Waynesfield Goshen students were inspired to help others halfway around the world and Wednesday they saw how their hard work is paid off to make children in Africaâs lives better.
âAnd when you stop and think that it all started with a book that created a movement that these kids themselves decided they were going to do. They were going to make a difference in this world at this time,â says Deb Johns reading instructor at Waynesfield-Goshen School.
Last year, when the W-G students read the book âA Long Walk to Waterâ about a young African girl that couldnât go to school because she had to spend the day gathering clean water for her family. They started the âCoins for Congoâ campaign and raised nearly $17,000 to dig a well, buy a generator to pump the water, and build a restroom for a school in a small village near the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wednesday they met the students they helped over Facetime and saw how their hard