the-team-kevin-kopanski/</link>
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		<title>Meet the Team: Eric, John and Milton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Eric and John are both supported by the TASO Mbale school fees assistance program. Peter (manager of the school fees assistance program) recruited them to join the build team, because he knew they wanted and needed part-time jobs. Eric helped build the model coop and during his school break he worked with the build [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/meet-the-team-eric-john-and-milton/</link>
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		<title>Meet the Team: David</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the chicken coop construction began, Peter recruited David, a TASO Mbale handyman, to help with the building. David is proficient with a panga, which quickly became the primary tool for the coop build. The model coop took three days to build. Originally, we expected each family to construct their own coop; however, after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.poultryproject.com/2011/06/meet-the-team-david/</link>
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