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View this slideshow of a young man's eagle project
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View this slideshow of pictures from the Village of Hope
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View this slideshow about a wheelchair project experience
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Over 200 international students representing over 30 nations will participate in The 2005 Village for Village Challenge on May 31. Students will carry water from the American River to Fair Oaks Village as a symbol of their support for students in Kersa Illala, a small village in Ethiopia to have clean well water Click here to read more...
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Girls from the village carry water from the river for all water needs. The water containers generally weigh from 24 to 40 pounds. The village is two miles from the river See more
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All Terrain Wheelchairs Needed and Provided see more...
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Daft, Stamos, Johnson & Johnson donate scrubs for Africa see more...
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T o celebrate Dr. Seuss’
birthday and America’s
nationwide initiative to
support reading, the
Village for Village Project participants
read together the story of
Abu, the young African boy who
decided to make the people of
his village smile.read more...
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This humanitarian effort will be continued with the help of the Kennard family. In future issues of The Messenger, readers will be able to follow these dresses as they are carried to their new owners read more...
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During the summer between fifth and sixth grade, I went to the Wigginton’s house to learn to sew. Kate Wigginton’s Grandma Joan taught Kelsy Walker, Kate, and I how to make t-shirt dresses. read more...
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Helen and Norm Klein, track coaches for the Barrett Middle School leave for Ethiopia this July to run in the Village of Hope. Coaching the Barrett Broncos for the past five years keeps the Kleins young and on their toes. read more...
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The day we arrived we pulled into the yard of the small medical clinic. The area was lined with villagers hoping to have a chance to see our doctors. read more...
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I mages from The Face of Africa, tell the compelling story of humanitarian work in the lives of individuals from the village of Kersa Illala, Ethiopia, This fifty minute multimedia humanitarian presentation of photographic images, video segments and moving music combined with footage from stake humanitarian days completes the circle of service for women all over the world who have cheered and blessed lives in humanity’s name. read more...
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A world-class marathoner hopes to draw attention to an Ethiopian village where the lack of clean water could be easily solved with a well. read more...
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Villagers gathered under the baobab trees in the open field next to Kersa Illala village to receive instruction on how to improve hygiene practices by using clean well water. read more...
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During the summer between fifth and sixth grade, I went to the Wigginton’s house to learn to sew. Kate Wigginton’s Grandma Joan taught Kelsy Walker, Kate, and I how to make t-shirt dresses. read more...
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Ultradistant world record holder , 82-year old Helen Klein and her husband race director Norm Klein traveled to Ethiopia this summer to organize and host the first ever Village of Hope Run for the children in Kersa Illala, a small village three hours south of Addis Ababa. read more...
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Julius and Maxine Njui returned to Will Rogers Middle School on April 6th for an evening performance for the whole family of ‘A Day in Africa’. read more...
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Nearly 150 students representing over 25 nations participated in The Village for Village Challenge. Students carried water from the American River to Fair Oaks read more...
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Will Rogers Middle School students from their own Fair Oaks Village reach across the continents to the village of Kersa Illala, Ethiopia, read more...
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“May we from our abundance share, Thy sheep to bless, thy lambs to feed” see more...
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DeAnna Kennard regularly brings medical and health education teams to Kersa Illala to treat as many medical problems as possible and reinforce prior teaching and training. read more...
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Take me to the river Will Rogers Middle School pupils make a symbolic trek to learn empathy for poor children from an Ethiopian village read more...
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There is a tree in Kersa Illala called the Literacy Tree. Women and children gather there to learn to read and write. read more...
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Nearly 165 students worked on science booklets about the Periodic Table, Astronomy, Motion and Matter and ABC. read more...
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