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FactSNpl and tilitonse Fund two-year 1. contract came into effect on april 1 2013

By Monday, 30 March 2015 when 2. the co-funding arrangement came to an end, tilitonse Fund had committed over K94 million to FuKo project.

FuKo is a bilingual governance 3. newspaper published in chichewa and chitumbuka, and it is distributed for free by Npls strategic partners.

towards strengthening citizen voice and action

FUKO is geared towards promoting a more inclusive, accountable and responsive governance in Malawi

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Bidding farewell to a friend has never been easy and it will never be.

Neither is it easy to find suitable words to express gratitude to a friend for his/her warmth, goodwill, fairness and magnanimity.

In such times, some embrace while others break down to express deep-seated emotional contents.

Such a time came on Monday when Tilitonse Fundwho has been a friend indeed to Nation Publications Limited (NPL) since April 1 2013bade farewell to Misa Malawi Print Media House of the Year after a two-year stint in co-financing of FUKO Project.

Under the project, whose goal is to strengthen citizen voice and action for institutional change that will lead to better inclusivity, accountability and responsivenessTilitonse Fund committed to contributing about 14 percent and NPL about 86 percent of the total production costs of FUKO.

Grant amountBy Monday, 30 March

2015 when the co-funding arrangement came to an end, Tilitonse Fund had committed over K94 million to the project.

This is not a small amount considering economic challenges faced worldwide and NPLpublishers of FUKOshall always remain indebted to people of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway (major contributors of Tilitonse Fund) for supporting more inclusive, accountable and responsive governance in Malawi.

AchievementsWith financial and technical

support from Tilitonse Fund, FUKO has achieved a lot which time and space cannot allow us to chronicle everything in detail.

During this time, FUKOa fortnightly publication grew exponentially from a circulation of 10 000 to 30 000 copies and its readership soared from 100 000 to 300 000.

A copy of FUKO is estimated to be read by, at least, 10 people since readers are encouraged to pass on the newspaper to others.

Through the partnership, FUKO became the potent force for community mobilisation; provided a robust platform for free expression; increased citizens access to credible and

well-balanced information; initiated debate on topical issues such as the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, Marriage Bill, Land Bill, Access to Information Bill, feudalism, Jetgate, Cashgate and mining management.

The free vernacular newspaper also facilitated diffusion of technologies in rural areas, close literacy gaps in schools and influenced public strategies and policies such as the Alcohol Policy, empowered citizens, especially the poor and the marginalised to claim their rights through provision of information on rights, entitlements and responsibilities.

In pursuance of its investigative role, FUKO kept duty-bearers on their toes to ensure improved quality of public services, good management and equitable distribution of public resources such as drugs in public hospitals at both local and national levels.

Through FUKOs watchdog role, a lot of malpractices in the public and private

domains were exposed with some people such as Gertrude Chikopa being convicted and sentenced; others like Philip Joe of Immigration Department were interdicted after soliciting a bribe. And yet other cases involving child trafficking and child labour in Mwanza are still in court awaiting judgement.

ThemesFUKO is structured under

broad thematic areas of national development, community development, good governance, women rights, gender, youth development and empowerment, childrens rights, education, health, agriculture and environment, among others.

ChallengesDespite such phenomenal

feats, the journey towards strengthening citizen voice and action was not without challenges.

There were times when it was marked by lack of responsiveness on the part of both rights holders and duty-bearers; increased costs of production materials

due to changes in micro and macro fundamentals also posed a challenge to the

implementation of the project; so was lack of enabling law to

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FuKo chalks remarkable achievements in governance

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The role of FUKO in events leading to the ban on liquor sold in sachets cannot be disputed

facilitate access of information. Fluidity of local languages was also a constraint.

LessonsFUKO Project was full of

lessons and chief among them was the power of unity, collaboration and networking in achieving the shared goalmaking Malawi a more inclusive, accountable and responsive society.

No institution or organisation can achieve this single-handedly. It needs concerted efforts.

