Big Blue Marble Academy Students Raise Funds to Provide Essential Pre- and Postnatal Care, Food and Water for Mothers in Africa
As the change is collected, the children are also responsible for counting and rolling it into coin containers, as well as creating cards for the new mothers visiting Rotifunk Hospital. While the young children are counting change, they tally their efforts in terms of how many "mommies" their change is able to support versus the total dollar amount raised -- to further drive home the impact.
- In total, the schools raised more than $12,600, which directly benefits the new families.
- Throughout March and April, the students not only collected change to benefit Mission of Hope's Madonna project at the hospital, but they also learned that mothers need healthy food, clean water, and doctors so that they can have healthy babies.
- This charitable endeavor also ties seamlessly into the school's curriculum, which centers around a new country each month.
- The month of April focused on Kenya, where each week students have lessons centered around African-centric languages, animals, and literature.