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• Open A World of Possibilities: Nicaragua curriculum (order from Augsburg Fortress, Publishers or call 800-328-4648.)
• Visit the ELCA interactive site for kids.
Where in the world is Megan Orth?
The
member of Salem Lutheran Church, Cantonsville, Md., gives clues in
videos for Open the World of Possibilities, a hunger education
curriculum produced by the ELCA and Lutheran World Relief.
In June 2004, Megan, then 12, spent 10 days in a country that has:
Megan Orth shoots footage for the Open the World of Possibilities: Nicaragua curriculum in a market in Sebaco, a small town north of Managua.
• Beautiful beaches, mountains, cool volcanoes and yummy food.
• The coolest people—5 million in fact.
• Poverty—2.5 million people are poor, living on $2 a day (that’s the cost of a slice of pizza).
So
where in the world was she? Through seven video clips, youth discover
that Megan was in Nicaragua, where LWR, an ELCA partner, “helps the
groups who help the people to help themselves,” she says.
Jeff
Rasmussen of LWR asked his former Sunday school student to host the
videos. Megan says she never “really wanted to go to a Third World
country. But it sounded fascinating, and it ended up to be.”
It also ended up being a life-changing adventure.
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