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2008 Year in Pictures
16 Dec 2008 16:13:00 GMT
Scott Cotter
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As the economic crisis affects more families around the world, sponsorship becomes even more important by providing crucial benefits for children like 5-year-old Paulina through Children International -  Dominican Republic.
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As the economic crisis affects more families around the world, sponsorship becomes even more important by providing crucial benefits for children like 5-year-old Paulina through Children International - Dominican Republic.
Erenia Mesa
From faces of sorrow to faces of joy -- Children International takes its annual look back at the faces of children touched by child sponsorship.

To watch the 2008 Year in Pictures in its entirety, visit www.children.org.

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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