Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Making a difference, one Shu at a time...

Hey Y’all,

This Christmas holiday, I’m volunteering to go work on a volunteer project in Andhra Pradesh, India for 10 days. The area I’ll be going to is very poor and depressed, and also was heavily affected by last year’s Tsunami. That said, the Indian government doesn’t give a lot of priority to helping these folks who are viewed in a lower social caste, so there is a lot of work to be done.

While in India, the main goals are to teach and work with the villagers on creating better living conditions. I’ll also be teaching English and working in medical camp, providing free healthcare to the needy.

Here’s the website for more info: http://www.go-mad.org/projindiarelief.php

Cool, huh!?

So the group I’m a part of (Go M.A.D. “Make a Difference, mostly comprised of teachers from my program) is fundraising so that we can make a donation to the village at the end of our period of volunteer work.

SO… I’m hitting you guys up to help me out with this – “anything helps” (I feel like I should be on Market St. in SF with a cardboard sign), so break off whatever you can and if I can smuggle some cool souvenirs out of India, you’ll be first on the list.

You can either donate through PayPal – send to my email address, shu.mike@gmail.com, or email me and I’ll give you deposit instructions to an account that I’ve set up with Wells Fargo. Make sure to leave your name and address and all that good stuff too.

Thanks in advance, it’s people like you that make the world a better place
(Aw I think I just shed a tear).

Love you guys!!
-SHU.

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