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FIRST MEET A TEAM OF
STUDENTS HELPING HIGH SCHOOLERS
FROM MADAGASCAR GET TO AMERICAN
UNIVERSITY AND IT IS
PHOTOGRAPHER FRANK SMITH'S
IMAGES FROM INDIA, SOUTH SUDAN
AND HAITI.
WE WILL LEARN ABOUT A NONPRFRT
THAT SPREADS LITERACY TO
COUNTRIES.
A LOOK HOW OUR COMMUNITY REACHES
OUT TO NATIONS DON'T GO
ANYWHERE.
TEMPO IN DEPTH STARTS RIGHT NOW.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M
LAURA MC QUEUE MUCH TONIGHT WE
HOPE TO INSPIRE TO YOU MAKE THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT MANY BUSINESSES,
SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS HOPE
TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH
INTERNATIONAL OUT REACH.
ON THE CAMPUS OF LAFAYETTE
COLLEGE A GROUP OF STUDENTS KEEP
IN TOUCH WITH FRIEND IN
MADAGASCAR A LARGE I LAND NATION
OFF OF AFRICA.
I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THIS SOME
PROGRAM BRINGING MORE STUDENTS
TO AMERICA.
ADJUST TOTH RIG ORS OF
COLLEGE LIFE.
OFTEN PROVES DIFFICULT ENOUGH.
THESE ARE THE ONE, 200
RIGHT.
IMAGINE STARTING AT 16.
IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY MORE THAN
8,000 MILES FROM THE ONLY HOME
YOU HAVE KNOWN.
NOW YOU HAVE AN IDEA WHAT
REBECCA FACE WHEN SHE STEPPED ON
THE CAMPUS OF LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
IN AUGUST OF 2012.
I'M LEARNING EVERY DAY FROM
EVERY AREA AND I LIKE IT VERY
MUCH.
THE ALWAYS SMILING REBECCA
NOW 17 ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF
DOUBLE MAJORING IN INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS AND ECONOMICS WITH
PASSION AND DETERMINATION.
HER GOAL, TO ONE DAY RETURN TO
OR HOME COUNTRY OF MADAGASCAR.
GI WANT CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL
CENTER BACK HOME AND I WANT TO
HELP -- WOMAN IN DIFFICULTY LIKE
SINGLE MOTHER HAVE A CENTER FOR
THEM
AND THEIR DREAMS.
SHE HAS DONE WELL HERE AND TO
ME SHE IS SORT OF SHOWN HOW
SUCCESSFUL THE STUDENTS CAN BE
HERE.
VERY DETERMINED.
VERY EAGER.
AS SHE CIPROFLOXACIN HOT
COCOA.
REBECCA IS LIKE A LITTLE SISTER.
REBECCA SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE
HERE IN AMERICA PURSUING HER
DREAM WITHOUT EMILY AND PIERCE
FROM THE LAFAYETTE INITIATIVE.
LOOIM FOR SHORT.
WE ARE TRYING TO HELP
STUDENTS.
COME TO AMERICA TO STUDY SO THEY
CAN GO BACK TO MADAGASCAR AND
MAKE THE COUNTRY BETTER THAN IT
ALREADY IS.
FOUND INDEED 2010, THE LIME
PROGRAM SENT 10 COLLEGE STUDENTS
TO MADAGASCAR EACH YEAR.
DURING THE 2 WEEK TERM THEY
TEACH HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM
MADAGASCAR HOW TO APLY TO
AMERICAN COLLEGES.
HAD IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH
MADAGASCAR STUDENTS TO GET A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF EDUCATION THEY
WOULD GET IN THE FRENCH SYSTEM.
AND ONE THAT WOULD BROADEN
HORIZONS AND CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITY.
WHY MADAGASCAR A LARGE
FRENCH ISLAND NATION OFF THE
SOUTHERN COAST OF AFRICA.
REAL MADAGASCAR IS FULL OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOVELY PEOPLE.
AND -- THE COUNTRY SIDE IS
BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.
BUT IT IS ALSO THE POOREST
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER LIVES
LESS THAN A HUNDRED STUDENTS
STUDY IN AMERICAN COLLEGES TO
INCREASE THAT NUMBER, LAFAYETTE
STUDENTS WORK WITH STUDENT FROM
STUDENT IN A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
IN MADAGASCAR THEY PREPARE THEM
FOR SAT'S AND THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND PRACTICE ENLISH A
THIRD LANGUAGE TO MOST IN
MADAGASCAR.
