“You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, perhaps just one, and then be willing to live for them and die for them. The people that make a durable difference in the world are not the people who have mastered many things, but who have been mastered by one great thing.” – John Piper
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Finding pieces of the puzzle to see the whole picture
For those of you that have been following my around the world journey, you know that there have been some exciting things happening since I’ve been home. Most notably, the beginnings and efforts of The Kikulu Foundation, the nonprofit I started when I returned home last year. If you haven’t had the chance to learn about the foundation, swing on over to the Kikulu website to see what we’ve been doing for the last 9 months.
As you will read on our website, our mission is to support education. We are working with youth age children in Texas on social consciousness, global citizenship, giving back, and learning about their peers around the world, as well as partnering with the orphanage I worked with in Uganda while I was volunteering around the world to support primary and secondary school for the 140 children living at the orphanage.
A week or so ago, we launched CREW140, our first big fundraising campaign for our children in Uganda.
THE CONCEPT: 140 PEOPLE SUPPORTING EDUCATION FOR 140 CHILDREN IN UGANDA
THE ACTION: $20 RECURRING MONTHLY DONATION
THE RESULT: SCHOOL FEES, BOOKS & SUPPLIES, AND UNIFORMS ALL PROVIDED FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR FOR 140 CHILDREN.
READ IN DETAIL ABOUT THE CREW140
Advocate and supporter of education for all? We would love to have you join our crew!
Other ways you can learn more and help spread the word:
What?!?! I’m going home?! This can’t be possible. Oh, wait but it is. At least for several months to see my beautiful friends and family. Then onward for a sweet little US road trip that will include Colorado, perhaps Utah (due to travel tales from my good friend Dan), Nevada, and California!
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Experiencing the art of learning traditional Indonesian Batik in Bali.
A garden must combine the poetic with a feeling of serenity and joy. Both feelings that consumed me as I landed in Bali and walked through my garden.
Reflection and renewing of the mind after the great contrast and beauty of India.
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar” ~Helen Keller
A memory on teaching life skills in India.
The joys of volunteering in a pre-school! If I can survive this…..I can survive anything!
Perpetual Youth is in Nature – Emerson
India, young lively women, and the beautiful setting of the beach.
