Cypress Springs High School's YLPA Organization, the Red Diamond D.I.V.A.S., is an organization that promotes high moral character, responsibility, good sportsmanship, school spirit, and unity among female students.

On October 26, 2007, Kisumu Project, Inc. spoke to Cy Springs High School's "Young Ladies for Positive Action" (YLPA) about the efforts of Kisumu Project, Inc., Young Generation's Center (YGC), and Solace International in Western Kenya. The YLPA ladies are interested in learning about Kenya and how they can use their positive actions to make a more global impact.

CSHS's YLPA D.I.V.A.S. are red hot and ready to help YGC in their need for tools, supplies, and bicycles for the new vocational boarding school being built in Mbita, Kenya. YLPA sponsor Mrs. Uniquia Monroe will assist the ladies in organizing and facilitating a fund raiser and luncheon to share their mission of spreading positive actions throughout the world.

These DIVAS believe in sharing their message of the importance of humanitarian efforts and helping others. A luncheon and guest speaker is planned for early December 2007. The esteemed Mrs. Elizabeth Gundo of Houston's Kenyan Women's Group has already accepted an invitation to be one of the guest speakers at the event! Mrs. Gundo will share the insight and experiences she gained while teaching in Kisumu, Kenya.

As a volunteer of Kisumu Project, Inc. I believe that for change to be made in the world, education must be at the forefront. That is the ultimate goal in our "Adopt a School," "Build a Water Well," "Build a School for Orphans," and "Communications" Projects. We not only hope to provide/collect donations that will make an impact on the lives of the people of Eastern Africa, but we hope to carry the message that there is a beauty to share, and there are needs that should be met.

As an individual, I have been an educator in the United States for 18 years, and I am sad to admit that World Issues were not presented as an area of importance in our curriculums. Despite my work as a teacher and environmental education in Central America, it took my friend, Kenneth, to demonstrate how I could impact the life of someone on the other side of the world! It is very sad to admit, but it is exciting to be enlightened by the prospects.

Fortunately, as a Kisumu Project, Inc. volunteer I am able to contribute to causes that are AS IMPORTANT AS my work as an educator. It is my hope that through my work with Kisumu Project, Inc., Kenneth (our Director), and all of our other volunteers, I will be able to help make an impact that will reach far into the lives of those who are not born with the same opportunities I was. As I tell my own children, we did not choose our birth parents, nor did we choose where we were born. Someone else did that for us.  We have to move forward from the point where we are standing.

Whether we are idle or "busy bees," each and every one of us WILL make an IMPACT on the world. From pollution, water and electricity usage, food consumption, or anything else, we cannot deny that we have an impact (and it is not as small as we hope). By just visiting a waste water treatment plant you will clearly understand the real impact of human beings!

I want my "mark" or "impact" to be one that centers around the helping of others and indicate that my center is around what Christ would do. That is why I have chosen to assist Kisumu Project, Inc. volunteers in their endeavors in Kenya.

Brenda

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