THEY SAY, I WANT TO ACHIEVE
MY DREAM THEIR DREAM IS TO MAKE
MADAGASCAR A WONDERFUL PLACE.
STUDENTS KNOW HOW POOR IT IS
THEY LOVE IT.
THEY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
THAT LAST LONG AFTER THE COLLEGE
STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS.
ON FACE BOOK THEY ARE ALL
OVER FACE BOOK I GET MAESZ
MESSAGES EVERY WEEK.
THEY MET IN 2011 NCH 2012 SHE
BECAME THE FIRST LIME STUDENT TO
ATTEND COLLEGE IN AMERICA.
GET HERE AND TO GET HERE IN
HIGH SCHOOL WE WERE TEACHING AT
SHE SENT RAUF FOR RAN
APPLICATION AND PHOTOCOPYING
TOUCHES ON HER STATEMENT AND
APPLICATION I SPENT THOSE LAST
MOMENTS WITH HER.
NEXT YEAR REBECCA WILL
RETURN TO MADAGASCAR TO SHOW
OTHER WHAT IS IS RESPONSIBLE.
WITHOUT THE LIME PROGRAM I WILL
NOT BE HERE AND REALIZE MY
BEGGEST DREAM AND WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO GO BACK I HOPE TO CHANGE
SOMETHING IN MY COUNTRY.
SHE HOPES TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO
FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
FRANK SMITH JOINS ME HE
WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS TO CAPTURE IMAGES
FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN AN
EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR
CAUSES.
THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE,
WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE WHEN
YOU SHOOT?
MY PASSION IS PHOTOGRAPHER I
HAVE A FULL TIME JOB MUCH OF
LATE I FOCUSED A FAIR AMOUNT OF
PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIC
PHOTOGRAPHER I TRAVEL TO MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLDS FOR MANY
DIFFERENT CAUSES.
WHERE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES
YOU VISITED AND PHOTOGRAPHERED.
IN JULY OF 2011 I WAS
FORTUNATE TO TRAVEL TO AFRICA
AND IN SEVERAL COUNT REESE
UGANDA AND SUDAN AND TRAVELED
WITH THE INTENT TO HELP ALARM
HAS TO DO WITH RECONCILIATION
EFFORTS TAKING PLACE IN THAT
PART OF THE WORLD.
I WAS FORTUNATE I WAS ABLE TO
TIME THAT TRIP AROUND THE SAME
TIME THE SOUTH WAS GOING TO
SUSEED FROM THE NORTH.
SO I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS THE
BIRTH OF A NATIONALITY THE SAME
TIME.
I'M AMAZING WHEN I LOOK AT
YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WE ARE NOT LOOK
AT LANDSCAPES, WE ARE LOOKING AT
PEOPLE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT AND
PART OF MY TASK WAS FOR THIS
ORGANIZATION TO BRING BACK A
STORE TOW TELL A BIT ABOUT THE
EFFORTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN
THAT PART OF THE WORLD AND THEIR
INTENT WAS TO UTZ IMAGES I BRING
BACK TO HELP WITH THAT STORE AND
HE USE THAT FOR THEIR MARKETING
CAMPAIGNS AND THE OTHER EFFORTS
IN TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS ON
THE UNITED STATES.
YOU TRAVELED TO INDIA, WHAT
DO YOU DO THERE?
THAT WAS A CHALLENGING
PROJECTS THAT I WAS ASKED TO DO.
I WENT WITH WORTHWHILE WARE.
HAS TO DO WITH THE CHILD SEX
TRADE.
AND WE TRAVELED TO MUMBAI AND
PART OF THAT ASSIGNMENT, I WAS
ASKED TO GO INTO SOME OF THE
BROTHELS THERE AND THAT WAS OUT
OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
AND SEE IF WE COULD PHOTOGRAPHER
THE WOMEN AND HOW THEY GOT
TRAPPED IN THE SITUATIONS WITH
THE HOPE OF BRINGING THE
AWARENESS BACK SO THAT THE
EFFORT IS ABOUT TRYING TO AVOID
THESE SITUATIONS.
AND ONE OF THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM MUMBAI THERE
IS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND SHE IS
STANDING SORT OF IN THE
FOREGROUND AND THERE IS A HUGE
MOUND OF RUBBLE IN THE
BACKGROUND.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING?
