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Changing the world one pony, and child, at a time

by Claudia on May 28, 2021May 30, 2022

It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks, right? Even more so if there’s big odds stacked against you. Odds like culture, religion, superstition, tradition, poor education and poverty. Horses… [Continue Reading]

Mysterious Ways

by Claudia on May 6, 2021May 10, 2021

‘Life is a balance of holding on and letting go’ It was October 2014. One month after Harley, the man that I loved, had taken his own life. I was… [Continue Reading]

The magic of human touch – 9 random special memories

by Claudia on April 11, 2021

~ Reach out and touch, somebody’s hand, make this world a better place, if you can ~ 1 Play Not long after my family moved to Australia, I became friends… [Continue Reading]

Numbers

by Claudia on February 18, 2021

  Today 15 thousand people – and counting – became so hungry they starved and died. Today a thousand people – and counting – simply got sick from unclean water… [Continue Reading]

Dodgy Dudes (part 4)

by Claudia on May 31, 2020May 31, 2020

If you saw a wallet lying on the street, you’d pick it up, yeah? And, when you checked the cards inside and found the identity of the owner, you’d do… [Continue Reading]

Made and the crying turtle

by Claudia on January 26, 2019

“I’ll never forget the tears coming out of his eyes,” Made says. “Pleading he was. Pleading for me to help him.” Made has told me this story many times. The… [Continue Reading]

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