1.0 link 225257 <![CDATA[Volunteering Time and Talent in Afghanistan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/volunteering-time-and-tal_n_225257.html We asked you, our readers, to submit your stories of volunteerism and community service, and you've delivered stories of doing good across the globe.

Reader Elsie De Laere submitted an email that told us this tale: after 20 years of working in education in the San Francisco Bay Area, she gave her time and her talents to the women of Afghanistan, who had long been oppressed and undereducated.

"I decided after the tragic events of 9/11 to make a link between my...
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