THIS WOMAN THAT'S WHERE SHE
LIVES AND AT HER DOOR IS THE
LARGEST SLUMS AND THE LARGEST
DUMPS IN THE WORLD.
AND IT IS ALL REFUGE THAT IS
DUMPED BEHIND HER LIVING
QUARTERS.
AND AGAIN.
THE INTENT OF THAT PHOTOGRAPHER
WAS TO SHOW THE CONTRAST OF THIS
SMILING YOUNG LADY WITH THIS
AMAZING ACHLT DEBRIS BEHIND HER.
SOME OF YOUR MOST AMAZING
IMAGES IN MY OPINION CAME FROM
YOUR TRIP TO HAITI.
YES, THAT WAS AN ASSIGNMENT
I WORKED WITH I TAUGHT.
AND IN IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
DEALS WITH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
AROUND THE WORLD.
AND THEIR PURPOSE AND INTENT IS
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THERAPY
AND CARE TO -- PEOPLE THAT DON'T
HAVE RESOURCES OR ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES, IF YOU WILL.
AND AGAIN THAT TRIP INVOLVED
AGAIN TRYING TO CREATE AWARENESS
TO THE PROBLEM AND LACK OF
RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS TRY TO BRING
TRAINING TO BOTH THE -- PERSON
INVOLVE AND THEED FAMILY
MEMBERS.
SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO -- GIVE CARE AFTER THE
TRAINING TAKES PLACE.
LOOKS LIKES A LOT OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE TAKEN IN A
MEDICAL FACILITY OR ORPHANAGE?
WHERE WE TRAVELED WERE
ORPHANAGES IN HAITI IF YOU HAVE
A DISABILITY YOU ARE LOOKED AT
AS SOMEWHAT OF AN OUT CAST AND
IN MANY CASES THEY THE CHILDREN
THERE ARE LEFT AND ENDS UP IN
ORPHAN AJS THAT'S WHERE THE
FOCUS WAS BRINGING AWARENESS TO
THOSE SITUATIONS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GIRL IN THE
PINK SHIRT.
HER FACE IS NOT SHOWING.
I DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY IT SAYS, IF
YOU THINK I'M CUTE YOU SHOULD
SEE MY MOM.
THE REASON THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT
TO ME IS THE FACT THAT THIS POOR
LITTLE GIRL PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA
WHO HER MOM WAS.
IT WAS A SHIRT THAT WAS DONATED
THAT RESONATED WITH ME.
AND JUST SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A
SWEET LADY AND ALLOWED ME TO
SPEND TIME WITH HER.
I PHOTOGRAPHERED HER FOR AN
HOUR.
AND JUST A PLEASANT YOUNG LADY
THE IMPACT OF THAT SHIRT
PROMPTED ME TO TAKE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE WILL
TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS?
WELL, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN IT
STARTED IN MY PHOTOGRAPHY PATH
NOW MY PHOTOGRAPHY IS ABOUT
TELLING STORIES.
MY HOPE IS THAT THE STORIES WILL
RESONATE WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF
THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THE
HOPE IS FOR THIS TO BRING
ALEAVEIATION TO SOME OF THE
ISSUES AND AWARENESS AND THAT WE
AS A WORLD CAN WORK TO MAY BE
MINIMIZE THAT GOING FORWARD.
FRANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR MAKE ITTING A PART OF YOUR
DAY TO BE HERE.
PLEASURE IS MINE.
THANK YOU.
FOR MANY OF US THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BOOK.
3 BILLION BOOKS ARE SOLD EACH
YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO LOOKS.
LY HIGH VALLEY RESIDENTS SCOTT
AND CATHY DECIDED TO CREATE
JUDITH'S READING ROOM.
SUPPLYING BOOKS TO ACTIVE DUTY
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY.
THEY SUPPLY CHILDREN HERE AND IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH BOOKS.
THEY DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN
50,000 BOOKS TO THOSE WHO NEED
THEM SINCE 2010.
HERE IS MORE.
WHAT DOES A GOOD BOOK MEAN
TO YOU.
TRANSPORTS YOU TO OUT OF
YOUR ORDINARY LIFE AND INTO
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
JUST HAVING GOOD OLD
FASHIONED BOOK.
MYSTERIES AND NOVELS AND
BIOGRAPHIES AND EVERYTHING THERE
IS.
IT IS EVERYTHING TO ME TO
HOLD A BOOK AND FEEL A BOOK.
WIDARD OF OZ.
