Food for thought: A typical story in developing countries

Dear all,

As you know Pink ISHCMC is primarily about raising awareness regarding female cancer. Obviously this is an important thing to be doing for our community as one never knows what tomorrow holds for any of us or our families and loved ones.. Following on from Friday, I saw this 10 minute video, and wanted to share it with you. It does not relate to pedagogy or directly to our fortunate lives but rather to the lives of 1,000's of girls/ women in developing countries. What I hope it does do is increase our awareness, compassion and empathy for people we interact with everyday in our lives in South East Asia.

This happens to be the story of a Guatemalan woman called Rosa, but as I said, it is typical of many woman throughout our world, deprived of a secondary education, mistreated and turned into outcasts, who despite their own problems maintains an inner strength, an awareness of others and a desire to work to help others. It demonstrates how important education is and how it changes lives and why we should not allow any of our ISHCMC students to waste the privileged opportunity that birth has given them.

Have a good Sunday,

Yours,

Adrian