Now that the holidays are over and the new year has begun, it’s back to work for me! There’s plenty of work to keep me busy for a long time. My ongoing project is to contact all the sponsors and send them a note and picture of their PHC child at least once this year. Another part of my internship is being the on-the-ground photographer and news updater for PHC. I really enjoy this part of my internship.
Right now we are working on a textbook drive to raise money to purchase more schoolbooks for the kids. In most classrooms they are sharing one textbook between three kids. It might be a good way to learn sharing skills but it’s not ideal for learning math and reading. The PHC classrooms seem a bit crowded with 50 kids per room all sharing textbooks, but it’s much better than the government schools. It’s not uncommon for government schools to cram as many kids in as possible having over 100 kids sitting anywhere they can find space to sit. 
While Project Hope and Charité wants to help as many orphans as possible, it also has a commitment to giving the kids a quality education. That’s why we’re working on getting our kids more textbooks.
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