DistributionAlthough NPL publishes

FUKO, distribution is done by strategic partners such as Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust, Concern Universal (CU), Find Your Feet, Total Land Care (TLC), Pride Malawi, Soldev, Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco), Fambitsa Network CBO, Church and Society Programme of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfam), Malawi Carer, National Association of People Living with HIV and Aids in Malawi (Napham), Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM), Finca, Fincoop, Creative Centre for Community Mobilisation (Creccom), Chisomo Childrens Club, Adventist Development and Relief

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Agency (Adra), Kunyanja Development Organisation (Kudo) and others. The newspaper is distributed to T/As, DCs, MPs, schools,

hospitals, prisons, churches, mosques, magistrates courts, social welfare offices, and other public offices

Partners! Thanks for the

job well done. If it were not for your unwavering support, FUKO Project could not have made much impact on communities.

CommitmentNPL will continue financing

and publishing FUKO, a newspaper it established six years ago as part of its nation-building initiative.

Although this may not be at the same weight, voltage and tempo as it was with funding from Tilitonse.

A cord of two strands is stronger than that of one and two are better than one because they have a double reward for their labour.

RecommendationsAs long as there are citizens,

a need to strengthen citizen voice and action will always arise.

There is need for more funding, more collaboration, more networking to consolidate and sustain the achievements of the project.

ConclusionAlthough it is painful to say

bye to a friend, such times are inevitable sometimes and NPL anxiously looks to the time when this friend will come back. Surely, he will. This is our hope and consolation.n

FUKO bust a syndicate on August 15 2014 in which some people in Thyolo would illegally access ARVs from unscrupulous medical personnel and use the drug for fattening pigs and brewing and distilling local alcoholics (mtonjane and kachasu).

One of the people involved, Gertrude Chikopa, was arrested and charged with illegal selling of drugs and she pledged guilty following FUKO investigations.

Midima Magistrates Court convicted Chikopa and fined her K15 000 or in default serve six months in prison.

She paid the fine.The reporter got a tip-off from

a friend that some people in Thyolo and Mulanje were using ARVs to fatten animals and distil, kachasu and mtonjane.

Local brewers claim ARVs make their products more potent.

The tip-off came soon after FUKO published another story in which the Malawi Network for People Living with HIV and Aids (MANET+) complained that their members in Mulanje were sharing bottles of ARVs due to inadequate supply of the drug in the district.

The reporter visited the two districts posing as both a supplier and buyer to get to the

bottom of the matter.A farmer from Katundu

Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chimaliro in Thyolo, Maxwell Hapala confirmed that most people in the district administer ARVs to pigs as they fatten quickly and their productivity is boosted.

The reporter asked some farmers in the district to show him people who could sell him

ARVs to feed his animals and he was referred to Chisoka Health Centre health surveillance assistant, (HSA) Justin Chikopa, who they claimed supplied them with ARVs.

The HSA was reportedly attending an engagement ceremony at Makande when the reporter visited his home, this time posing as a buyer of ARVs.

But his wife, Gertrude

Chikopa, sold the reporter a bottle of ARVs containing 30 tablets at K3 500.

She claimed her husband gets ARVs from officers at Chisoka Health Centre at Goliati, T/A Chimaliro in Thyolo District.

Per bottle sold, medical officers get K2 000 whereas my husband gets K1 500. As such, I can give you a bottle at K3 500. That is the last price because

this money is shared between my husband and the medical officers, claimed Chikopa.

She did not disclose names of officers.

When contacted for comment, Thyolo district medical officer Michael Murowa and his boss, Ministry of Health principal secretary, Chris Kangombe, said they were not aware that some of their officers sell ARVs in the district.

Kangombe, however, asked the reporter to report the matter to the nearest police and when he did, police officers found six more ARV bottles in Chikopas house and Gertrude and her husband were picked.

Gertrude was convicted but her husband denied having any part in the drug syndicate.

