South Africa
The Hippo Roller
In a couple weeks I will be traveling to Swaziland a small land-locked country in South Africa. I am excited about the adventure as well as the possibilities. The purpose of the journey is to lay the ground work for a return trip with a team of friends from the Seattle area next summer.
This will be my first trip to the continent of Africa and as insignificant as I am in the grand scheme of things I want to make a lasting impact in the communities, villages and tribes we visit. Right now I am thinking about leveraging the resources I can gather and the people I know and love in one or more of the following ways. Together we could build a community center, dig a well, develop soccer fields, teach sexual education for families and fund micro enterprise. I think these are all valid ideas but I really want to pull together a coalition that will work together to make an impact beyond simple ideas and a site seeing adventure.
Hopefully the following video will spark creativity and help us think of new ideas for positive change in the heart of South Africa. Hopefully you will be filled with compassion.
I am open to new ideas and creative partnerships so let me know what you think. If we work together we can be part of a small win in South Africa. The idea of a trip like this is to connect the passions we live with on a daily basis to the needs of the world. If we can take the things we love to do here at home to make an impact locally and globally, this is what I call an electric life. Please check out the Hippo Roller information page.