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Beyond Bracelets

November 9, 2012 Reflections on a visit to Daughter’s Vision at the Chikumbuso center for widows and orphans in Lusaka, Zambia By Chloe Loving Annandale High School | LearnServe Zambia 2012   It had already been a long day.  The boys in our group had gone to get

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Meet the 2013 LearnServe Fellows!

November 7, 2012 Introducing 70 dynamic LearnServe Fellows from more than 30 high schools in DC, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and Fairfax County!  (See links below to LearnServe Fellows 2013 Photo Sets on Flickr.)   Follow the links below for photo highlights from the first half of…

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Jamaica after Sandy

October 26, 2012 Updates and requests for support from LearnServe Jamaica partners KBC Learning and the Blue Mountain Project, following Hurricane Sandy… From Karl Bennett, KBC Learning “Hi Sabine: Thanks for asking. We are OK. However, it was a frightening experience. We have no power, Internet, telephone, TV

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KAST receives 501c3 status

October 22, 2012 Where are they now: an occasional series of updates on LearnServe alumni.… Featuring Jessica Yang, LearnServe Fellows ’10 (now a sophomore at MIT): “I wanted to email you and let you know I found out this past week that KAST had received 501c3 status.  The

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Unless you care a whole lot

October 12, 2012 LearnServe Explores the DC Green Festival… by Jessica Li, LearnServe Fellow It was eight-thirty on a typical Sunday morning when I shook awake to the screeching of my alarm.  September 30.  It’s the Green Festival.  But as great as my passion for environmentalism, the prospect

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Omnia Saed reflects on Michelle Obama

September 14, 2012 “She took the stage with the utmost confidence, even with hundreds of eyes glued to her every movement and the pressure looming behind her. I couldn’t help but gape in awe as Michelle Obama took the stage in the recent Democratic National Convention. No matter your political…

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Star-Struck: Yoni Kalin meets Venus Williams

July 20, 2012 LearnServe Alums Selected as Winners of “Banking on Youth” Competition; Regional Finalist Yoni Kalin meets Venus Williams of the Washington Kastles Congratulations to the following LearnServe Alums, selected as regional winners in Youth Venture’s “Banking on Youth” competition: Yoni Kalin, Color My World… (Field School;

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$15,000 Scholarship to LearnServe alum

Bryon Ford wins $15,000 college scholarship from ALACC A graduate of the SEED School and LearnServe alum (Zambia ’11 and Fellows ’11), Bryon Ford was selected winner of the Tony K. Allen Scholarship of the Association of Legal Professionals Capital Chapter.  His interviewers and the

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Zambia – Saying Good-Bye

July 11, 2012 As I stepped off of the plane when we first arrived in Lusaka, Zambia I had no idea how much this trip would change my perspective on life. Words can not even begin to describe the emotions that over come you when an entire school…

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Zambia Day 15 (part 2) – Camping and Computers

Last night was pretty cool. Some of us played ultimate Frisbee with some South African while others from our group made a bonfire. Sitting outside under the stars around a nice big fire keep you warm, was one of the most wonderful and beautiful thing…

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