It is not a matter of
where, but of when. The passion I have to travel, to serve, to experience the
world isn’t going to stop, it will continue. Travelling to Morocco this summer
will be a building block for what I am going to do for the rest of my life. The
answer I have consistently given to people when they ask me what I want to do
with my life is: travel. I don’t know how, or where, or with who, but I know I
will. I want to go to every country, experience every culture, teach and be
taught, meet faces that I will treasure forever, and say “I love you” in
countless languages to countless people across the world.
Hi, my name is Sarah
Cotton I am 16 years old and I go to Battle Mountain High School in Vail, Colorado.
In the summer of 2016 I will be travelling to Morocco on a service trip with
Children’s Global Alliance, a 501(C) non-profit program based in the valley. The
organization was created in 2010 to fill the void of large-scale volunteer
experiences for teenagers, like me. The objective of CGA is to offer
service-learning opportunities for students from the United States in some of
the world's most poverty stricken countries.
In Morocco my team and I will be working at the Abde Salan Middle School
which houses 520 students from grades 7-9. This school struggles with a high
dropout rate, a mandated curriculum that the teachers don’t believe in, and not
enough staff to cover the basic needs of the school. We will be developing the
schools very first ESL program from the ground up, teaching daily, and visiting
the homes of the students and teachers.
I want more. More of
those people, those moments, that love. I want to come back with more memories,
more stories to tell, more people in my heart. I miss their faces, their
laughs, their hugs, their wide smiles, and open hearts. It’s for them, I do
this for them.