FUKO Projectwith financial resources from Tilitonse Fundprobed the matter following concerns from citizens over drug pilferage and shortages in different hospitals in the country.

The aim of the project is to strengthen citizen voice and action for institutional change that will lead to better inclusivity, accountability and responsiveness.n

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Mzungu shows a bottle of ARVs he bought from Gertrude Chikopa

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Estere Kalulu of Herani Village, Traditional Authority Makwangwala in Ntcheu testifies to a saying that a pen is mightier than a sword after her husband dropped his wife battering habit following a story published in FUKO in July 2013.

estere Kalulu will live to remember FUKO edition of July 10-23 2013 which published a story headlined Mwamuna Apepesa Mkazi Wake ndi Nkhuku 7 (A man fined seven chickens for wife battering).

This story melted Stephen Kalulus resistance to change his habit of wife battering.

My husband was a difficult man. He would hit me like a punch bag for petty issues, says Estere as she divulges into her past.

She says she tried everything she could to bring peace to her home but to no avail.

On several occasions, I complained to marriage counsellors that my husband would beat me over petty issues but he would not change.

If anything, this only worsened the situation. Stephen would beat me again as soon as we arrived home from counselling, says the mother of three.

One day, elders asked her to register women of childbearing age in the village.

Knowing how difficult Stephen was, Estere asked him for permission to participate in the registration exercise and the request was granted.

However, when she returned her husband descended on her, demanding an explanation why she came late.

On this particular day, he beat me severely, she explains.

This did not go well with the village elders who dragged Stephen to their court and fined him seven chickens for wife battering.

The elders also invited FUKO crew to record the court proceedings and publish the story in a bid to deter others from following Stephens

turning pointBRIGHT KUMWENDA & ELUBE PONSEPONSE

footsteps.It was this story,

published in FUKO of 10 to 23 July 2013 in a style some human rights activists would call naming-and-shaming, that was the last straw that broke the camels back.

Stephen was not only ashamed but also devastated with the bad publicity he received as he was ridiculed wherever he went.

This was his turning point.

He vowed never to molest his wife again.

Two years down the line,

Stephen has lived up to his word and Estere bears testimony:

My husband is now a changed man. He no longer beats me following the

publication of his story in FUKO.

Not only that, he is in the forefront campaigning against wife battering. I can now afford a smile.

A cutting of a story that changed Stephens life

My husband is now a member of a village forest management committee. In the past, he was unwilling to participate in any development work.

Stephen concurred with his wife.

Since that incident, I have never lifted my hand against my wife. I cannot do that. Wife battering is bad. Husbands should love not batter their wives, he said.

Both Equips Project coordinator Reuben Kainga and Village Head Herani also heaped praises on FUKO, saying the story has reduced cases of gender-based violence in T/A Makwangwala.

Cases of wife battering have dramatically gone down in my area following the publication of Stephens story and civic education that different

civil society organisations are conducting here, said Herani.

FUKO is a bilingual governance newspaper published by Nation Publications Limited (NPL) with financial support from Tilitonse Fund and it is distributed for free.

Concern Universal (CU), also with financial resources from Tilitonse Fund, trained community journalists in Ntcheu and Dedza and the co-author, Elube Ponseponse, is a beneficiary.

CU has also been running campaigns on citizens rights, entitlement and responsibilities in T/A Makwangwalas area.

Through a partnership agreement between the two organisations, CU community journalists such as Ponseponse contribute their stories to FUKO.n

My husband was a difficult man. He would punch

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Concern Universal (CU) has described FUKO Project impact on Enhancing Quality and Inclusive Public Services (Equips) Project as phenomenal.

FUKO is a governance and development newspaper published by Nation Publications Limited (NPL) with financial support from Tilitonse Fund.

FUKO whose project goal is to strengthen citizen voice and action for institutional change that will lead to better inclusivity, accountability and responsivenesshas so far received over K94 million from Tilitonse Fund to run FUKO Project.

