Colin Helps With Free the Children

Colin Lancashire, a senior at Anacapa, has spent his free time during the past nine years volunteering with an organization called Free the Children. This summer, he traveled all the way to Kenya to do some, as he called it, “ground-zero work.” Colin and 20 other volunteers aged 13-18 spent their days working with hand tools to dig trenches for a new maternity ward for the medical center. They also toured the Free the Children compound, where they saw “Ellie’s Garden,” a source of food for the community, and the school rooms where African students learn English, Swahili, science, math and history. They even had a little time off for a safari day, a visit to the Giraffe Reserve and impromptu soccer games. Overall, Colin was very moved by all he saw and experienced during his trip.