I have been following a young man by the name of Christopher John Lindstrom for quite some time now. We met when we both were studying in Peru in 2010 and wen't on a few wonderful adventures together along with these two great girls we met from Spain.
Come to find out Chris wasn't just vacationing and studying for college, but he has been an active participant and leader in the Peace Core for numerous years. He is a humanitarian worldwide, specializing as a program manager, peace and conflict resolution, and service learning facilitator, and performer."
Not only that but Christopher has over 15 years of experience as a team leader and facilitator for an organization called Grassroots International Development, Peace & Conflict Resolution and Service Learning.
It was fun being in Peru with this French speaking program manager.
Now that I have talked a little about Chris, I will re-post what I stated in my PLN.
In the Spring of 2014, Chris lead a group of young people to Haiti where they participated in humanitarian work. The group flew into Port au Prince to a new airport which has been rebuilt after the devastating earth quake just a few years ago. The groups spent ten days in Lafond where they helps to install solar arrays at the upper school allowing the school to generate electricity and twelve households int he community. This was so impactful as it is the first time electricity has ever been in this village! So incredible! The students and staff were able to raise almost $5k to make this small but impactful "miracle"happen.
In conclusion, the students had an incredible and life changing trip- one to be remembered for the rest of their lives as they experiences true poverty first hand as well as the joy one can become consumed with by serving and loving others.
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