Last year about this time I heard about a school in Malawi where little kids who love school sit on dirt floors for the 8 hours that they are in school. Or, they sit on concrete floors for eight hours all for the privilege of learning. The story inspired me to buy a desk which can be had for $48.00. Two or three students are sitting in the desk I bought last year and for this whole year they could listen, learn and participate in school seated…in a desk.
Since that time, over 40,000 desks have been made locally in Malawi and this industry has changed countless lives. Those workers who build the desks enjoy the dignity of work and are able to count on being able to feed themselves and their families. That is not something that can be taken for granted in that country.
The desks are manufactured by local artisans, using local materials and the desks are built and delivered to the schools. The students greet the arrival of the desks with excitement and great joy. Having desks in their classrooms gives they hope that education is the key to a better life for them. Education is the key to their future, a future in which they can afford and will wear shoes.
As this year draws to a close, I get another chance to change the lives of three students. I am buying another desk this year. Visit K.I.N.D. and give the gift of a desk and hope to three children you will never meet. The link is below. Merry Christmas…
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