Discussion about the ESHA trip to Kenya has stimulated many conversations with heads of schools and others about service learning experiences, in Kenya and elsewhere. Here's an interesting example that sends home the notion that service need not be complex in order to be helpful, a learning experience, and in some way reciprocal.
From ESHA member Seth Ahlborn, Head of School, Congressional Schools of Virginia on October 25:
From ESHA member Seth Ahlborn, Head of School, Congressional Schools of Virginia on October 25:
We were looking for a good place to send out old uniforms when we switched. A parent is involved with a local church doing mission work in Kenya – voila!
The orphanage has 52 children and their schools serve another 150 or so from the neighboring tribes – which is quite cool from our standpoint. The priests were visiting the church here on a trip and were able to come and spend time with our students and visit our school.
Claudia
Photo credit:
United Orphanage and Academy, Moi’s Bridge, Kenya, courtesy of Seth Ahlborn
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