School children surround the Stilt House at ADRA's Global Village Washington, D.C., USA ... [ANN] VIP representatives from the United States government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank and other organizations, and thousands of visitors...
19 Apr 1998,
School children surround the Stilt House at ADRA's Global Village
Washington, D.C., USA ... [ANN] VIP representatives from the United States government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank and other organizations, and thousands of visitors and schoolchildren visited the opening day of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) Global Village on Thursday, April 16, on the United States Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.
At the opening ceremony, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate for the District of Columbia, said, "I am pleased that ADRA and its sponsors have brought the world to Washington. When the President went to Africa a few weeks ago, I don't know if he went into a mud hut, but I am thrilled that children from the district will have a chance to be in a mud hut and to experience how people live in other places."
Other visitors to the opening day of ADRA's Global Village (AGV), the one-of-a-kind traveling, educational exhibit, were Brian Atwood, USAID administrator; Elaine Wolfensohn, educator representing World Bank; and Charles T. Manatt, International Business Council chairman of the D.C. Board of Trade.
Almost 1,000 school children from as far as New York state also came to tour the event. At least 200,000 people and 10,000 school children are expected to visit AGV before its closing day on April 29. The five-acre event is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, located directly in front of the Smithsonian Castle, between Jefferson and Madison streets.
"The impact of ADRA's Global Village in the Washington, D.C. area and abroad will last long after the habitats are gone," said ADRA President Ralph S. Watts, Jr. "It's something you have to experience for yourself by stepping inside the temporary home of a refugee, or grinding cornmeal from the seat of a bicycle. The experience is unforgettable."
AGV features 10 life-size habitats including a southeast Asian stilt house, African Masai kraal and Latin American choza. At the 10 learning stations, visitors discover the importance of clean water, "beasts of burden," bridges, and marketplaces. At the Pack-A-Box station, the last stop on the 2- to 3-hour tour, school children are taking direct action against the poverty they've just learned about.
"At Pack-A-Box they are busily packing boxes of clothes and personal hygiene items for needy children overseas," explains Casey Bahr, ADRA Central Office director of development education and one of the creators of the village. "We also talk with students about what they've learned and encourage them to think about how to continue helping others."
At this particular event, the items the children are packing will go to Haiti and, as Norton happily noted in her opening speech, some of the boxes will benefit three charities right here in the district: Martha's Table, For the Love of Children and Bailey's Making the Grade.
"Global Village is cool!" said a couple of Maryland schoolchildren while taping up a box of items at the Pack-A-Box tent. "You get to see how other people live. We're not used to what other people are used to." One of their mothers added, "It makes me appreciate what I have and what others don't."
"Isn't it great to be doing something worthwhile," said eight army cadets after personally packing a box.
ADRA developed Global Village as a way to expand children's world views and to foster an understanding of universal human needs, equality, interdependence, and the importance of cultural differences. The goal is to help children learn how to make a difference in a world shared with many people. The first AGV in October 1992 brought more than 24,000 people to the campus of La Sierra University in Riverside, California. AGV has also been displayed in Rome; Utrecht, the Netherlands; Dayton, Ohio, and other locations.
ADRA, developed in 1956, is an independent, humanitarian agency supported by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the specific purpose of individual and community development, and disaster relief. As a nongovernmental organization (NGO), ADRA helps people in more than 145 countries without regard to ethnic, political or religious association.
This year alone, among other projects, ADRA has shipped close to US$2 million worth of aid to North Korea as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to the famine-stricken country. Approximately one-third of the inhabitants of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) now have access to immunization and health education after the opening of ADRA's health education center in Naxcivan City and 44 health posts in outlying districts and villages. ADRA also provided 348 senior high school students of ADRA's Education Program for Liberian Refugees in Cote d'Ivoire with high school diplomas.
"We want to thank all the sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who helped make this event possible," said Watts. "An event like this can't be done with just a handful of people. It really takes the effort of hundreds. By the time this event is over, we will have a total of almost 3,000 volunteers from our own organization, the World Bank, NBC4-TV, USAID, and others helping to make this possible."
