By National PostJanuary 29, 2010 3:02 AM When she's not slinging cocktails as Ottawa's favourite bartender to MPs of all parties, parliamentary staff and the odd thirsty journalist, Julie McCarthy fundraises for a small African village. In the past four years, she's raised $8,000 from an annual golf tournament and auction, enough to pipe clean water to 110 crowded houses in a dusty corner of rural Kenya. She exemplifies what Prime Minister Stephen Harper means when he insists a little money can deliver a big improvement to the wretched lives of women and children in Africa. With 500,000 women dying in pregnancy and nine million children perishing before their fifth birthday, Mr. Harper has...
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