Two Eggs a Week
Creativity and innovation are powerful tools for impact. Unique perspectives leading to new ideas, which can start with applied learning projects based on student interests, have the potential to make life better for people throughout the world. Through the fundraising efforts of high school and college students as well as interested individuals and families in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin, the Two Eggs a Week dream has become a reality in Lima, Peru, with funding for eggs and a kitchen worker to prepare and serve the eggs at the school cafeteria.
Read about how a classroom conversation became the Two Eggs a Week project in Lima, Peru.
Nourish2Flourish
The relationships we have built with Two Eggs a Week make it possible to start new conversations and ask new questions to identify needed resources and tools to transform a poor Peruvian school into an oasis of hope. Teachers and administrators told us that giving food must be complemented by growing food – in particular fruits and vegetables — to ensure proper nutrition for growing children. Nourish2Flourish was born to support sustainable community-based health and education initiatives. Our first project is an urban vertical farming pilot project. Children will grow their own vegetables using small spaces in classrooms and in school yards. Teachers and students will apply the science they learn in school directly to cultivating fruit and vegetables. Eventually, the school hopes to sell their local produce to the community. We have partnered with Edgewood College, a liberal arts college in Madison, Wisconsin with evolv educational and health care networks in Peru, to collaborate with the school by providing technical assistance to promote sustainability through community engagement and shared ownership.
Read about how sustainable leadership programs help students solve real-world problems. http://www.edgewood.edu/academics/graduate/sustainability/default.aspx).
Muriel Lloyd Inspiration Fund
New York’s Sloan-Kettering Hospital is a long way from a poor barrio in Lima, Peru. Yet it is the site of another innovative project that studies the impact of a positive attitude and a life filled with meaningful activities on cancer patients.
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