Comments on: Does Short-Term Travel Philanthropy Make A Difference? http://travelanthropist.com/2009/06/does-short-term-travel-philanthropy.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:26:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gofarther http://travelanthropist.com/2009/06/does-short-term-travel-philanthropy.html/comment-page-1#comment-20 gofarther Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:09:31 +0000 http://traveltransfer.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/does-short-term-travel-philanthropy-make-a-difference#comment-20 The effects of bearing witness to profound need can be meaningful whether large or small. Farther Foundation (www.fartherfoundation.org) awarded a travel scholarship to Lawrence, a low-income high school student from Chicago, to participate in an education program in Ghana. After all that Lawrence experienced and learned, he could not finance a community center, but he did say: <br /><br />"Ghanians don't have what I have, but they never give up and work really hard to get very little. I felt compelled to give up certain things, so I donated my clothes, shoes and toiletries because I realized I am more fortunate than I thought. I have grown as a person and as an African-American man."<br /><br />Learn more at www.fartherfoundation.org and www.gofarther.wordpress.com. The effects of bearing witness to profound need can be meaningful whether large or small. Farther Foundation (www.fartherfoundation.org) awarded a travel scholarship to Lawrence, a low-income high school student from Chicago, to participate in an education program in Ghana. After all that Lawrence experienced and learned, he could not finance a community center, but he did say:

"Ghanians don't have what I have, but they never give up and work really hard to get very little. I felt compelled to give up certain things, so I donated my clothes, shoes and toiletries because I realized I am more fortunate than I thought. I have grown as a person and as an African-American man."

Learn more at http://www.fartherfoundation.org and http://www.gofarther.wordpress.com.

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