10/21/2010 if you would like an updated version of this story in a pdf that you can print, please contact info@ammanimman.org!
Amman Imman - A Story
Amman Imman - A Story
by Suzanne Carroll Stork
Amman Imman - A Story
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a special thank youphotos from the Azawak courtesy of Ariane Kirtley
to the students, teachers and families
of the Aidan Montessori School in Washington, D.C.
for their support and encouragment
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All people share one Earth.
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We all need food, water,
shelter, clothing and protection.
People are able to think and create
to solve problems and
meet these basic needs.
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This was true of the very first people to live on Earth
and it is true of all people alive today.
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there has never been,
nor will there ever be,
another person just like you!
(Even if you are an identical twin!)
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She recognized that every child
is born with unique gifts to discover.
Yet, she knew that many people
on our Earth struggle
to meet the most basic of human needs.
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children travel up to 35 miles every day
searching for water
to bring to their families.
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visited the people of the Azawak.
She was touched by their warmth and kindness. She knew she had to help these beautiful people find a way to get the water
they desperately needed.
So, she founded an organization called
Amman Imman: Water is Life.
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In 2007, the first Amman Imman borehole
was built in the Azawak in Tangarwashane.
Construction people had to drill
up to 600 feet below the Earth’s crust
to reach the needed water!
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be empowered to receive what they need and discover their gifts.
Please join students around the world
in helping
Amman Imman: Water is Life
bring water to the Azawak.
www.waterishope.org
montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com
For more information write to: info@ammanimman.org
nice blog. Thanks for posting.
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