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« 25 years into his sculpture garden... Crop circle depicts pi to 10 places | Main | Discovery of ice on Mars announced first on Twitter » June 19, 2008Video: Documentary about Providence teacher's aid to school in Ghana premieres tonightYou may recall that in February 2007 we followed Shawn Rubin, a teacher at Providence's CVS Highlander School and cofounder of Providence nonprofit Longitude, when he went to Akeba, Ghana during school-vacation week. (Providence teacher bringing school aid to Ghana this week blogs it.) The documentary about the trip is finally finished and will be shown tonight. Big World, Small World premiers at 7 p.m. at the The MET Black Box Theater, 325 Public Street between Eddy St. and Prairie Ave (directions). Here's a clip:
Shawn Rubin, a Providence kindergarten teacher and founder of the non-profit organization, Longitude and filmmakers John Lavall and Jessica Jennings teamed up to produce a documentary film about a school based in Abeka, Ghana that provides young adults secretarial skills. The film documents the work that Longitude supports in Ghana, and profiles the Professional Secretarial Academy of Ghana (PROFESA) and it's founder Meshach Bondzie. The film is titled "Big World, Small World" and is the story of one man making a difference in his community and his country by educating students who would otherwise have no chance to escape the perpetual cycle of abject poverty that impacts so many Ghanaian families. Posted by Sheila Lennon |
my passport photo blogging since 2002 garden blogs archived headlines  Sheila Lennon is features & interactive producer of projo.com, the Web site of The Providence (R.I.) Journal Rhode Island |
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