Big Blue Marble Academy students from Monroe contribute to helping mothers and babies in Africa
Students at Big Blue Marble Academy (BBMA) locations across Atlanta, including Monroe, have raised $4,457.03 — enough to provide pre and postnatal care for 44 mothers and their babies at Rotifunk Hospital in Sierra Leone, Africa, as part of their “Change for a Change” service learning initiative.
It has been a mission for Big Blue Marble Academy Students in and around the Atlanta area to raise funds to provide this essential pre-and postnatal care, food and water for mothers in Africa.
This initiative is part of BBMA’s community Heart Projects that aim to teach important service learning skills and illustrate the impact the efforts young children can have on their world.
Throughout March and April, the students not only collected change to benefit Mission of Hope’s Madonna project at the hospital, but they also learned that mothers need healthy food, clean water, and doctors so that they can have healthy babies. The children play an active role in this effort, making posters to inform the community of the need, asking for change to help the mothers and babies, and brainstorming locations to display their posters to help generate awareness and attract donations.
