Ten Days…To change a life. To change your life. To change the world.
From October 23 to November 3, 2008, I’ll be going to Robertsport, Liberia in West Africa with a group of volunteers to work on the Strongheart House project.
Our mission is to renovate a formerly-beautiful home that was destroyed by war, and turn it into a place of healing, learning and excellence for refugee children returning to their home country.
We'll be focusing on cleaning, painting, installing furniture, decorating, and filling the house with love! The 13 bedroom 6 bath house was once a grand beach house before the Liberian war. Though there's peace in the country now, many of the homes (including this one) were looted down to the roof tiles and wiring in the walls.
This home will be called STRONGHEART HOUSE, inspired by the quote:
"The world breaks us all and after, some are stronger in the broken places." Ernest Hemingway
Strongheart House will be a home for exceptional young people from extremely challenging life circumstances. While at Strongheart House, they'll be taught an intensive leadership and social entrepreneurship curriculum, emphasizing innovative ways of combining social good and business. And in turn, they’ll strengthen their community.
The money that we raise is being used to replace the roof, fix the water well & septic system, buy paint, plaster and other things needed to get the house ready for these kids. We'll actually be staying in the house while we're working on it, without running water or electricity, to ensure that every possibly dollar will be spent on making a beautiful home and learning space for the kids.
Thank you for anything you can give! Let's change the world!! =)
To learn more about Strongheart, please visit:
http://www.strongheartfellowship.org
or
http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/tendays.php
Sincerely,
Kristy