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 Recommended Reading or film a book about John Dau and the Lost Boys of Sudan for suggested discussion questions, see “Curriculum Guides” /Teacher to Teacher/Education   The Voice-  Submit your quotes and thoughts  by Contact Us! ” Hope is never lost. Impossible things are the things you refuse to do.” John Dau ” With peace, everything is possible, but it must be protected, not just for Sudan, but for all peace loving people in the world. Hope must not be lost. All those miles in the desert, I always said, “Maybe tomorrow will not be like this.” John Dau ” What a journey we have taken through time. And how wonderfully blessed we all are in this work; to connect with humanity at  its most common and diverse.”k “What I would tell all students, is at the appropriate time, move out of your comfort zone.” Nicholas Kristof “As adults, I often hear that we cannot- from children I hear why not? ” “In spite of our differences, the Spirit...

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“Cadence”, a poem by A. Pope

last summer vacation early afternoon in the sizzling hot air of the local train station in the sweltering mob of people hurrying to the next destination a high school kid plays guitar and sings soft words like silver tumbling from his mouth and he gently strums that same guitar to those silken slangy words assured and suave words words and he keeps on strumming idly humming to a hassle of people hurrying and thrumming and I can’t help but stop to listen to lend an ear to stop awhile and listen and this tall tall boy the color of the richest thing in a fertile land the richest with his beat up guitar case open for a couple dollars more I stand he stands two stillnesses and he sings la da dee dah day he sings mmm-hhhmmm one sublimating afternoon this is life, this is life that subway stations he sings this is life, this is life. little girl out in the middle of a marketplace standing in the...

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KFWH Student Intern Speaks About Her Experience in Bolivia

KFWH Student Intern Speaks About Her Experience in Bolivia

  Below you will find excerpts from a letter from one of our founder/members, Emily Wharton, who was working as a KFWH student intern with doctoral researchers, Eva  Clark and Lauren Pring  and the villagers in Camiri,  Bolivia. Emily’s goals were to document the work  on Chagas Disease and to create a video film explaining the Chagas treatment process in order that villagers may lessen their fears of surgery.  Her experience was inspiring  and shows first- hand the value of our efforts. “I’ve been in the field these past few days and it has been amazing. I love visiting the communities and talking to the villagers and I have gotten a ton of footage. I have a lot to tell you about all of it, but am very busy working with my footage and doing translations!  Eva and I just wrote up a script for the most focused video; a video for patients whose hearts are in a really bad condition and need a pacemaker, but who are scared...

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