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Hi Everybody!!!

My Peace Corps Partnership project was approved and now I just need to raise the money. I need to raise a total of $1341. It's a school improvement project at one of the schools that I work with. The school is amazing with some great teachers and a very effective director. For my part, I work mainly with the 5th and 6th grade french speaking teachers (science, math and of course french are taught in French, everything else is Arabic). We had an eco club this past year with 20 students where they were able to learn more about the environment. We also planted 12 trees on the school grounds. The teachers I work with are always open to the ideas I have and so is the director. I really like working with this school and they make me feel like my time here in the country is worth something to them. This is why I want this project to get funded so badly. It entails the reparation of the school well and latrines. There is more information on the Peace Corp's website. Some of you (those who I thought wouldn't be too annoyed by this) will be receiving information in the mail about the project and how to donate. If you happen to be part of an organization, church, workgroup, club, etc and could possibly raise money for this project, I and about 560 students and teachers would be very grateful. I'm trying to raise the money by August so the repairs can at least be started before the beginning of the next school year. The donations are tax deductible too, woohoo! Anyway, that's the end of my "please donate" propaganda. Thanks for reading this.

Here's a link to the project and how to donate: https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=682-117

You can also just go here: https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors
and search under Smiley or the project number, 682-117

There are pictures of some of the kids from the school here: http://picasaweb.google.com/draconismoon (the Eco Club Stuff)