As a Baruch Honors student, I know there’s a lot of pressure to keep up academically, which would certainly entail many hours of study and work. Nevertheless, I know that I have other roles to fulfill other than being a full-time student.
In terms of community service, I’m glad I have a chance to serve together in a group with a few kids from my LC. I’m sure that such an experience will help cultivate deeper friendships and help the community as a whole.
On the side, I’m also involved with other community service endeavors. For instance, this January, I will be going with a group of 10 other college students and 8 adult chaperones to Nicaragua. There in the small village La Chureca, “the Dump,” we will be helping the poor and needy there (that would be everyone living there).
As a part of the efforts of Forward Edge International, we’re there to help build up the community there as well as helping a designated group of girls. Because the girls are all in high risk of having to sell their bodies in order to help feed their families, FEI decided to intervene by building a small place just outside La Chureca. Nicknamed “Villa Esperanza” or “Village of Hope,” FEI takes a small group of girls from the dump and raises them up to be educated women with some real hope in their lives.
As part of the team going to help in January, I’m excited for this chance to step outside of my comfort zone and really help people!
