My name is Karen Munoz, I'm fifteen years old, and as a lot of you already know, next summer I will be going on yet another service trip with Children's Global Alliance. Having been on two trips with CGA before, I am more than excited to be going on yet another. This time, the team will be traveling to Arusha, Tanzania, where we will be volunteering at L.O.A.M.O, a school that is home to 250 children ranging from babies to seventh graders. There, we will be making improvements to the school, assisting the teachers in the classrooms, going on home visits, coming up with lesson plans, and providing the school with supplies.
I've been asked on multiple occasions why I'm so caught up with these service trips. I've never truly been able to give a straight answer. There are so many factors that contribute into it, it's kinda hard to explain. The children I've had the pleasure to meet thus far have flipped my world upside-down completely. It's an indescribable feeling really, knowing that you're the reason behind someones smile, and knowing that you're making an impact in someones life. What people don't realize though, is how much of an impact the children have made in mine.
They say the most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. These trips are my fuel.