Our interaction with Nation Publications Limited as both a contributor of news items and distributor of FUKO newspaper copies have

cu talks highly of FuKo projectBRIGHT KUMWENDA had a phenomenon

impact on Equips Project, said Reuben Kainga, CU Equips Project coordinator.

He said FUKO has created awareness and strengthened citizens voice on their rights, entitlements and responsibilities.

FUKO has not only increased citizens access to information on their rights, entitlements and responsibilities, it has also strengthened their voices on governance issues, said Kainga.

Some wife-batters whose stories were published in FUKO were not only ashamed but they also reformed.

So, you can see how FUKO deterred people from committing gender-based violence. Most people are now aware that if they commit crimes community journalists who live in their villages will

have their stories published in FUKO, he said.

Kainga was

referring to a story of Stephen Kalulu of Herani Village, Traditional Authority

Makwangwala in Ntcheu, who was fined seven chickens for beating his wife,

Estere.Stephen is now

a changed person following the publication and campaign CUthrough Equips Projecthas been running in the village on rights, entitlements and responsibilities.

Equips Project is also funded by Tilitonse Project.

That aside, FUKO has also increased visibility of Concern Universal projects and activities across the country, said Kainga.

Published in Chichewa and Chitumbuka, FUKO is distributed for free by its strategic partners such as CU, Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Total Land Care (TLC), Pride Malawi, Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) and other organisations.n

FuKo finds place in adult literacy ad v e n t i s t Development and Relief Agency (Adra) Malawi has spoken highly about FUKO as a teaching material in their adult literacy programme.

FUKO is a governance and development newspaper published by Nation Publications Limited (NPL) and is distributed for free by different organisations, including Adra Malawi.

Adra Malawi adult literacy programme officer, Jaffer Kachule, said the organisation uses FUKO as a teaching material in their schools.

Learners like FUKO because it is reader-friendly in that it is published in local languagesChichewa and Chitumbukaand

tackles a wide range of issues that affect their lives, he said.

FUKOwith financial

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support from Tilitonse Fundis structured under such broad thematic areas as national development,

community development, good governance, womens rights, gender, youth development and

empowerment, health, education, agriculture, environment and others.

I like reading FUKO

because I learn meanings and spellings of different words.

That aside, I also learn a lot about our rights, entitlements and responsibilities as citizens of Malawi, said Gritty Chibwana, a student at one of Adra Malawi adult literacy schools in Mulatha Village, Traditional Authority Chikumbu in Mulanje.

Lewani Nthalawe, a teacher at the school, concurred with colleagues that FUKO is one of their reference materials.

We cannot cover everything in class, so we refer our students to FUKO, said Nthalawe.

Apart from Adra Malawi, Christ-Citadel International Church (CIC) Malawi is also using FUKO as a reference material in their adult literacy classes in Bangwe, Blantyre.n

Kainga: We have benefitted a lot from FUKO Project

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NPL, through FUKO Project, is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that Malawi becomes a more inclusive, accountable and responsive society. NPL in partnership with Tilitonse Fund recently trained community journalists in all the regions of the country. The journalists file stories from different parts of Malawi for publication in FUKO and other products of NPL such as The Nation, Weekend Nation, Nation on Sunday and

Strengthening citizen voicethrough community journalism

Temwa Mhone, Blantyre

Holyce Kholowa, Zomba

Mercy Madziakaola, Salima

Gladson Mbumpha, Ntchisi

Gladys Kachapila, Mwanza

Gift Matola, Nkhata Bay

Ayamba Kandodo, Mangochi

Edwin Anold Polela, Neno

Wyness Kibogoyo, Blantyre

Rodrick Katuka, Balaka

Alice Goliati, Chiradzulu

Sungeni Chilewani, Thyolo

Christina Machilika, Zomba

Williams Kaponda, Nkhotakota

Paul Chirambo, Lilongwe

Last Ngalu, Dowa

Alex Adriano, DowaNewby Mwamukangama, KarongaAness Banda, DowaRaphael Iwalani, MchinjiMaxwell Phiri, DedzaMcSon Phiri, Lilongwe

