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Global Social Entrepreneur Award Winner Launches All One Foundation

XL Group
2007-07-24 19:33 1298

Winner of the XL Global Social Entrepreneur Of The Year Award launches new foundation to provide healing and support for Cambodian women and children who have suffered sexual abuse

SINGAPORE, July 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Dr Lynelle Kerr, winner of the inaugural XL Global Social Entrepreneur Award, has launched her new foundation -- the All One Foundation. Created to provide ongoing healing support for children and women who have suffered abuse and violence from the sex trade in countries where limited rehabilitation services exist, the foundation will initially focus on two shelters in Cambodia.

Many children who have been exploited in the sex trade have suffered unimaginable abuse and violence. In most instances only limited help is available to them in the form of counseling -- usually by unqualified social workers and only for the most severe cases.

Dr Kerr commented "When children suffer sexual abuse, unless the energetic memory of the event is released from the nervous system, it is very difficult for them to fully recover and live a productive and happy life. The All One Foundation has the solution; it will help these children recover physically, mentally and emotionally, so that they can experience safety and peace in their bodies and live optimal lives".

The S$20,000 prize money that Dr Kerr received from XL will support the All One Foundation in sponsoring practitioners to provide ongoing professional care for children rescued from the sex trade. The plan is for practitioners to be permanently based in Cambodia. Doctors will use a specialized form of Chiropractic called Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) that uses light touch to the spine. This activates the body's innate ability to heal and correct itself, helping these children transform their health, wellbeing and life potential.

XL Group Chairman, Roger Hamilton, was one of the award judges "Dr Kerr is the classical example of a focused global social entrepreneur, that uses her specific professional skills to help others most in need of those skills but who may not normally have access to them. Her vision is to change the world 'one spine at a time', and with the launch of this foundation she embarks upon that journey".

For further details about the All One Foundation, please visit:

http://www.all-onefoundation.com .

About XL

The XL Results Foundation is a leading entrepreneur and social enterprise network. XL stands for Extraordinary Lives and its mission is to accelerate the power of individuals to create and contribute. This it does by providing effective training, networking and resources worldwide. Hosting over 1000 events in 50 cities in 2007, XL provides coaching accreditation, online networks and the XL Results Foundation -- a global membership programme. The company provides tools for entrepreneurs which include the Wealth Dynamics Experience, Entrepreneur Business School, XL Magazine and the XL Social Enterprise Accreditation Programme.

For further information please contact

Ian Grundy, XL Group

Tel: +65-6372-3536

Email: ian.grundy@resultsfoundation.com

www.resultsfoundation.com

Source: XL Group
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