{"id":16,"date":"2009-01-24T14:17:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T14:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/manchester\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:09:44","slug":"international-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/international-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"International Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;441&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Action Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The club sponsors a school girl in Afghanistan through the charity Action Aid.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>International President\u2019s Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each year a donation is made to the International President\u2019s Appeal \u2013 usually from the proceeds of\u00a0 our International Night celebrations. 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