<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2006/saving-children.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Saving the Children</title><excerpt>Russ Carr ’56 went to Guatemala City for a soccer match and left with a new purpose in life. The coach for a squad sponsored by the State Department, he welcomed the chance to play the Guatemalan national team. But the moment he stepped outside his high-rise hotel into a cluttered alley, the game became secondary. All he could think about were the dirty, dishevelled children digging there for food amid the foul-smelling trash. They looked at him nervously, with dark eyes darting under unkempt black hair. He started talking to them and learned they lived in boxes, without parents, without support, without hope.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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