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“My name is Daria Charlesworth and I am the Director of Guidance and College Counseling at the Purnell School, an all-girls boarding school for grades 9 through 12 in Pottersville, NJ. I have had the good fortune to be a chaperone supervising nine junior and senior students while they stayed at the House of Moses in Lusaka. We visited the Helen DeVos Christian School in the Kanyama section on March 11, 2008….”
“We arrived at the school in two four-wheel drive vehicles. The road was a dirt path strewn with jagged rocks, which made the trip very slow and bumpy. Pools of standing water from recent rains were also part of the roadway. We entered the school and it was like being in a different world -- fresh concrete walls, new windows, an open courtyard, and beautiful wooden doors…. But more important is the excitement and brightness we saw in the eyes of the students as they settled into their beautiful new classrooms. They are so eager to learn!...”
“In our travels we have met so many wonderful children who are motivated to learn, yet have such poor facilities that we wonder how they can possibly concentrate on their lessons. At the Helen DeVos School they are safe, well fed, have desks and materials, and have a peerless opportunity to succeed. It is an experiment in Zambian education that must continue, because it has so much potential to change the lives of Zambia’s future leaders. Though I am not affiliated with a church denomination (Purnell School is non-sectarian) I am so impressed with the work of the Christian Alliance for Children in Zambia -- as well as your magnificent high school. I see this school as an enormous contribution to the future of Zambia.”
Sincerely,
Daria Charlesworth, RN, MS
Director of Guidance and College Counseling, Purnell School
Helen DeVos Christian School
You are invited to provide a scholarship for a student at HDCS for a $200 donation.
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