A little plus a little; it equals something huge.
Written by: Leslie March 30th, 2010Shane is in the seventh grade and didn’t used to think much about the education crisis.
Until PoP.
Shane and his classmates at the American School in Taichung (AST), Taiwan spent the last couple months learning about PoP, Phayong Village, and the fact that children across the world are living without an education.
With the help of their counselor, the seventh graders at AST pulled together their resources, their ideas and their compassion. They came up with the idea to do ‘PoP Fridays,’ picking a school supply each week to bring in for the kids in Phayong.
The coolest idea? Pencil cases!
The kids in Phayong, some of the poorest in this country, have very little to call their own. What they do have, they bring back and forth to school each day in a plastic garbage bag.
But now, thanks to a passionate group of Taiwanese seventh graders, every preschooler at Phayong school has their own case, for their own school supplies. (Not to mention a whole lot of stickers and fun art supplies!)
Way to go, AST! This is what it’s all about. Making connections, empowering each other and together, facing the education crisis head on.
Shane definitely said it best: “We know that we each only gave a little, but if everyone gives a little, it won’t be just a bit–it will be huge.”
