{"id":23185,"date":"2024-08-29T17:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/?page_id=23185"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:45:30","slug":"doras-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/doras-story\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#039;histoire de Dora"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m0fkm76a-11b17fbc0415f6c4de1c2b9790584641 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Dora&#8217;s Story<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-video av-m0fkok4t-14f8f8fe564d27ba6862bad0865085f5 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/youtu.be\/53RuM1yS7IQ'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dora&#039;s Story\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/53RuM1yS7IQ?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-b1dfba9bd0fa17a76984708495577984 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colonnade resident Dora Aminata Kellogg delivered a moving story during MHP\u2019s 2023 benefit breakfast. Her journey began in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where she built a family and a successful business\u2014a pharmacy, a supermarket, and a store. Her life would take a twist when, in 1996, war broke out in her country. While on a visit to the U.S., Dora was stranded in Maryland. \u201cI faced a daunting choice: certain death if I returned or the uncertain path of starting over in America. I chose the latter and began taking American English courses and attending nursing school,\u201d she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, Dora soon faced a litany of challenges: her husband died, she had major medical issues, and later financial ruin because she was unable to work. During these hardships, she found love again. \u201cMr. Kellogg [her late husband] and I faced life&#8217;s struggles together until illness took his ability to work, and we lost our home. Mr. Kellogg soon passed from a battle with cancer,\u201d she added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dora demonstrates great resilience and courage, stemming from her strong faith that she said kept her going. She is grateful that an organization like MHP exists, saying \u201cfor even with my resourcefulness, I could never have imagined the life I have now, having been through so much.\u201d She added, \u201cMHP community reflects an expression that guides me daily: to live by faith and not by sight. My minister, hearing about my hardship, told me about MHP. MHP didn&#8217;t just help me; they saved me. Like a dying plant given life, I found hope.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dora\u2019s story is a testament to resilience, one that showcases the power of community and kindness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-video av-m0fkqa9s-bcc73444b74eb84c99fa62d76216cb8e avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/youtu.be\/1EBw4ciuV14'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MHP COVID Outreach: Dora&#039;s Story\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1EBw4ciuV14?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhpartners.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}