In the past week I have spent much of my days attempting to be useful, with my energy and my time. These are not necessarily easy things to do while trying to teach full-time and pretend to have a 'life'. In the past week I have worked about two days for Grand Canyon Youth (my favorite non-profit), bought into the Give One, Get One Program from OLPC and launched a program at school to raise money for Dr. Jessie Stone to purchase mosquito nets for use in Uganda. I believe strongly in giving when you are able in terms of both time and money. Although I don't have a ton of extra in either category, I make it work when there is something to believe in, something worth doing. Yesterday my students watched Nomads: Women of the Wandering Whitewater Tribe in class. This was one of the films shown at the Grand Canyon Youth Film Festival from last weekend. In the documentary there is a 15 year old girl, who is a professional kayaker, that talks about giving up roughly $3000 of her winnings to support a doctor's salary and remodel two school rooms in Uganda. I love watching students struggle to understand that, in fact, the power of a dollar (although worth less in some regions of the world), goes a long, long way in the developing world. So, our latest project is to raise enough money to purchase 100 mosquito nets to Dr. Stone in Uganda AND look to make a PSA to encourage other teenagers to look outside themselves to see what they have to give... be it time or money! Stay tuned for PSA's in the near future.
Many people never think of giving anything to other neither time nor money.I think if we give any of that we feel a deep satisfaction that makes our soul lighter and feels good.Keep helping poor this can make difference
Posted by: electronic signature | February 10, 2011 at 11:24 AM