The church was decorated with many of the 1000 origami cranes that the children had created, and the programs were in the same shape. The 14 participants, ages 9-13, were dressed up to show off all that they had worked on for the past eight months. Parents and friends were assembled in the pews and food from the accompanying potluck dinner could be smelled cooking down the hall. The children were visibly nervous and a few mistakes were made, but salsa instructor Lysa-Monique Jenkins noted, “it’s not the mistakes people make but the way you recover from them.”

 

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With quality in mind, BuildaBridge enlisted a videographer from overseas to capture the sights and sounds of the Institute.

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From their respective cities, five overseas visitors traveled over 17,000 miles to reach Byrn Mawr, Pennsylvania and the BuildaBridge Institue, traveling from Oslo, Norway, Drammen, Norway, Guatemala City, Guatemala and Lejre, Denmark.

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"I’ve always been drawn to trying to find ways to help impoverished people become self sufficient – earning and making money finding resources- connecting the dots for people," said Institute participant Daune Ring

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What makes a person a good candidate for service with a non-profit organization? Having previously created your own non-profit organization certainly doesn't hurt.

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There were hundreds of pieces of paper piled around, and people rushed from room to room, frantically preparing for an onslaught of visitors from around the country and outside of the country.

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