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Crusade donates school supplies
Ryan Donahue
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: News
Junior Joel Molitor is spearheading an action to collect and donate children's school supplies to war-torn Afghanistan. In conjunction with Campus Crusade for Christ, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Navigators, various other ministries on campus and organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Molitor believes a real change can be made in a desperate land.
"You don't have to have a certain kind of belief system to do this kind of thing," Molitor said.
In a nation in which landmines and unexploded weapons pose a serious risk to children's safety, according to UNICEF.org, positive help is needed. The literacy rate of males ages 15-24 is 51 percent. Females of the same age group only have an 18 percent literacy rate. Also, the net secondary school attendance rate of males in Afghanistan is 18 percent and females at a mere six percent.
Molitor said the more he read the book "Revolution: A Field Manual For Changing Your World," the more he became convicted to do something positive in the world.
"About three months ago I was reading a book and it was talking about the role of the Christian church in the world and how we're supposed to be helping people," Molitor said. "We've kind of lost sight of that … the emphasis has gone to converting people and less to helping people."
As it is right now, the initiative for school supplies for Afghani children is in the planning stages.
"The original idea was to drum up jackets and sweatshirts for people during the winter," Molitor said. "We followed up and they don't need jackets any more but they need school supplies. We thought to keep the original idea too. We want to do clothing and school supplies and anything that they need."
As items come in for donation they will invariably need to be shipped. Molitor said he felt it is a good thing to try and send out as many things as possible because shipping rates are very agreeable.
"We've looked into a possible contact in the army, looked into UNICEF a little bit and looked into Compassion International a little bit too," Molitor said.
As announcements have been made around campus there has been a great turn up of support.
"I've had a bunch of people tell me they're really interested and I've gotten a couple e-mails from random people I don't even know," Molitor said.
To donate supplies for the needy in war torn Afghanistan contact Joel Molitor at MolitorJB17@uww.edu. Donations can be made at Campus Crusade on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Winther Hall 2001.
"You don't have to have a certain kind of belief system to do this kind of thing," Molitor said.
In a nation in which landmines and unexploded weapons pose a serious risk to children's safety, according to UNICEF.org, positive help is needed. The literacy rate of males ages 15-24 is 51 percent. Females of the same age group only have an 18 percent literacy rate. Also, the net secondary school attendance rate of males in Afghanistan is 18 percent and females at a mere six percent.
Molitor said the more he read the book "Revolution: A Field Manual For Changing Your World," the more he became convicted to do something positive in the world.
"About three months ago I was reading a book and it was talking about the role of the Christian church in the world and how we're supposed to be helping people," Molitor said. "We've kind of lost sight of that … the emphasis has gone to converting people and less to helping people."
As it is right now, the initiative for school supplies for Afghani children is in the planning stages.
"The original idea was to drum up jackets and sweatshirts for people during the winter," Molitor said. "We followed up and they don't need jackets any more but they need school supplies. We thought to keep the original idea too. We want to do clothing and school supplies and anything that they need."
As items come in for donation they will invariably need to be shipped. Molitor said he felt it is a good thing to try and send out as many things as possible because shipping rates are very agreeable.
"We've looked into a possible contact in the army, looked into UNICEF a little bit and looked into Compassion International a little bit too," Molitor said.
As announcements have been made around campus there has been a great turn up of support.
"I've had a bunch of people tell me they're really interested and I've gotten a couple e-mails from random people I don't even know," Molitor said.
To donate supplies for the needy in war torn Afghanistan contact Joel Molitor at MolitorJB17@uww.edu. Donations can be made at Campus Crusade on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Winther Hall 2001.
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