Grand Circle Foundation- October 2011
Every year for more than a decade, Susan Rickert of San Francisco, California, has traveled to Africa with OAT, and every year, she asks the same question of the headmaster of one of the schools in the village of Karatu: "What do you need, and how can I help?".......read article
St. George's students to experience life, culture in Tanzania
The Commercial Appeal - Memphis Tennessee - July 7, 2011
Generally, the Internet, cellphones and sports are the three things that St. George's Independent School junior Dylan Young says he can't live without.
But he says he's willing to sacrifice for more than two weeks in Tanzania, an African country between Kenya and Mozambique.
Young, 16, and nine other students left Memphis International Airport for Tanzania on Wednesday with their teacher and director of the Citizenship Institute, Luther Mercer. St. George's faculty member Cynthia Taylor is also on the journey......read article
Grand Circle Foundation - May 2011
"It turns me on to be a catalyst for transforming people's lives," Susan Rickert beams.
It would be impossible to count exactly how many lives Susan has touched since April 2005, when the brand-new Banjika Secondary School – funded by money she raised in partnership with Grand Circle Foundation – opened in the village of Karatu, Tanzania. When the school's very first morning bell rang six years ago, 80 students were enrolled. Today, 577 attend......read article
by Lea Ann Overstreet
The Tennessean - November 15, 2010
A summer trip to Africa has a profound effect on Ensworth seniors Megan Moseley and Rebecca Hanai.
The two students were part of Ensworth's service learning trip to Kenya, where they immersed themselves in the culture and helped on several school construction projects, including installing solar panels throughout a school, setting up a computer center and building a new classroom.......read article
by Terri Hogan
Gazette.net - Maryland Community Newspapers Online - April 15, 2009
Generally, the Internet, cellphones and sports are the three things that St. George's Independent School junior Dylan Young says he can't live without.
But he says he's willing to sacrifice for more than two weeks in Tanzania, an African country between Kenya and Mozambique.
Young, 16, and nine other students left Memphis International Airport for Tanzania on Wednesday with their teacher and director of the Citizenship Institute, Luther Mercer. St. George's faculty member Cynthia Taylor is also on the journey......read article