Sponsors for ADRA's Global Village include ADRA International, the World Bank, NBC4-TV, InterAction, Adventist HealthCare, Target Stores, Citibank, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and other partners. [Report: Beth Shaefer; pictures: Dixil Rodriguez]
19 Apr 1998,
School children surround the Stilt House at ADRA's Global Village
Washington, D.C., USA ... [ANN] VIP representatives from the United States government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Bank and other organizations, and thousands of visitors and schoolchildren visited the opening day of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) Global Village on Thursday, April 16, on the United States Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.
At the opening ceremony, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate for the District of Columbia, said, "I am pleased that ADRA and its sponsors have brought the world to Washington. When the President went to Africa a few weeks ago, I don't know if he went into a mud hut, but I am thrilled that children from the district will have a chance to be in a mud hut and to experience how people live in other places."
Other visitors to the opening day of ADRA's Global Village (AGV), the one-of-a-kind traveling, educational exhibit, were Brian Atwood, USAID administrator; Elaine Wolfensohn, educator representing World Bank; and Charles T. Manatt, International Business Council chairman of the D.C. Board of Trade.
Almost 1,000 school children from as far as New York state also came to tour the event. At least 200,000 people and 10,000 school children are expected to visit AGV before its closing day on April 29. The five-acre event is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, located directly in front of the Smithsonian Castle, between Jefferson and Madison streets.
"The impact of ADRA's Global Village in the Washington, D.C. area and abroad will last long after the habitats are gone," said ADRA President Ralph S. Watts, Jr. "It's something you have to experience for yourself by stepping inside the temporary home of a refugee, or grinding cornmeal from the seat of a bicycle. The experience is unforgettable."
AGV features 10 life-size habitats including a southeast Asian stilt house, African Masai kraal and Latin American choza. At the 10 learning stations, visitors discover the importance of clean water, "beasts of burden," bridges, and marketplaces. At the Pack-A-Box station, the last stop on the 2- to 3-hour tour, school children are taking direct action against the poverty they've just learned about.
"At Pack-A-Box they are busily packing boxes of clothes and personal hygiene items for needy children overseas," explains Casey Bahr, ADRA Central Office director of development education and one of the creators of the village. "We also talk with students about what they've learned and encourage them to think about how to continue helping others."
At this particular event, the items the children are packing will go to Haiti and, as Norton happily noted in her opening speech, some of the boxes will benefit three charities right here in the district: Martha's Table, For the Love of Children and Bailey's Making the Grade.
"Global Village is cool!" said a couple of Maryland schoolchildren while taping up a box of items at the Pack-A-Box tent. "You get to see how other people live. We're not used to what other people are used to." One of their mothers added, "It makes me appreciate what I have and what others don't."
"Isn't it great to be doing something worthwhile," said eight army cadets after personally packing a box.
ADRA developed Global Village as a way to expand children's world views and to foster an understanding of universal human needs, equality, interdependence, and the importance of cultural differences. The goal is to help children learn how to make a difference in a world shared with many people. The first AGV in October 1992 brought more than 24,000 people to the campus of La Sierra University in Riverside, California. AGV has also been displayed in Rome; Utrecht, the Netherlands; Dayton, Ohio, and other locations.
ADRA, developed in 1956, is an independent, humanitarian agency supported by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the specific purpose of individual and community development, and disaster relief. As a nongovernmental organization (NGO), ADRA helps people in more than 145 countries without regard to ethnic, political or religious association.
This year alone, among other projects, ADRA has shipped close to US$2 million worth of aid to North Korea as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to the famine-stricken country. Approximately one-third of the inhabitants of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) now have access to immunization and health education after the opening of ADRA's health education center in Naxcivan City and 44 health posts in outlying districts and villages. ADRA also provided 348 senior high school students of ADRA's Education Program for Liberian Refugees in Cote d'Ivoire with high school diplomas.
"We want to thank all the sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who helped make this event possible," said Watts. "An event like this can't be done with just a handful of people. It really takes the effort of hundreds. By the time this event is over, we will have a total of almost 3,000 volunteers from our own organization, the World Bank, NBC4-TV, USAID, and others helping to make this possible."
Sponsors for ADRA's Global Village include ADRA International, the World Bank, NBC4-TV, InterAction, Adventist HealthCare, Target Stores, Citibank, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and other partners. [Report: Beth Shaefer; pictures: Dixil Rodriguez]
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