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Lungi village is located south of Bo, just west of Koribundu junction. This is a village that was devastated by the civil war between 1992 and 2002. Rebels occupied it and neighboring villages, terrorizing citizens there and disrupting education for a generation of students. After the war, the community rebuilt as best it could. The parents today, many of whom did not get to go to school, are passionate about giving their own children a better opportunity.
Lungi's current school consists of two tiny mud, stick and thatch structures for 6 teachers and 6 classes, serving nearly 200 students. The school leaks terribly during the rainy season, and there are no latrines for the children.
Students at Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, CA, have joined together for their senior year community service Hero Project and committed to raise $50,000 to build a new school for Lungi. The kids are planning concerts, car washes, t-shirt and calendar sales, not to mention setting up programs at service clubs, their parents' employers and much more. On October 2nd, they will had an information table at the Oxnard Multi-Cultural Festival. On November 13, 2010 they held a carwash. On December 4, 2010 they held a benefit concert.
THEY DID IT !
Lungi Contributions as of 4/15/2011: $50,640
(Final numbers still to be calculated)
Click here to read Foothill student Jay Campbell's personal story about the process!
Click here to see pictures of the new school construction progress!
March 26, 2011
Art Auction and Spring Benefit Concert
with Sierra Leone Food Tasting
(prepared by Mr. and Mrs. Bassey)
5 - 7 pm at the Poinsettia Pavillion, Ventura, CA
Artwork by Freetown Artist, Julius Parker
from the Salone Stories Book
and Schools for Salone Note Cards
Music performed by Chris Pierce and the Rhine
(Watch the Promo)
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March 15 - 25, 2011
Foothill For Africa - Teacher Challenge Week
Foothill Teachers did various tasks for a specific donaiton amount.
(One teacher dyed her hair Sierra Leone flag colors for $1,000,
Cherie Eulau rapped with other teachers for $300,
Melissa Wantz impersonated Miley Cyrus for $700,
Other activities included: arm wrestling with students,
diving into a kiddie pool full of Jello, dancing to GaGa, teacher parking spot raffel, no homework for a weekend, outside classes for a day, teacher no hands pie eating contest, and much much more!).
(Watch the Miley Cyrus Video)
(Check Out Project Hello's update)
Foothill students track their events and their progress on their own blog:
The Journey to Build a School
and in their school newspaper: The Foothill Dragon Press
Read more about their efforts in the Ventura County Reporter OnLine, 9/2/2010
and the Ventura County Star onLine, 9/17/2010.
Download the Lungi School FactSheet.
Help these students and the Lungi Village continue to support
their new school !
Or mail donations directly to Schools for Salone at:
PO Box 25314,
Seattle, WA 98165-2214
In June 2010, literature instructor from Foothill Technology High School, Melissa Wantz, her daughter Megan and her history instructor colleague Cherie Eulau traveled to Sierra Leone and visited the village to meet with the community about their needs for a school. They were overwhelmed by the friendliness and gratitude of the people and by the hope in the eyes of the young school children. The community is determined to do whatever they can to see their children educated in a school that is sound, safe and comfortable.
You can help Foothill Technology High School seniors reach their goal of $50,000 to make the dreams of an entire village and its 200 students into a reality. Your donation will provide a permanent school building, with wooden furniture and bathrooms for the children. The community of Lungi has secured the land and is ready to start building as soon as the money is raised.
Donate today to "Lungi School" at Schools for Salone. 100% of your donation will be placed in a restricted funds account to be used solely for the school in Lungi. All of it is tax deductible, and you will be mailed a receipt. We will also keep you updated about the progress with an e-newsletter if you like.
Click here to sign up for the Lungi School Progress E-Newletter.
Thank you for helping to foster a stronger democracy, increase universal education and support a community's dreams in the village of Lungi.
Donate today to "Lungi School" at Schools for Salone.
Salone Stories directly benefit Lungi School
In Nov. 2009, Melissa Wantz began "Project Hello: Notes from the Edge of the World" a project for her students and high school students in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to correspond via an online social network called a ning. That correspondence resulted a storybook of traditional Sierra Leone folktales from five local languages translated into English. Students in Sierra Leone and California wrote Japanese style Haiku poems to accompany each story. Illustrations are by Freetown artist Julius Parker, aka "Choema."
Click here to purchase these books from Schools for Salone. Money raised from the sale of this book goes towards the fundraising project for Lungi, with a small percent given to artist, Julius Parker.
You can help build a promising future for SierraLeone's children.
