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Keeping the Dream Alive - One HUG at Time! - by Emlyn Lee
1/15/201011:07:52 AM Link 0 comments | Add comment
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – MLK, Jr
Happy Birthday to the one and only, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr! A true hero. My biggest hero. Many of my personal motivation and professional philosophies are influenced by his principles and “Dream” for this nation. But my ‘dream’ goes beyond the U.S., to a planet that embraces each other regardless of skin color and socioeconomic status. A world full of peace, love, happiness, and HUGS!
I recently spent a month visiting, meeting, and building relationships with poor villages around Antigua, Guatemala. One of my goals for 2010 will be to “sponsor” a few communities around the globe, in efforts to support education, local solutions, and sustainability. We are identifying these as our HUG projects--Help Understand Give. As for me, nothing makes this world smaller, warmer, and friendlier than through a HUG!
Cultural Embrace will continue to organize customized programs to Intern, Work, Volunteer, Teach, and Travel around the world, but this is our way to ‘give back’ and serve a few at-need communities. We are partnering with impoverished villages to help, understand, and give (our time, hands, heart, donations, support) to help meet their goals and objectives to improve their education, sanitation, health, and living conditions. We will work alongside the local people, to support their needs and create a positive impact to their community.
If you are interested, I encourage you to help through child sponsorship, donations, and active participation by visiting and experiencing Guatemala first-hand. Consider spending your next vacation combining fun, meaningful, and adventurous activities, while you meet and integrate with the local communities. We have several pre-established group departure dates for Guatemala in 2010 and 2011, as well as flexible individual dates that may be extended; or if you wish to join me on a service, safari, and sun adventure to Kenya, we have a pre-arranged July 30, 2010 departure.
More details of our San Mateo Milpas Altas, Guatemala HUG project will be shared next week. But for now, let’s redirect the purpose of this blog—in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Let’s keep his “Dream” alive, so we are able to continue his strive to make this nation, and world, full of peace, equality and justice—one step (and hug!) at a time.
