November 9, 2012Reflections 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
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…
October 26, 2012Updates 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
October 22, 2012Where 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
October 12, 2012LearnServe 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
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…
July 20, 2012LearnServe 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;
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
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…
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…