Hi All,
My friends from church in Colorado, Will and Wendi Bevins, are Peace Corps volunteers in Albania and could really use your donation of a few dollars (goal: raising US$975) in setting up a youth camp for children from difficult backgrounds. You can see pictures of their work here and here. They could really use your help, as they explain:
“If you are one of the many kind people who offered to send supplies or money for a project when we first set out on our Peace Corps adventure, this is the way you can help!! The Peace Corps has set up a website for the friends and family of volunteers to donate to our projects. The donations are tax-deductible and all donations go to support the camp that we are helping lead. There’s no overhead because all the staff at this camp are volunteers, including the Albanians who help. This camp is a great chance for kids to learn, play, and do things they don’t normally have a chance to do. For example, in Albania, girls and boys rarely play together. This camp will include both genders equally. It will mix traditional lesson topics (like geography and history) with interactive games and trips so that the kids retain more and have fun in the process. This kind of learning is just now entering Albanian education and this camp may be the first time the kids see that learning can be fun (instead of having a teacher read a book out loud to them for hours on end). Also, we’ll cover topics the children rarely or never hear about, like physical fitness and environmental stewardship. Wendi has already done a few yoga lessons and Will plans to do some self-reflection and journaling activities. If you have any questions about the camp or want more info, please do not hesitate to contact us! Just go to the website below to donate, and any donation would be appreciated by us and especially by the staff and kids at ASTA.
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=304-013“
