Hillsboro Native Builds 'Vision of Life' for Homeless Kids in Ethiopian Capital

Published November 14, 2012

Hillsboro native builds 'Vision of Life' for homeless kids in Ethiopian capital

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Jason Burton, a Hillsboro native who graduated from Portland's Pioneer Heritage Academy, talks with two Ethiopian boys, Adisu (left) and Mohammad, in Yehiwot Reay, the home he rents for himself and 20 local youths. He took …. The boys' stories vary …
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Alec Bates: His fight to break free of heroin was never easy

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He lived on Portland's streets, in and out of jail, in and out of treatment, in and out of his family's grasp. And then he came back. He got clean, sweating and puking … Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Treatment. Heroin addiction is hard to …
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