{"id":3673,"date":"2016-01-22T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2016-01-22T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:38:49","slug":"mr-morgans-baskets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchalifekids.org\/mr-morgans-baskets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Morgan&#8217;s Baskets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we gathered our staff in Ghana and encouraged them to take time to invest in their passions. Ever since, our Care Center has been a flurry of bread baking, carpentry, fabric dyeing, sewing, and, of course, Mr. Morgan and his basket weaving.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Morgan&#8217;s baskets are a labor of love and are stunningly beautiful. If you were able to attend our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/art-auction-raises-awareness-child-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Auction<\/a> this past fall, you may have been one of a few lucky ones to take one home!\u00a0He also created\u00a0large baskets that grace the corners of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blissyogaaccra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bliss Yoga Studio<\/a> in Accra, Ghana holding colorful rolled mats.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3674\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3674\" class=\"wp-image-3674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA232.jpg\" alt=\"By nbarrett photograpy\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By nbarrett photograpy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seeing their houseparents and other staff members empowered to dream and create leads to our children being inspired to dream and create for themselves. The kids are also exposed to\u00a0a wide variety of skills as our staff members hone their various crafts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3675\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3675\" class=\"wp-image-3675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA240.jpg\" alt=\"By nbarrett photography.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By nbarrett photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3676\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA417.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3676\" class=\"wp-image-3676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.touchalifekids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/GHANA417.jpg\" alt=\"By nbarrett photography.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By nbarrett photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What passions do you have tucked away? 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