Off to the Great Continent

6 months of planning, the addition of so many great sponsors along with a considerable amount of time convincing Jay that snakes are more afraid of him than he is of them (may be a lie) and we are finally off for Africa! We leave from Boston this afternoon and after a brief layover in Frankfurt will arrive tomorrow night in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A brief intro to our project: our goal is to capture through video and writing the people that are making a positive impact on the lives of children of Africa today. While this may seem simplistic, think about those images of Africa that you probably have from the media today. Most likely those pictures are of indiscriminate bloodshed and, children with bloated bellies and flies on their eyes. These images serve only to create a feeling of despair to the viewer. We believe that along with this despair comes inaction as those problems seem too vast to overcome.

While we recognize that Africa faces problems unprecedented in most of the rest of the world, we also know that people are making positive and enduring changes for the Continent, even if it is just one child at a time (we will be posting the links of these organizations as we go so you can check out the great work that they are doing and hopefully contribute to the effort).

Ideally we want to share with you, and hopefully many others, the stories of the people and programs that are working towards what we believe is a universal right; the right to a happy childhood.

We hope to update this blog as much as possible. So stay tuned and pass on the link!