GCM - The Friendship Bracelet Project:
After traveling to Uganda we decided that we needed to do something. How do you tangibly give to children that have nothing...where do you start. How do you involve people that cannot give monetarily and cannot travel over...what do you do. We were faced with this question as well as the ringing remembrance that these children shared everything...even the clothes on their back. Having support from the organization Go Change Move we have been able to come up with a way. We have asked all of our friends, their friends, and the pattern has continued to take a few minutes and make a friendship bracelet. This is a grass roots effort to support a globally heart breaking issue - orphans and bringing them hope. Why friendship bracelet?
This is something that we can bring in bulk, that can go around their wrist as our missionaries spread love and hope to these children. The idea is simple sit with a child and get to know them. My mind is brought back to the trip to Africa that our friend asked them what they wanted more than anything, their response was for someone to know their name. The goal is for us to remember names and faces and to give them something to remember us from. By giving them a small token, a friendship bracelet, they will always be able to remember that there is someone out there that loves me and that remembers me and my name.
What has happened from this project?
Through Go Change Move we were given the support through volunteers to get a lot of the bracelets made, we also received bracelets from around the world from Singapore and Australia to the US and Canada. We have three missionaries over in Uganda that took these bracelets with them. Check the facebook page for other info!
This is something that we can bring in bulk, that can go around their wrist as our missionaries spread love and hope to these children. The idea is simple sit with a child and get to know them. My mind is brought back to the trip to Africa that our friend asked them what they wanted more than anything, their response was for someone to know their name. The goal is for us to remember names and faces and to give them something to remember us from. By giving them a small token, a friendship bracelet, they will always be able to remember that there is someone out there that loves me and that remembers me and my name.
What has happened from this project?Through Go Change Move we were given the support through volunteers to get a lot of the bracelets made, we also received bracelets from around the world from Singapore and Australia to the US and Canada. We have three missionaries over in Uganda that took these bracelets with them. Check the facebook page for other info!
How can you get involved?
Education = Compassion = Action
Become educated on this project as well as the other projects from Go Change Move as well as the organizations they support. Grow compassion for your brothers and sisters that are suffering and then take action.
Throw a friendship bracelet party and have you and your friends make a handful and send them to us.
Talk about it amongst your scope of people and see what you can do to get involved.
[Josh, Becca, and Jason in Uganda for the summer]
To Follow Becca's Trip please check out her blog
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