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Mphatso Magwaza, Ntcheu

Uchindami Chawinga, Rumphi

Khumbo Saka, Kasungu

Winister Nkungula, Mulanje

Richard Folokiya, Machinga

Monica Dunga, Chikwawa

Joseph Chiwaula, Phalombe

Nation Online. Some of their stories have exposed gross human rights violation, folly in public policies, strategies and administration. Some suspected cases of child rights abuse and child trafficking exposed by the journalists are in courts awaiting judgement. There is one such case at Mwanza Magistrates Court awaiting judgement next week. Here are some of NPL and Tilitonse community journalists:

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Auspicious Ndamuwa, Chisomo Childrens Club centre manager, says: FUKO helps our community-based care centres (CBCCs) access information on child rights child protection, youth empowerment, youth development, gender and good governance. The advantage of newspaper stories as opposed to those aired on radios is that you can archive and refer to them in future.

Noel Msisha, Association of Progressive Women (APW) acting executive director, says: FUKO is a good tool for community mobilisation. APW is running a project aimed at mobilising people to participate in community development and FUKO was handy in as far as coverage and mobilisation were concerned.

Victor Makwinja, Christ-Citadel International Church pastor, says: Currently, our adult literacy classes in Bangwe use FUKO as a learning material. It excites students to learn how to read and write.

Mark Botomani, Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) corporate affairs coordinator, says: Most people like reading FUKO because it tackles issues that affect daily lives of ordinary people. The strength of FUKO compared with most newspapers is that it is published in Chichewa and Chitumbuka, two major languages understood and spoken by many people in Malawi.

What do others say about FuKo?

Tamanda Chabvuta, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi communications officer, says: FUKO is helping us to mobilise our members in different districts of the country. We use and distribute FUKO to our members to catalyse diffusion of agricultural technologies. What is pleasing is that farmers are using FUKO to demand their rights and entitlements as well as know their responsibilities.

Ollen Mwalubunju, National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust executive director, says: Since its inception, FUKO has proved to be a vital tool in as far as giving power to people to take to task duty-bearers if they default in their pledges and duties. Through FUKO, the voice of the voiceless has been strengthened. Ordinary people are now able to query ward councillors, members of Parliament and even the President on different issues. Nice has 169 resource centres throughout the country where people scramble for FUKO because it has relevant news.

Marriage age excites traditional leaders

traditional leaders in the country have expressed excitement with an upward adjustment of the marriage age from 16 to 18.

Recently, Parliament passed the contentious Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill which has been in the doldrums for years after president Bingu wa Mutharika declined to assent to it as most Malawians felt uncomfortable with 16 as the marriage age.

FUKO, with financial support from Tilitonse Fund, launched a campaign aimed at sensitising people to the danger of early marriages and how the practice violated childrens rights to good health and education.

The newspaper, published

fortnightly in Chichewa and Chitumbuka, also showcased best practices where some traditional leaders passed by-laws in an effort to reduce child marriages.

Due to an uproar from people and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Mutharika declined to assent to the bill and he sent it

back to a special commission and Parliament for further consultations, refining and fine-tuning.

Although some experts claim the bill has some grey areas, most people are satisfied with the marriage age.

In an interview yesterday, Paramount Chief Lundu of Chikwawa said much as he would have loved to have 20 as the marriage age, 18 is far much better than 16.

One of the ardent fighters against child marriages, T/A Chikumbu of Mulanje, concurred with Lundu that 18 is better for a start.

While expressing satisfaction with the bill, T/A Mphuka of Thyolo said what matters most now is for President Peter Mutharika to endorse it.n

Lundu: 18 is better than 16 Chikumbu: I am satisfied

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Government has finally opened Tukombo Dispensary in Nkhata Bay 15 years after its construction began.

