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Mahalo to Eden in Love (Tanna and Bryson Dang) for allowing us to participate in this project.
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Adopt a Village Project
IB Mission Statement: The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
In an effort to teach our students to become more internationally minded, Aina Haina School partnered with local business, Eden in Love, to support their Adopt a Village project through Global Hope Network International. We were a part of this five year project from its start in 2012 until 2017.
How We Helped: Monetary Donations
We donated part of the proceeds raised through our annual Haunted House / Fall Festival events in 2012 - 2017 to Eden in Love for their annual $15,000 pledge to assist a village in Sri Lanka. The village, Nallathanniya, needed to develop a sustainable clean water system, and monies earned will help to fund this worthy endeavor.
How We Helped: Penpal Exchange with Nallathanniya Students
The villagers of Nallathanniya don't speak English as their first language, but we found a way to communicate and share our cultures! Take a look at some of our drawings that we've exchanged by viewing our Penpal Artwork Exchange.
Update: April 2018:
The Adopt a Village project officially ended in 2017 and we got to meet some of the team leaders who made this all possible: Eden in Love owners Tanna and Bryson Dang, Jeff Power, Director of Partnership for Global Hope Network International, and Jay and Celeste, the on the ground contacts in Sri Lanka. We learned that the basic need of water impacts life in a variety of ways - food, wellness, education, and income. Jay reported that every house has a water tap outside their door and around 60 students now attend school! Girls as young as six years old no longer spent three hours climbing a mountain to fetch water. They show up to school on time and even have time to study at night. Students are aspiring to be more than day laborers picking tea leaves - they are setting their sights on careers like teachers, doctors, and lawyers. We are so grateful for this opportunity to impact an entire community!
In an effort to teach our students to become more internationally minded, Aina Haina School partnered with local business, Eden in Love, to support their Adopt a Village project through Global Hope Network International. We were a part of this five year project from its start in 2012 until 2017.
How We Helped: Monetary Donations
We donated part of the proceeds raised through our annual Haunted House / Fall Festival events in 2012 - 2017 to Eden in Love for their annual $15,000 pledge to assist a village in Sri Lanka. The village, Nallathanniya, needed to develop a sustainable clean water system, and monies earned will help to fund this worthy endeavor.
How We Helped: Penpal Exchange with Nallathanniya Students
The villagers of Nallathanniya don't speak English as their first language, but we found a way to communicate and share our cultures! Take a look at some of our drawings that we've exchanged by viewing our Penpal Artwork Exchange.
Update: April 2018:
The Adopt a Village project officially ended in 2017 and we got to meet some of the team leaders who made this all possible: Eden in Love owners Tanna and Bryson Dang, Jeff Power, Director of Partnership for Global Hope Network International, and Jay and Celeste, the on the ground contacts in Sri Lanka. We learned that the basic need of water impacts life in a variety of ways - food, wellness, education, and income. Jay reported that every house has a water tap outside their door and around 60 students now attend school! Girls as young as six years old no longer spent three hours climbing a mountain to fetch water. They show up to school on time and even have time to study at night. Students are aspiring to be more than day laborers picking tea leaves - they are setting their sights on careers like teachers, doctors, and lawyers. We are so grateful for this opportunity to impact an entire community!
Global Citizenship
While we will never meet these villagers face to face, we know that we helped improve the quality of their lives through this project. Thank you to our school community for donating money to this cause, showing caring and empathy, and communicating with the kids through pictures.
Photos by Rachel Robertson Photography
