In each village we showed students where America and Cambodia are on the globe. We reminded them that even though the countries are on opposite sides of the world, every time any of us makes a good decision to be kinder or to study hard, we make the whole world better for everyone. In this way the distance shrinks. We are connected by our shared hopes for a better future and it is really children who "have the world in their hands." They learned the song "Got the Whole World in Our Hands" and sang it as they passed the ball around. After, we asked them each their one dream for the future and wrote it in English for them to share with the other side of the world, so that we can all be reminded by their lovely faces of the importance of supporting the dreams of our most impoverished world citizens. We will make a movie of their answers! Lots of them want to return the gift of their education by teaching others...music to our ears!
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