By Arden Davis, Stoke Youth Network
It’s no surprise that Revelstoke is full of charitable people that are willing to volunteer. Some of them do small things like collecting dead batteries so the zinc can be used to combat disease. Others help out to clean a community garden for the winter, or donate to the food bank.
And others go across the world to help out at an orphanage.
Daniel Blackie, a local athlete and well rounded Revelstoke Secondary School student, has decided to take off one semester before graduating and leaving for university to go to a small village in Arusha, Tanzania, to volunteer at the Upendo Face orphanage. The orphanage is a registered non-governmental organization that is aiming to make orphans lives better while giving them proper educations.
Daniel wants to make a positive change in the world and gain a better understanding of the global community before he leaves for school. He wants to be a greater, more diverse, and understanding person when he goes into university.
The community has Daniel’s back as RSS is currently accepting donations to give to the orphanage, whether it be school supplies or dollar donations. The Stoke Youth Network will be donating half of the proceeds they make at the school’s Halloween dance to the orphanage.
As well, Daniel has set up an online Go Fund Me account to raise money for the orphanage. It can be found at www.gofundme.com/DanielTanzaniaTrip. The proceeds raised will help make the orphans lives easier and help the orphanage greatly.
Arden Davis is the Stoke Youth Network’s new youth media correspondent. She will be writing regular articles about local youth for the Review.