CATHAND HE SCOTT LEEBER LOVE
TO GET THEIR HANDOS A GOOD BOOK.
THEY SHARED THAT PASSION
THROUGHOUT THEIR 40 YEAR
MARRIAGE.
THEY KNOW THAT MILLIONS HAVE
LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO BOOK.
THAT'S WHY THEY FOUNDED JUDITH'S
READING BOOK.
DONATING BOOKS TO THOSE WHO NEED
THEM.
WE FOUNDED JUDITH'S READING
ROOM AS A LEGACY OF MY OLDEST
FIRST COUSIN JUDITH WHO WAS WITH
THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
FOR 40 YEARS.
HER MAIN MAN DATE WAS TO SUPPORT
THE FIFRPT AMENDMENT THE FREEDOM
TO READ.
THE U.S. MILITARY KNOCKOD
THEIR DOOR ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS
WANTED A BASE LIBRARY.
NO PROBLEM.
THE LEEBERS AND HUNDREDS OF VOL
TIERCE SENT THE BOOKS.
THE SOLDIERS WERE SO
AGGRESSIVELY THEY DEDICATED THE
LIBRARY TO JUDITH THE VOL TIERCE
CONTINUED TO INSPECT, PACK AND
SHIP TO THE BASE.
THEY INCLUDE HAND WRITTEN
LETTERS.
EVERY BOX WE SHIPPED
CONTAINED A HAND WRITTEN ALL
RIGHT.
WE UNDERSTAND THE LONELINESS AND
BOOKS CAN TAKE TO YOU A PLACE
THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
TRENCHES IN AFGHANISTAN.
THE LEEBERS AND VOL TIERCE GET
LOTS OF THANK YOU'S FROM THE
TROOPS.
READING HELPS PASS THE TIME
BETWEEN MISSIONS AND IS RELAXING
MAJOR U.S. ARMY.
CATHAND HE SCOTT LEARNED
ABOUT THE MILITARY'S EFFORTS TO
EDUCATE AFGHAN CHILDREN.
THEY STARTED SENDING CHILDREN
BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS TO GIVE
OUT.
THEIR MANNED DATE AT CAMP
PHOENIX IS OPERATION OUT REACH
MUCH WHICH IS TO TEACH CHILDREN
ENGLISH AND BUILD SCHOOLS FOR
CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN.
DONATIONS TO OPERATION OUT
REACH IT WILL CONTINUE IN
SPREADING GOOD WILL FROM
AMERICANS TO AFGHANS.
IN MANY CASE THESE ARE CHILDREN
WHO NEVER HAD A BOOK.
JUDE ITH'S READING ROOM
SENDS BOOKS TO KID IN CAMBODIA,
ALGERIA.
ALBANIA AND INDONESIA AND LEE
HIGH VALLEY.
I DON'T CARE IF HE IS IN
BETHLEHEM OR NEW DELI, INDIA IT
IS A CHILD'S RIGHT TO HAVE A
BOOK TO LEARN TO READ.
LITERACY, REGARDLESS OF THE
LANGUAGE, PROVIDES EMPOWERMENT.
A PASSION FOR DETAIL.
FOR INSPECTING EVERY BOOK TO
MAKE SURE IT IS IN GOOD
CONDITION AND NOTING EACH BOOK'S
VALUE.
WE KNOW AS OF -- LAST BE
MONTH WE HAD PACKED ALMOST
52,000 BOOKS WITH A COVER PRICE
OF 550 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
BOOKS.
THEY SORT AND MATCH BOOKS
WEATHER THEY ARE INTENDED FOR
NURSING HOME IN LEE HIGH OR THE
U KSHGS SS BUSH AIRCRAFT CARRIER
IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
AS FAR AS THE TROOPS WE SHIP OUT
15-20 BOXES.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE FLAT RATE BOX
AS MANY BOOKS AS YOU FIT IN A
BOX WILL GO.
IT IS NOT BASED ON WEIGHT.
IT IS A FLAT RATE LIKE 14
DOLLARS AND 85 CENTS.
THEY SHIP TO MILITARY
ADDRESSES FOR MUCH LESS THAN
REGULAR POSTAL RATES.
THEY MAKE EVERYTHING COUNT TO
GET THE BOOKS TO THE TROOPS AND
THE KIDS.
WE ARE INTERCONNECTED
ANYMORE AND BY EMPOWERING
CHILDREN WITH A BOOK WE ARE
EMPOWERING OURSELVES.
