Iranian Woman in Britain Saving Troubled Kids


	Iranian Woman in Britain Saving Troubled Kids

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9-16-2009 1:49 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e301bf34-1e14-42a6-ad46-529b9343143e/8D2546E2-F52D-4E02-98F1-1C84717BE8F8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html" href="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.payvand.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.payvand.com/img/7A96617B-6D61-43EB-A9A4-7CFFF06A09D8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">An Iranian-British woman previously named Social Entrepreneur of the Year and Woman of the Year for her unique and charitable work is the founder of a south London-based youth center that has helped children suffering from various traumas successfully reintegrate into society.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Born in Iran in 1963 and raised in England, <SPAN>Camila Batmanghelidjh</SPAN> founded Kids Company in 1996 as a small charity which has since grown, attracting international attention.  <SPAN>Today, Kids Co. works with more than 13,000 in-need children by doing a variety of things from providing children with food and new clothing, to consoling children who have been through traumatic events and preparing them to successfully reintegrate into society.</SPAN></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html"><SPAN>The idea behind Kids Co came to Batmanghelidjh when she was still a child living in Iran.  Batmanghelidjh told the <I>Iran Times, </I>"</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/1148.html"><P align="center"><IMG height="300" hspace="0" src="http://www.payvand.com/news/09/sep/Kids-Company.jpg" width="507" vspace="0" /><BR /><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><B><A href="http://www.kidsco.org.uk/">www.kidsco.org.uk</A></B></FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8D2546E2-F52D-4E02-98F1-1C84717BE8F8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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