Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Off to Uganda...

...very soon.
So I will be teaming with 13 other people next month on a trip to Uganda. Why you ask? Well, I will be helping teach a 4-day seminar for the children enlisted in the LEAD Uganda program. This program takes kids, some have been orphaned by AIDS, sold as sex-slaves, or forced to be a child soldier, and provides them with the opportunity to succeed. The kids are encouraged to go to universities and then return to be the future leaders of the country.
I will be teaching a creative/self expression course with 3 other fine ladies. Currently, there is no creativity courses offered in the kids curriculum. Actually, any arts is usually discouraged and believed to be the cause when kids don't do well in school. Much different from our education system by far.
If you'd like to help us out, look below and donate some money. $2, $5, $50... anything will help. The money will go to our travels there. We'll be bringing with us 10 laptops for the house, and hopefully we can find some camera donations sometime before August 18th.
Also, anyone who would like to write a check, I'll be giving prints as a thank-you. Exciting times, people!

1 comment:

  1. FERRIS! I'm totally going to stalk you now! Just added you to my blogspot. Add Mimi too! She's at http://imnotdone.blogspot.com/

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