Out-Spokane about Education
ONE Spokane member Kelly Kiki recently returned from Tororo, Uganda, and had some profound words and great photos to share with me. Kelly is a schoolteacher in Spokane, WA, who traveled to Uganda with 100 pounds of supplies in an effort to reach out to students and teachers at primary and secondary schools. As a teacher, Kelly knows that education is often the ladder which leads to a better tomorrow.
Said Kelly on his motivation for going: “On my first journey into Western Uganda, I read a quote on the side of a small school that read: “Education Saves Lives!” This statement has created a passion in my heart that has urged me to ask questions like: How can I help? How can we help?”
ONE members can also help by encouraging their members of Congress to support the Education for All Act, legislation that will enable 77 million children to have access to a primary education.
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July 20, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I wish I was able to go. But I am very proud of the work being done.
July 21, 2007 at 12:43 am
July 21, 2007 at 8:31 pm
The work you have done with education in Tororo will make a positive mark on the entire community. We are so blessed to have you working for Hope4Kids!!
July 22, 2007 at 2:39 am
Great work! I love to hear these stories of people, just everyday individuals–not presidential candidates, former U.N. heads and presidents, and rich businesspeople–going out and doing something. That is the root source of change, and collectively what is making the big difference. Basically, those actions are what ONE is.
To clarify, the Education for All Act would only appropriate an average of $2 billion over a 5 year period, which is not enough to achieve universal primary education as far as I know. John Edwards has promised 50% more, $3 billion a year, and claims this will only help 23 million–with a promise to get Europe and other contributors to fund their share and get the rest of the kids in school.
July 22, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I Live thousands of miles away and couldn’t help crying when I stumbled across the site .. This is such an amazing cause and the work you’ve done is outstanding .. I promise to try everything in my power to make this happen and spread the word..
Yours, Lilly
Doha, Qatar
July 23, 2007 at 11:27 am
Kelly has his heart in the right place. I am very proud of the work he has been doing in Africa.
All who read this, please give the maximum support you can. We need more Kelly Kikis in this world.
You go, brother!
July 23, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Thank you for the kind thoughts on the work of ONE and H4KI. I am compelled to share the words of Bono: “This is not a cause; it is an emergency.”
I am not about quilt trips, but when we can buy a student a textbook for $6.41 or a teacher’s manual for $5.76 in Uganda for the price of a “special” coffee drink, I become motivated to change the way I invest.
Education does change lives and it does save lives. Not only kids in Uganda, but kids in America, too.
Answer the call around the world to support the power of education.
July 23, 2007 at 7:23 pm
I look forward to our next trip with Hope 4 Kids to Uganda, Kiki. The quote you read was so true. During my research study, many of the Ugandan children interviewed said that what gives them hope is education. This work is so important. Thank you.
Natalie Eggum
February 13, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Kelly Kiki, you are afucuking faggot, go fuck yourself and Bono in the ass, like you’ve always dreamed of, you’re a douchebag, and you haven’t done shit for this country, Africa or the school district of central valley, You walk around the halls like you own the place, but you don’t own shit, your just a poser. With all our love the students of Central Valley