Greetings all.
Just home.
Sending out thanks to all my wonderful women for all the runnings shoes!
4 hockey bags filled with almost 300lbs of 150 pairs of runners of all styles and sizes made their way from Toronto to Musanze earlier this month, changing planes in Amsterdam and Nairobi.
Paul, our Rwandan partner, connected us with a local girls' high school, government run, for orphans and especially poor.
As the school population was significantly higher than 150 girls, the headmaster determined that girls participating in school athletics would get the runners, to enable them to participate effectively. (It's hard to play soccer in flip-flops.)
The most amazing part of the experience was, in the end, how generous the girls were with each other.
Very counter to the 'f#8k y#o' free-for-all' I've witnessed at clearance house events here in Toronto over the years!
This was but one small part, impacting in a simple yet profound way, of a very exciting and productive trip.
Thanks again to everyone who helped make the event back in June such a success.
Roughly the same time next year, ladies?
Just home.
Sending out thanks to all my wonderful women for all the runnings shoes!
4 hockey bags filled with almost 300lbs of 150 pairs of runners of all styles and sizes made their way from Toronto to Musanze earlier this month, changing planes in Amsterdam and Nairobi.
Paul, our Rwandan partner, connected us with a local girls' high school, government run, for orphans and especially poor.
As the school population was significantly higher than 150 girls, the headmaster determined that girls participating in school athletics would get the runners, to enable them to participate effectively. (It's hard to play soccer in flip-flops.)
The most amazing part of the experience was, in the end, how generous the girls were with each other.
Very counter to the 'f#8k y#o' free-for-all' I've witnessed at clearance house events here in Toronto over the years!
This was but one small part, impacting in a simple yet profound way, of a very exciting and productive trip.
Thanks again to everyone who helped make the event back in June such a success.
Roughly the same time next year, ladies?
