Keira Donnelly — 4Walls Student Ambassador
Meet Keira Donnelly, who just got back from her first trip El Sauce. Keira is 13 and will enter 8th grade at Allendale Columbia in September.
While in Nicaragua, Keira commented that she hadn’t understood much about the trip before leaving Rochester. “Yeah, I knew we were going to build a house, but I wasn’t sure how it would work. I didn’t know how much we would get to know the family. I didn’t understand how emotional it would be,” she said. “I wish I had known more.”
A Busy June for Amigos en Acción
May and June have been very busy months for us at Amigos en Acción; we have continued to learn and grow together with the children who participate every weekday in this program. This month, we would like to recognize all of the different people and organizations that collaborate with us to help us to make […]
Ghandi Mathi, Widows of India
We’re a little sad, because Ghandi Mathi died 8 weeks after we found her. She was dumped on main street and left by somebody, we do not know whom. Ghandi Mathi was in a terrible condition, when we found her on Christmas morning. After treatment in our hospital she came to our Om Shanthi Home. Ghandi […]
4Walls First Student Learning Trip to El Sauce
We love this video/music montage of the latest 4Walls trip. The videographer is Gwen, a Keuka College student who travelled in January on Keuka’s first student learning trip. She captured the building time in El Sauce, as well as some R&R time in the colonial city of León and at the Pacific beach called Las Peñitas.
Guide/Porter Scholarships April ’17 Update
Juma and Iasha both moved into their houses this New Year’s. This is a picture of Juma’s family. He is a great caretaker of his new house. Look at the joy this family has. A septic has been dug. Now we need to bring in electric to the area. About 15 poles will need to […]
Lightness Women’s Homes In Africa April 2017 Update
Imagine yourself dancing alongside local tribal women to a deep, resonating drumbeat until sweat is pouring off you. These are the same women you have sat with on the tarp to pick out pieces of rice, stirred porridge over the fire, held their babies and sat in their smoky mud and wattle houses. The women encourage you to jump alongside with them in the dance steps. Finally, you need to sit down.
In February 8 of us spent almost 2 weeks with Lightness and her projects. We painted the walls and dug foundations for 3 houses to replace the fallen, mud hut, these single women of 4 to 6 children live in. It is not really possible I think to understand what these houses mean to these mom’s.
Amigos en Acción May Update
Amigos en Accion is off to a great start with 30 students participating actively this year! In January, we held a week-long summer camp for the students who participated in the program in 2016, as well as other children from the community. Four volunteers from Buffalo State in New York joined us: Lou and Carole […]
2 Wheels Project April Update
Our team in Nicaragua have just compiled a list of the next 10 needy and deserving students that we will fundraise and provide refurbished bikes to. They are all from the very poor and isolated rural community of Agua Fria. One of the children we’re raising funds for is Douglas, Grade 4. See the rest […]
Sarahda – Widows of India
We found Sarahda, having been dumped at the main road in Tiruvannamalai. She could not walk, and spoke the language of Kerala. She told us she was waiting for her family to pick her up again, which they promised, when they left her.
4 Walls @ Imagine RIT
The 4Walls Project will be part of this year’s Imagine RIT.
Imagine RIT showcases the most innovative and creative projects of RIT students, including their project to create roofs for 4Walls houses.