Educational Development Trip - Uganda
Hello all!
I hope this message finds you in good health and happiness. Thank you for visiting this page!
This
summer, I have the incredible opportunity to travel to Uganda to work with
Pangea Educational Development (PED) in changing lives through education.
PED is
an organization working to create sustainable programs that seek to provide an
education to empower students to be the change leaders in their own lives and
the communities they live in. PED uses a system of microfinancing that is
working to virtually eradicate poverty in the targets while unifying
communities and impacting countless individuals. This organization is different from others of its type. PED focuses on establishing programs that will benefit these students, schools, and communities in the future without creating a dependent relationship. This works on a couple different levels. Not only does this practice maximize the potential for empowerment but it allows the programs to sustain themselves after PED lends its hand. Then PED can confidently leave the program and focus their resources on helping more people.
If I
raise enough funds to travel with this wonderful organization, I would have the
opportunity to work with four different schools in Uganda. Among the projects
worked on this summer will be the digging of a well to provide fresh water to
students and generate income for the school, the expansion of a pre-existing
chicken coop that provides practical skill building for children in a remand
home and income for the home, and the construction of a female dormitory at a
male-dominated school so that young girls have the opportunity to be lodged
safely on campus, rather than walk up to ten miles a day through dangerous
neighborhoods just to get to school.
I
invite you to visit PED's website at pangeaeducation.org and watch
their mission video here to learn more about the projects.
The problem I face is the means to do this.
Simply speaking, this trip entails two major costs: program fee
and airfare. The program fee covers housing, food, and a general contribution
for the supplies needed to make these projects happen. For a four-week trip,
the program fee is $2000. In
addition to this, I need to pay for airfare. Generally, a round trip will cost from
$1000 to $1800. This adds up to a
rather daunting total of $3000 to $4000 in expenses.
All
that I ask is that you consider donating just $1. I cannot stress enough that every little bit gets me $1, $5, $10
closer to taking action against poverty and empowering students in Uganda. Of
course, this is not to say that I am refusing larger donations, but I'm not
asking for piles of money. Anything you can give would be immensely appreciated.
I am
asking you, my friends and family, to make a small motion in order to enable this
larger movement to improve the lives of those less fortunate.
Help raise my hand with PED.
peace
and love from the depths of my heart,
Colum