FUKO, with financial support from Tilitonse Fund, published a lot of stories lobbying government to have the facility opened since people were walking long distances to access health services.

Although the facility is now up and running, most people are not happy with governments decision to open a dispensary and not a health centre because maternal services will still be inaccessible.

Lack of such services has seen the area registering increased cases of maternal deaths, women giving birth on the way to the hospital or in their homes, and other birth complications.

Expectant mothers, who witnessed the opening of the facility on March 9 2015, had a rude awakening that they will still walk over 10 kilometres to give births as the facility was certified as a dispensary and not a health centre.

One of the mothers, Milika Phiri, asked government to upgrade the facility to either a health centre or a rural hospital.

If government brings maternal services closer, cases of giving birth at home will be reduced, she said.

Mzuzu CCJP diocesan secretary Arnold Msimuko, whose organisation has also been instrumental in the opening of the facility, said people in the area can be served better by a health centre or a rural hospital not a dispensary.

Traditional Authority Zilakoma said people have already moulde bricks for the health centre.n

T u k o m b o Dispensary opens after 15 yearsGEORGE SINGINI

Judgement in a case where a family employed a nine-year-old girl as a maid will be delivered on April 14 2015. FUKO of 18-31 March 2015 carried a story which revealed that Francis White, 44, and his wife Mirika Grauti, 36, employed the girl as a domestic worker. The story led to the arrest of the couple. FUKO investigations established that the girl was employed in September 2013 but up to now she is not yet paid. The girl said she did not know her monthly income. I was just told that I would be given good clothes when going back to my home [Nsanje]. GLADYS KAPACHIKA

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Kapeni Demonstration Primary School in Blantyre remained closed for over a month after irate voters burnt its library, books, head teachers office and chairs in protest against late delivery of voting material at the school by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). The school was one of the voting centres for the May 20 Tripartite Elections. Soon after the story was published in FUKO of 25 June 8 July 2014, communities around the school contributed about K1.5 million to purchase teaching materials. NGOs and government also came in to assist and within a week, the school was opened. FUKO is a governance newspaper co-financed by NPL and Tilitonse Fund.ORAMA CHINAMULUNGU

No sooner had Minister of Internal Security and Home Affairs Paul Chibingu warned officers from the Department of Immigration against corruption, fraud and kickbacks than FUKO newspaper caught one of them at it again. Immigration officer Philip Joe, who asked FUKO reporter Watipaso Mzungu Jnr for a bribe of K20 000 to process his friends passport, has since been interdicted. In the photograph, Mzungu shows a passport Joe issued after receiving a bribe. FUKO is published by NPL with financial support from Tilitonse Fund. WATIPASO MZUNGU JNR

FUKO of July 1-15, 2014 carried a story which revealed that lack of anti-rabies drug caused some people in Karonga to resort to using chamba (Indian hemp) to treat the disease. FUKO established that most hospitals in the country had run out of anti-rabies drug and some people were accessing it in private hospitals at a cost of K25 000 which was out of reach for most people. When FUKO published the story the Ministry of Health moved in to supply the affected hospitals with the drug. FUKO is published by NPL with financial support from Tilitonse Fund. JOHN CHIRWA This is one of the saddest photographs FUKO carried in 2014. It shows people from Mzenga

in Nkhata Bay carrying a dead body from hospital to their home. They could not use an ambulance because the hospital had no fuel to run the vehicle. The story, published in FUKO of 16-29 April moved a lot of people to the extent that Find your Feet donated four bicycle ambulances to the hospital (FUKO 4 -17 March 2015). FUKO is published by NPL with financial support from Tilitonse Fund. JOHN CHIRWA

FuKo adventure in picturesKapeni School opens

Old habits die hard

Men carry dead body home

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TEAM Bright KumwendaEditor

Hlulo NyirendaCopy Editor

Watipaso MzunguReporter

John Chirwa Reporter

Rachel Kachali Reporter

Chimwemwe SefasiDesigner

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