reaching out: part 2

A second inspiring “kids helping kids” session took place last week - this one was at Shawnee Mission East High School. Emily, a member of Team 4, figured out a way to make cloth dolls that look just like the banana fiber dolls made by the kids at the orphanage! She passed along this knowledge to a group of Kansas City kids who will sell their adorable handmade dolls at a fundraiser next month. (Way to go, Emily!)



Do you see how cool all of this is? Kids at an orphanage in Kajjansi, Uganda taught Emily how to make banana fiber dolls. Emily came home to teach American kids how to make a slightly different version (with her own spin) to raise funds to send back to the orphans.









Same thing happened with the paper beads. The kids at the orphanage taught me how to make them. I came home to teach American kids how to make them, and those kids are using them to raise funds to send back to the orphans.

A circle that includes us all keeps going round and round. Along the way, we each learn something new and we teach something new. And each of us - in our own way - gains so much.



(I'd like to send a big "thank you" to teachers extraordinaire Adam Finkleston and Nina Young for making these two recent “kids helping kids” sessions possible.) Please read a past post about Adam’s doll project. It will culminate with a big fundraising event in May. Thank goodness for people like Nina and Adam. These special teachers help kids see that, even at a young age, they have the talent and the power to help others. With such a good start, who knows where these kids will go from here!