{"id":1316,"date":"2025-01-29T22:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charifundwp.wowtheme7.com\/?page_id=1316"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:27:54","slug":"blog-grid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/blog-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1316\" class=\"elementor elementor-1316\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c72d585 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c72d585\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0e347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc0e347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a423629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-charifund-blog-post-widget\" data-id=\"a423629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"charifund-blog-post-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        \n                    <div class=\"blog p-0\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"row gutter-30\">\n                     \n                    <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4\">\n                        <div class=\"blog__single-wrapper pb-3\">\n                            <div class=\"blog__single van-tilt\">\n                            <div class=\"blog__single-thumb\">\n                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/a-skill-a-business-a-new-beginning\/\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-31-at-18.18.29.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/a>\n                                                                <div class=\"tag\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/tag\/livelihoods\/\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-tags\"><\/i> Livelihoods<\/a>                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"blog__single-inner\">\n                                <div class=\"blog__single-meta\">\n                                    <p><i class=\"icon-user\"><\/i>EmpactStrides<\/p>\n                                    <p><i class=\"icon-message\"><\/i>Comment (0)<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"blog__single-content\">\n                                    <h5><a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/a-skill-a-business-a-new-beginning\/\">A Skill, A Business, A New Beginning<\/a><\/h5>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"blog__single-cta\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/a-skill-a-business-a-new-beginning\/\" aria-label=\"blog details\" title=\"blog details\">Read More<i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                               \n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spade-two\" src=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/spade.png\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                     \n                    <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4\">\n                        <div class=\"blog__single-wrapper pb-3\">\n                            <div class=\"blog__single van-tilt\">\n                            <div class=\"blog__single-thumb\">\n                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/bridging-the-digital-divide-through-digital-literacy\/\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260730_1221281-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/a>\n                                                                <div class=\"tag\">\n                                                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/empactstrides.org\/index.php\/tag\/education-digital-inclusion\/\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-tags\"><\/i> Education &amp; 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