{"id":28,"date":"2013-07-09T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T19:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T12:13:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; 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