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Urban Concern E-News                        
November 2009
Compassionate Christmas Gift Ideas from Harambee Imports

Harambee Imports Inc. is a project at Harambee Christian School that teaches real world economics to fourth and fifth graders. 

Imports1The student-run business imports, markets and sells products from the Community Based Rehabilitation Project in Thailand and the sales benefit poor families living there.

Harambee Imports products make great Christmas gifts!  Some of the products sold include handbags, greeting cards and bookmarks made by impoverished mothers of disabled children in Thailand.  Sales benefits these mothers who would normally be required to work in rice fields away from their children.

Last year Harambee Imports added a new item to their product list -- coffee imported from Ethiopia.  See a video of some of our students hard at work:   http://urbanconcern.blogspot.com/2008/12/harambee-imports.html

Imports2Students manage all aspects of the business, including logistics, accounting, marketing and sales.  They earn Bling (a form of currency used in the Harambee School economy) that they may use to purchase items in the School store.

On Sunday, December 13, students from Harambee Christian School will be selling items during morning services at Xenos Christian Fellowship's main campus, 1390 Community Park Drive, Columbus. 

By integrating economic concepts into the life of the students at Harambee, they are learning personal responsibility, financial skills, entrepreneurship and most importantly, compassion. 
Volunteer Tutors Needed 

Urban Concern is seeking volunteers to work with students during the regular school day at Harambee School and during the After School Program.  Most volunteer positions involve tutoring K-5th grade students in reading or math for one hour per week.  Days and times are flexible (M-F, 9am-5pm).  If you are interested, please contact Alex Steinman at steinmanal@urbanconcern.org.
You can make a difference!
  1. Donate to the Urban Concern Annual Fund or Harambee Scholarship Fund.
  2. Urban Concern is an approved agency for the United Way of Central Ohio's Donor Choice Program for the 2009 campaign year.
  3. Volunteer by calling (614) 291-0885.
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