AND SO, FROM A TINY OFFICE
IN SOUTH BETHLEHEM, THE MISSION
CONTINUES TO HELP PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT POWER OF A BOOK.
FOR TEMPO IN DEPTH.
THANK YOU, TO LEARN ABOUT
INTERNATIONAL OUT REACH BRIAN MC
DONALD JOINS ME THE DIRECTOR OF
INTERNATIONAL LEARNING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
YOU MANAGE SERVICE LEARNING
TRIPS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM
STUDY ABROAD TRIPS.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
STUDY ABROAD IS FOR ACADEMIC
CREDIT.
FOR TOURISM AND DIFFERENT
REASONS.
THE SERVICE TRIPS ARE TO REACH
OUT TO SOME -- VULNERABLE
POPULATION IN POOR COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY ARE SHORTER TERMS.
HOW LONG DOES A TYPICAL
SERVICE TRIP LAST?
A TYPICAL STUDY ABROAD TRIP
WESTBOUND 8 WEEKS TO A SEMESTER
OR A YEAR.
THE SERVICE TRIPS ARE CONDENSED
THEY TEND TO BE 10 DAYS TO 2
WEEK IN DURATION.
WHERE DO YOU HAVE STUDENTS
OUT ON SERVICE TRIPS?
NOW WE HAVE A GROUP OF 30
STUDENT IN SOUTH AFRICA WORKING
WITH THE MISSIONS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
THEY ARE WORKING IN SCHOOLS.
IN ORPHANAGES.
WORKING WITH THE POOR AND HUNGRY
THEY DO ALL TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
ARE YOU IN CONTACT WITH THEM
WHEN THEY ARE THERE.
THEY JUST ARRIVED I HEARD THEY
ARE SAFELY THERE.
THEY DO HAVE A BLOG GOING FOR
THIS TRIP.
SO ANYONE CAN READ UP ON WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH THEM AND
THEAXTIVITIES THEY DO EACH DAY.
AND SHARE WITH US WHAT THE
MAST TRIPS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL
YOU HAVE DONE?
A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A
GROUP OF THE SAME STUDENT IN
BANGALORE, INDIA.
HELPING TO REBUILD SOME OF THE
FACILITIES THAT WERE NOT DOING
L. THEY WERE PARENTING BUILDING
AND REBUILDING AND HELPS
STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL.
THE BUS WOULD DROP THEM OFF
ACROSS A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND
STUDENTS HAD TO WALK.
IF YOU IMAGINE OUR CHILDREN
WALKING ACROSS 78 TO GET TO
SCHOOL THAT'S WHAT THEY FACE.
JUST HELPING THEM TO GET ACROSS
THE STREET TO GET TO 62ING WAS
AN ACTIVITY.
WE TAKE FOR GRANTED HERE THAT
WE CAN GET TO SCHOOL THACHL IS
SOMETHING IN MANY CASES WE HAVE
BUSES AND CARS SO WE GET
OURSELVES TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
ABSOLUTELY.
YEA.
WE SENT STUDENTS TO CALCUTTA,
INDIA, WORKING WITH THE MISSION
EASIER OF CHARITY OR THE SISTERS
OF MOTHER THERESA AND CONTINUING
THE WORK THAT SHE STARTED IN
HELPING THE WOMEN THERE WHO ARE
DOING SO MUCH FOR THE POOR AND
HUNGRY.
WE GO IN THE SLUMS AND THE
COMMUNITY HANDING OUT FOOD MUCH
HANDING OUT SAFE DRINKING WATER.
TRYING TO DO EDUCATION ABOUT YOU
KNOW -- FOOD CLEANLINESS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT REALLY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE
FOR STUDENTS IN CALCUTTA, IT IS
PART OF INDIA PEOPLE STILL
SUFFER FROM POLIO.
WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE
OF OUR VACCINATIONS.
FOR THEM TO SEE PEOPLE IN THESE
KINDS OF STATES IS EYE OPENING
FOR OUR STUDENTS.
NOW WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO
IN THE FUTURE?
WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING
TO A REFUGEE CAMP OUTSIDE OF
LIMA, PERU IN THE 80'S AND 90'S
THERE WAS A CIVIL WAR WITHIN
PERU A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM
MOUNTAINS CAME TO THE CITIES FOR
SAFETY.
