For quite some time we had been talking about painting educational murals on the walls of the school. Right now the rooms are bare concrete rooms filled with desks and a blackboard. I've been corresponding regularly with two classes in the U.S. - a 4th grade and a 6th grade class . With car washes and bake sales, they managed to raise more than enough money for the murals. With the extra money we may put a well in at the school, or I'll keep my ears open for something really good that we could put the money towards.
Children are great.
My interaction with these classes has been some of my most fulfilling work. They write such fun and interesting letters, and I feel like I'm able to open the world up to them a little bit, as well as to make them realize how much of an effect they can have on the world. Not just in regard to fundraising, but also in communicating with others. I took their letters, writing about their dogs and cats and best friends, and read them to the village children. The gap in understanding between the two sets of children is HUGE, but the village kids still smiled when they got letters addressed to them, and shyly answered the questions asked of them, and drew some pictures .