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Erika Visits El Salvador

February 27, 2012 KTKI No comments

In her own words…

Dear Mrs. Kibbe,
I wanted to print you out some pictures from my trip. It was such an amazing experience and really was a beautiful place. Every time I travel it reminds me to be grateful for everything that I have.

At the school, the kids faces lit up when they saw what I was giving them. They were so excited to see the books and I think they really liked that you added the authors pictures at the end so they could see their faces!

Enclosed are pictures of the school, the children reading the books, a picture of the principal and I, some of the exciting adventures that my group and I went on as well as pictures of the houses that we were helping build.

What you do is truly amazing and I was fortunate enough to see it first hand. The kids were so happy and the principal was genuinely excited to meet us and hopefully keep in contact with you, and kids to kids. This really is an amazing organization and I’m proud to be a part of it. Keep in touch!

Your friends,
Erika Likar

Ambassadors ambassador, El Salvador, Erika

An Update on Haiti from KTKI Ambassador Brady

June 27, 2010 KTKI No comments

Yorktown High School for Haiti

We have just returned from a very successful trip to Haiti! The YHS T-shirts and the KTKI postcards were a huge success. What a beautiful country, strong people and spirit. The country seems so very fragile, and it is not obvious who is in charge.

The photo of the little boy with the shirt was taken in an 8 room schoolhouse in Marigot. It is a beachside town, small, near the Renaissance town of Jacmel. The school teaches 475 elementary school kids. A teacher’s salary is $600 for the year. The kids get one hot meal cooked by the mothers (they rotate) which is often their only meal of the day. Each kid is also able to bring some food to his family at the end of the school day. School is in session from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm because it is too hot to try and hold classes. I visited this school after the kids had gone home, so I left the postcards with a colleague who will be sending us pictures of the distribution of the postcards.

The photos of the two girls in the YHS shirts were taken in the small beachside town of L’Acul which is near Leogane. These kids did not attend school and lived in one of the tent cities. This area was about 10 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake and the damage to these villages/schools is severe.

Thank you so, so much for all your work– to YHS, KTKI, French Hill, etc. You brought many smiles to kids in Haiti and it was very humbling and special to witness it!

Brady