Winter 2010 Newsletter
World Teacher Aid – Winter 2010
Well the past few months have been busy.
As the Write to Give Program and the charity continues to grow, I found it hard to balance teaching full time and working on Write to Give and World Teacher Aid.
This Christmas, my husband and I decided that it was time for me to take a part time leave from my full time teaching job at Jarvis Public School. I am now working Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Friday.
I am so thankful for my staff at Jarvis Public School, they are all very supportive. I am into my second week of part time now, and I love it. The extra time allows me to regularly update my website and comminute with the teachers and most of all time to help WTA grow.
So you’re probably wondering what has been happening! So here is the latest news and updates.
Write to Give
The Write to Give Program is continuing to expand. We have published 14 books to date and involved over 1200 students and 70 teachers. The word is beginning to spread. I have spent the last two weeks visiting schools as well as contacts within the board.
At the moment we have teachers on board from not only the Grand Erie Board, but also the Waterloo and Hamilton/Wentworth Board as well. So if you know anyone – who would like to participate. Please spread the word.
Please make sure to mark May 6th, 2010 on your calendar. This is the date of our second annual Write to Give Day at the Sanderson Centre in Brantford, Ontario. If you have not seen the short video that was put on Brantford.com last year – make sure to check it out. Just go to www.WritetoGive.com.
Kenya Projects
We continue to work with our contact in Kenya. Our feeding program continues to run smoothly. When we visit again in March we will also be visiting other sites that need help.
One is in a place called Rongai in the Nakuru District of Kenya. About 500 families have been resettled in this location. In this area the government has set aside for them land for a school, hospital and police post. These families are part of 3,600 families who have been camping at Mawingu IDPs camp in Gilgil.
We hope to see how we can help through running a sustainable feeding program as well as looking into option of building a school.
Uganda Teacher Program
Our Teacher Program also continues to run smoothly. In fact, just this past December we helped the school purchase a cow. Our goal is for the students to have the milk for their feeding/breakfast program and the rest of the milk will be sold in the community. The profits made will then be given back to the school to help buy education supplies.
Donation Page and Write to Give Gift Shop
After finally getting all the paper work together and sorting out a merchant account (this all took a little longer than I thought). We are very close to being able to display a Donation Page on our site.
The Write to Give Book Shop is also on its way. We have published 14 books now and I can’t wait to display them on the site and give others a chance to purchase them.
Also in this area, you will be able to get a chance to purchase King Williams Bracelets. He has been very hard at work. In fact, I have over 700 bracelets downstairs right now and there are 700 more being made for our next Write to Give Day in May!
That is all for now, like I mentioned earlier, please be sure to regularly check out the sites www.WritetoGive.com and www.WorldTeacherAid.org now I have a little more time I will be adding more blog posts and updates!
Thank you again for your continued support as we continue to grow and learn!
I wish you a happy New Year!
Take care,
Amy McLaren
