Lisa and Cheryl traveled around the world for 18
months and had amazing opportunities to volunteer with schools in Mexico,
Thailand and Kenya. From Lisa: " Education means everything to these students and being
able to provide a very real solution is something to feel especially proud
of." Lisa and Cheryl blog about their travels at What Boundaries.
It was the pride in the seventeen-year-old Masaai boy's voice when he said, "Now all the children in the village can go to primary school. We now have school big enough for everyone."
Or maybe it was the joy shining in the faces from one room in rural Mexico that served as the entire school for ages six through sixteen...
Or perhaps it was the colorful wildflowers picked by small Thai hands to thank us for teaching them basic English words and sharing their smiles...
It's impossible to put a price on education for these children and to be a small part of building a school in Cambodia is something we feel very strongly about. Cheryl and I are blessed to have spent the last eighteen months traveling, writing, and volunteering around the world. During this time we've seen happiness on the faces of schoolchildren, many without shoes on their feet, and the excitement of learning in their voices. It's a gift we hope others can experience in their own lives some day!
The schoolchildren's faces were hard to get out of minds. Their eagerness to soak up everything being presented to them was enormous. Showing a shy thirteen-year-old girl in S. Africa how to turn on a computer for the first time, move a mouse, and watching her face as a new world opened in front of her - that was something close to miraculous.
A little Mexican boy tugs on our hands and points to a picture on the wall, "Tortuga," he says slowly, then shouts "Turtle!" with a proud, gap-toothed smile.
In Kenya, where the most basic item is a luxury, we asked the teachers, "What do the children need?" "Pens and paper," was the reply. So we organized a drive to collect and the response was wonderful. Putting together care packages for these schoolchildren is something we plan to continue in the future.
When deciding what prize to donate to Passports With Purpose, we simply asked ourselves, "What would WE most like to have?" and came up with the Flip Mino Video Camera. "Easy-to-operate" and "portable" have become mantras in our traveling lifestyles and hopefully will make it easier for someone to tell their own stories!
Lisa is right -- the Flip is big fun. Read about the What Boundaries prize here and then, make a donation.
It was the pride in the seventeen-year-old Masaai boy's voice when he said, "Now all the children in the village can go to primary school. We now have school big enough for everyone."
Or maybe it was the joy shining in the faces from one room in rural Mexico that served as the entire school for ages six through sixteen...
Or perhaps it was the colorful wildflowers picked by small Thai hands to thank us for teaching them basic English words and sharing their smiles...
It's impossible to put a price on education for these children and to be a small part of building a school in Cambodia is something we feel very strongly about. Cheryl and I are blessed to have spent the last eighteen months traveling, writing, and volunteering around the world. During this time we've seen happiness on the faces of schoolchildren, many without shoes on their feet, and the excitement of learning in their voices. It's a gift we hope others can experience in their own lives some day!
The schoolchildren's faces were hard to get out of minds. Their eagerness to soak up everything being presented to them was enormous. Showing a shy thirteen-year-old girl in S. Africa how to turn on a computer for the first time, move a mouse, and watching her face as a new world opened in front of her - that was something close to miraculous.
A little Mexican boy tugs on our hands and points to a picture on the wall, "Tortuga," he says slowly, then shouts "Turtle!" with a proud, gap-toothed smile.
In Kenya, where the most basic item is a luxury, we asked the teachers, "What do the children need?" "Pens and paper," was the reply. So we organized a drive to collect and the response was wonderful. Putting together care packages for these schoolchildren is something we plan to continue in the future.
When deciding what prize to donate to Passports With Purpose, we simply asked ourselves, "What would WE most like to have?" and came up with the Flip Mino Video Camera. "Easy-to-operate" and "portable" have become mantras in our traveling lifestyles and hopefully will make it easier for someone to tell their own stories!
Lisa is right -- the Flip is big fun. Read about the What Boundaries prize here and then, make a donation.
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