POSTCARD from Ghana

Says Corey of her experience: "I spent the three weeks working at a Lower and Middle School in the village I was staying.  In the mornings we would make bricks which we would use to start building additional classrooms for our school.  After two hours of building, we would teach various subjects to students ranging from ages 3 to 22.  My trip helped me establish a new view of community service and charity.  It is a common misconception that the more money one gives, the more the cause benefits, but a constant stream of donations is not a realistic income and cannot be sustainable in an already unsteady environment.

"Focusing on giving to a sustainable charity will benefit the targeted community most in the future.  Giving money to buy clothes ends at that.  Instead, give money to buy seeds for a farm that will continue to generate revenue from crop sales and will make the initial needy farmer independent and helped.  I hope that future Collegiate students will go to Ghana on this program and establish their own views on service, and carry it with them like I will do with mine."