When you visit the Carpenter’s Kids website you’ll find the kinds of information you’d expect, who they are, what they do and how to donate.
Here’s a quick summary. The AIDS epidemic has made orphans of more than 2.5 million children in Tanzania. Carpenter’s Kids is giving children a chance in life by providing them with the things they need to attend school - uniforms, shoes, school supplies and breakfast every morning.
It’s an incredible undertaking I was introduced to by my friend Dahn, a Rochester yogi, RYT and Priest at St. John’s Episcopal Church. When you meet her, you find a woman with a fiery personality and heart as bright as her smile.
In August Dahn will go to Tanzania to distribute backpacks, shoes, new uniforms, books, mosquito nets, soap, and gifts for the school like soccer balls, globes and maps. This year, they are also providing the schools with new desks.
This will be Dahn’s second year going to Tanzania for carpenter’s Kids. She says “these kids are incredibly dedicated to their studies because they know that getting an education is the key to having a better future for themselves and their villages.” She adds, “It’s also fundamental to a better future for the country of Tanzania.”
Rochester’s 108 Yoga Challenge is a donation-based event. We’re asking for children’s books or a cash donation to buy books. Dahn will bring donated and purchased books with her to give to the schools and children when she is there.
I love the thought of giving Dahn a book that she will give to an orphaned child in Tanzania. It’s a simple act of love and kindness that makes the world a smaller place. Or, as Kevin Bacon might say, it put’s only two degrees of separation between you and a brighter future for a child half way around the world.
Carpenter’s Kids is a partnership between the Episcopal Diocese of NY and the Diocese of Central Tanganyika, a leader in public health and education, sponsoring health clinics, schools, and AIDS prevention programs.
Email info@irocyoga.com with questions about Rochester’s 108 Yoga Challenge.