SO WELL IS AN ABANDONED QUARRY
WHERE THE I BELIEVE THERE IS
100,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
THEY HAVE WATER TRUCK INDEED
EVERY DAY AND THEIR SERVICES AND
FOODSERVICE TRUCK INDEED THERE
IS A SMALL MEDICAL CLINIC.
THERE IS A SCHOOL DOING
EDUCATION.
THERE IS A CHURCH THERE AS WELL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF TUNES FOR US
TO GO THERE AND HELP THE PEOPLE
THERE IN ANY WAY THEY COMPREHEND
WHY DID THEY MAKE THIS
COMMITMENT?
IT KEEP IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION
AS A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE NO MATTER
WHAT THE SITUATION SIMPLE MORE
IMPORTANTLY IT IS WHAT OUR
STUDENTS WANT TO DO.
OUR STUDENTS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY
CARING AND KIND THAT WANT TO
REACH OUT TO ANYONE.
CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, WHICH
RUNS THESE TRIPS NOT ONLY DOES
INTERNATIONAL TRIPS THEY DO
LOCAL PROGRAMS, DOMESTIC
PROGRAMS.
AND SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WILL
JUST WHEN SANDY HIT THEY GOT IN
THE CARS AND WENT UP TO SEE IF
THEY COULD HELP THEY DIDN'T GET
IN AN ORGANIZATION THEY SAID,
WELL, WE WILL HELP HOWEVER WE
CAN.
SAME WITH KATRINA.
WHERE THEY HELP OUR STUDENTS
WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE SERVICE TRIPS
WHERE STUDENTS GO AND HELP YOU
DO DIFFERENT FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
AS WELL.
SENDING FUNDS OR GOODS TO
PLACES.
TRUE MUCH OUR PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT PROGRAM DOES A CAR
WASH ON CAMPUS THAT RAISES MONEY
FOR HAITI.
THE -- STUDENTS WERE IN SOUTH
AFRICA NOW DID FUNDRAISING AND
RECEIVED GRANT MONEY I BELIEVED
TO BUY EYE PATCH TO GIVE TO
STUDENT IN SCHOOLS MUCH THE
STUDENTS WENT THIS YEAR PACKED
12 SUITCASES WITH SPORTING
EQUIPMENT, AND CLOTHING AND
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
FOOD STUFF ANYTHING THEY COULD
TO BRING TO THE STUDENTS TO HELP
THEM OUT.
SO, THEY ARE GENEROUS.
EVEN IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND A
TRIP THERE IS A LOT YOU CAN DO?
ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE
STUDENT WHEN IS THEY GO AND HOW
DOT STUDENTS FUND THEM.
UNIVERSITY PARTIAL LEE
SUBDIESZ THE TRIPS MUCH THE
STUDENT USUALLY WAY WHAT AIRFARE
WOULD COST.
IT MAKES IT AFFORDABLE FOR
STUDENTS.
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE EXPECT IS
JUST THAT THEY WILL GO THERE
WITH AN OPEN MIND AND OPEN HEART
AND DOT BEST THEY CAN FOR WHOM
THEY CAN.
HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ON A
TRIP?
15-30 STUDENTS FOR A SHORT
TERM TRIP.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
INFORMATION RYAN.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
HANG OUT FOR A SECOND I HAVE
A JOB FOR YOU.
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PROGRAM IN TONIGHT'S SHOW CHECK
OUT THESE WEBSITE CITES.
LAFAYETTE DT EDU/LIME YOU CAN
LEARN MORE.
NEXT AT FRANK SMITH'S PHOTOS YOU
CAN SEE HIS AMAZING IMAGES FROM
SUDAN, HAITI AND BEYOND.
FINALLY LOG ON TO JUDITHSREADING
ROOM. ORG TO GET INVOLVED.
BEFORE WE LEAVE TONIGHT BRIAN
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WE HAVE A
SPECIAL DRAWING FOR MEMBERS OF
THE AUDIENCE.
I WILL TELEF THEM WHAT THEY GET
WILL YOU PICK A NUMBER OUT.
BETHLEHEM DONATED A 50 DOLLAR
GIFT CERTIFICATE GOOD AT THE
SHOPS AND EVENT CENTER.
WHO WON?
WHO WINCE STAND UP.
NUMBER 14.
NUMBER 14!
ALL RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR
NEIGHBORS FOR PROVIDING THE GIFT
CERTIFICATES TO THE MEMBERS OF
OUR AUDIENCE MUCH THAT WRAPS UP
OUR SHOW AND OUR TEMPO SEASONFUL
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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