Time to rally!

Hey friends and family! I have been back in New York for a little over a month now. It has been a challenging readjustment, but I wouldn't have it any other way! I am working as an intern at African Refuge, an organization that works with Liberian refugees who were displaced to Staten Island and I have remained connected to the EAC to help with that readjustment. In fact, I might become a member of the EAC board of directors pretty soon here!

Over the past few weeks, I have created another blog for the school while they are building a new Drupal platform website. The goal of the blog is to help get each of the almost 200 students there sponsored in the next month. Today is the day that we are going live with blog, sending it to friends and family and asking them to pass it along to get the word out. Today feels monumental to me. I have been thinking about making a difference for so long, then learning about making a difference and today I finally feel like I am doing that!

The organization is going through some great changes and is headed down a path that I am excited to be a part of! We really hope to get the secondary school up and running so that we can offer elementary, junior and high school education for these kids, providing them with more opportunities and an education and experiences that they will pass down to their children. The more children who have opportunities like this, who grow up in such a healthy and challenging environment, the more individuals who will change the course of their lives, their families' lives and ultimately shape the future of the country. I know that creating educational opportunities like this is addressing the root of the challenges people there face.

Please check out the blog, become a follower of it and sponsor a student if you can! I know your money will change the life of the student you sponsor and that these kids need and deserve this opportunity. Takaungu is a special place and Vutakaka is an amazing school! I feel so fortunate to have been able to spend that time there, to have learned and experienced everything I did and to be able to continue my work for them here.