"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it."
— Mother Teresa
“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of your own mind, that is, in terms of calming and eventually dispelling anger. This is action out of compassion. The other is more social, more public. When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefitting others, one needs to be engaged, involved.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
At the request of Project Mercy, a cohort of Regis University graduate and undergraduate students in collaboration with multiple community partners is working to raise $75,000 for a new community school in the Yetebon region of Ethiopia. The current school has approximately 500 kids in grades 1-6, but lacks basic supplies and has floors and walls that are infested with termites. The children have no working bathrooms, and must defecate in a field not far from the school. The new school will help create a better learning and teaching environment for students and teachers.
Please donate $5. Your donation will improve education in rural Ethiopia, which will then lead to decreased poverty and sickness.
