Mackenzie (in blue) with friends and family in Madura, the location for its library project.
Inspirational adults are to make a difference in their communities pursuit from there. Inspiration teenagers are not so easy to get, and a certain 14-year-old in Jakarta has created a project that would make any parent proud, regardless of age. This young lady is doing everything they can to bring books for children on the island of Madura, which would otherwise have no access to reading material. This Girl Scout name is Mackenzie Winton and Girl Scout is they, through and through.
When you hear the term Girl Scout, one often thinks of girls biscuits for a good cause to sell, but it is far more than that. The girl Scout mission is girls of courage, confidence and character, of a better place and the Girl scouts in Indonesia are making for 50 years to build the world. For 10 years, Mackenzie has been passionate girl scouting, meeting fellow Scouts from around the world - to have this tradition practiced in the United States, Nigeria and now in Jakarta. the lack of educational resources in these countries this Jakarta International school student After I started on her Girl Scout Gold Award work firsthand, the highest award in USA Girl Scouting, including a seven-step process culminated a community problem to solve and to make a lasting and sustainable change.
Mackenzie demeanor is calm and collected even enthusiastically. "I knew that I wanted to be a teacher when I, since I was three years old growing up," Mackenzie says me as we chat ends after school. "To select Before Girl Scout Gold Award, I assumed service trips in remote communities - Sumatra, Kalimantan and Laos -. And attended Global Issues Network (GIN) conferences I realized that I make a difference in a remote place in Indonesia."
boxes of donated books
And making a difference is they wanted to do. Mackenzie book moves through their school runs, and with the help of other schools has been 3,700 books collected, 1,000 of which are in Bahasa Indonesia . Nearly 100 Girl Scouts participated in read-a-thons, bake sales and coin collections to support the library project. Your goal is to collect many more books in Bahasa for the children in the Lombang municipality, near the town of Sumenep on the eastern side of Madura. Mackenzie wants to fill their library with interesting and instructive reading for the children of the village and the surrounding area, so that they give a window on the world and a chance for a better future. At present, all the books are cataloged on Mackenzie Home - a massive task in itself -. Before storing and opening of the library, which is scheduled this year for the beginning of June
The Madura Library Project is in connection running with and through, Leksmono Santoso from remote destinations, a travel company supports in showing guests the remote parts of Indonesia specialized. Mackenzie also has massive support from her mentor, Linda Hahn Santoso, Ed.D of Destiny Learning, an initiative that helps the educational needs of children. Funds were raised to build by donations from individuals and families, and Mackenzie, the library has been overwhelmed by the response and the generosity of their supporters.
Mackenzie traveled to meet the families of the villagers, where it stands now Library to Madura. From Surabaya, the trip to the village in Madura six hours, Mackenzie and some of her friends and family were able to children and mark the beginning of the building to cater to lay by the first stone of the new library. "The children were very excited when we were there - I do not think that they had seen in front of a Caucasian person, it was really nice to see her excitement!." Since her visit to the structure upwards has gone, more stones postponed and a roof now completed the finished building.
The recent photo of Mackenzie Library in Madura
to the question, what were their plans for the future, Mackenzie replied: "I would like to know more to build libraries that would be amazing! " at the root of Madura Library Project is Mackenzie passion in life, education they very happy, feels in their education to have had, and want to share with others who are less fortunate. It aims, a place for students and community in Madura to be for their library, to discover something new and different. "Reading opens up a completely different way," Mackenzie adds, and I agree.
. For those who donate the books, please email Mackenzie Winton on 32173@jisedu.or.id Mackenzie is looking especially for children's books in Bahasa, but accepts all books gracious.
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