IC TRIP : MARA from the 30th of February until the 4th of March 2012)

Since its founding in 1995, Free The Children's programs have engaged over a million young people worldwide.
To date, Free The Children has built over 650 schools and school rooms bringing the fundamental right of education to over 55,000 children every day. Hundreds of communities have benefited from its water and sanitation projects, medical resources and alternative income programs.
Me to We has developed a highly effective model for creating social change, with each branch of the Me to We tree designed to support Free The Children's work at home and abroad. Volunteers on a Me to We trip help build schools. Speakers carry a message of action and hope. Leadership facilitators teach about youth leadership for global change. In addition, half of Me to We's net profit goes to support the work of Free The Children. They also have a variety of campaigns which are run by young people around the world to raise awareness about the social issues faced by children around the world.
Through working together, these two associations have helped change lives, time and again.


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This was an amazing learning experience! i really felt I was making a change, even if it was a small one.
I won't forget playing all of the games (TIIIIIGER UPPER CUT), for taking the time to get to know each other better, for slow clapping after all of Mohammed's meal announcements, but most of all for taking the time to look into issues that I am passionate about, such as sexism. But most importantly, I will always remember helping to build a school for children, who may never have set foot inside a classroom, exploring the local market, learning about traditional Maasai culture, walking with the mamas to draw water and learning about the community water project, which helps to provide clean, safe drinking water for children and families, and about poverty-related issues in Africa. The final night at camp around the fire, each one of us shared what had impacted us throughout our time together. Whether it was vowing to look beyond the labels that we place on one another, paying closer attention to our water usage, or raising awareness on the reality in rural Kenyan education, we were all affected in a way or another. 
 Me to We Trips invites you to take a step  into a new world a step into the Maasai Mara region of Kenya. If you are interested in taking a walk in someone else’s shoes—sometimes quite literally—this is the trip for you. Building schools, digging wells, planting trees—I feel priviledged for the opportunity I had. Not only did I enjoy myself  but I also was part of creating change in this world.