Youth at Endless Summer Camp Childrens' Village in Kanungu, Uganda welcome us singing, "We have been waiting for you. Now you've come. Let's...
Youth at Endless Summer Camp Childrens' Village in Kanungu, Uganda welcome us singing, "We have been waiting for you. Now you've come. Let's dance! The dream has come true!" nnOne year before this video was shot, only the large thatched roof structure existed. I visited the spot with Tugume Gerald and we talked about creating a free school for orphans and needy youth, as his aunt owned the land and clean spring water is found. Gerald sent me back to Canada with a backpack full of beads. These were sold by Adam Mckim's World Issues classes at Saint John High School. Gerald's dream came true when the beads sold for $5000 and they raised another $2000, which started the building project becoming Endless Summer Camp. nnCHAT to the Future, a non-profit organization to sponsor children who began attending school was created, spearheaded by Adam Mckim, and managed by Florence Hairora and Miracle Hossan in Uganda. With the help of lawyer Craig Wilson, and accountant Sarah Tippett (CHAT Director of Finance), CHAT is now a register Canadian charity.nnPresently, $20,100 is contributed by 67 sponsors (each donating $300 per annum) to feed all the youth in this video and provide free education. The actual cost of running the school when paying teachers a fair wage and enabling kids to get the medical attention they deserve is $40,000. You can take part by sponsoring a child (http://www.chattothefuture.org/endless-summer-camp.html), finding a gift that suits your budget (http://www.chattothefuture.org/wishbook.html) or personally experiencing these amazing youth by volunteering your talents at the school. nnSustainability is developed through community organization; implementing collective learning, creativity that produces healthy lifestyles, and abundance for all through sharing tools and natural resources. As CHAT Director of voluntourism and on-site management, I ask, how can this community, including the children at ESC, work together to create awareness and enact practices which will enable enough food grown to keep everyone healthy? nnEndless Summer Camp is an opportunity for people around the world to come together and learn through active participation. We must ask ourselves, "What do humans need to know to sucessfully live from the land?" If you have skills in natural building, gardening, arts, construction, nutrition, healing, medicine, music, languages, sewing, cooking, writing, dance, etc... there is a place for you in beautiful Kanungu, Uganda. nnEndless Summer Camp is on it's way to becoming a permaculture playground. The school can serve as a community center to gather in unity and as a lighthouse of guidance to model innovative solutions. Already we have introduced the use of bamboo for crafting effective beds, and a fuel efficient wood burning cooking stove created with local materials. Infrastructure funding is now required to harness the sun - providing electricity through solar panels, and drought protection - through rainwater harvesting gutters and large tanks. To contribute toward these, click the paypal button at the bottom of http://www.ActionHeroNetwork.net or for a US tax receipt: https://ihcenter.org/projects/actionheronetworknnThis video shows the kids at ESC welcoming me to school the day I arrived. You too would receive such a welcome. nnHelp the voices of these spirited rural youth reach ears around the world, inspiring souls to believe all their dreams can come true. Share this video with friends and family by posting on your facebook wall, blogging, or tweeting, and if this opportunity is of interest, please get in touch. Less
