Today is the last day of our project! I can't believe it. It's been quite a day and is still going. I'm writing this on my 1 hr break before we have our last dinner and a closing celebration. I'll still be here for a few more days on safari and will celebrate my birthday here on Friday :)
We were at the school today and it was so much fun. We played games with kids, danced, sang, played soccer and more! I connected with a few girls today that just melted my heart. They were so sweet and open and happy to be there with us. We are also talking, as a group, about how we can continue to support the projects we've started and helped while here; the Acholi slums, the birthing center, the school, and the orphanage. I am called particularly to the slums and the orphanage. I feel like they need the most help and they are not getting very much assistance at the moment. A few of us just spoke to someone who represents the slums (they call them quarters) and we discussed giving scholarships to some of the kids so they can go to school. The goal is to educate the children so they can have a different life for themselves and not continue the poverty into the next generation. It's kind of exciting to think we may be able to help some of the people we met. A few of us will probably get on this project when we get home. A child's education for one year of school is $800. I hope we follow through with this. We're all aware that we're super motivated right now and that may change as we get back home to our busy lives. However, I hope we can rekindle each other's passion and motivation for this project if we start to fade away from it. Either way, I know we'll all be going on to make our differnce in the world, through this project and/or in other ways.
I'll write more tomorrow or the next day. I just wanted to get some thoughts out there before I got swept up in our evening.
I'm imagining tonight will be really fun and really sad since we're saying goodbye to Seane and Suzanne, our leaders/mentors/friends. Their inspiration and wisdom and silliness and toughness and kindness have kept me inspired, focused and strong for the past two weeks. I am so grateful for them.
xo Heather
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I can't even begin to express how very proud I am of all you have done these past two weeks. Your blogs have been both educational and inspiring. Some have brought me to tears and others have made me smile. During these two weeks I have been wondering how Dad and I could specifically help and now we know. We are going to donate $800 for tuition for a child's education.
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