Pen Pal Letters
Use 'Snail' Mail
by Judy Huynh
In October, Palo Community Schools' 6th grade class received their
first batch of letters from
Mohomou Refugee School for the 2003/2004 school year. There was
much excitement as we read all the letters aloud. Each sixth grader
chose their own pen pal from the letters, and wrote the first letter
to his/her pen pal.
We sent the letters at the end of October, then waited for the replies.
And waited ... and waited. Samuel (a teacher at Mohomou) emailed me
several times, but each time he said the letters had not yet reached them.
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SEGA 12-hour Relay
by Elizabeth Bancroft
SEGA (Students Encouraging Global Awareness), a global awareness group
at the Riverside
Secondary School, Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, organizes
an annual 12-Hour Relay to raise funds for local, national and global
groups.
Last year, 120 students ran laps all night to raise funds for a local
homeless shelter and for RESPECT's computer project in Northern Uganda.
Since our initial involvement in this project, SEGA members have also
exchanged photos and letters with students at the Agoro Community in
Kitgum, Uganda.
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First Computer Training Class
by Achiro Florence
Principal, Community Refugee Computer Centre
On Monday the 3rd May 2004 the first computer training class began for 26 students
at the Agoro Community Development Association (ACDA) Community Refugee Computer Centre
in Northern Uganda. The students took the training during their first holiday.
There were fewer students than expected because of the fear of being ambushed, abducted, or
killed by the Lord's Resistance Army.
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RESPECT team members unpack computers for the new centre. More photos can be seen in the ACDA
photo gallery.
