worth a thousand words
worth a thousand words
Hut Burning
Release
I co-founded a nonprofit called Fund A Field, made up of classmates at my high school. This past summer
Good luck and blessing from Buddha are every Tibetan’s wish. It is the date that all people get released
we traveled to Northern Uganda to finalize plans to build a soccer field for kids in Paicho, an IDP (Inter-
when the Buddha’s photo opens and rolls down from the hill. This occurred for me on a summer trip to
nally Displaced Persons) camp. We saw smoke as we approached. As we got closer, the smoke got thicker.
Qinghai Province, where this picture is taken.
We saw a hut on fire, engulfed in flames. Yet the village was calm. We listened for the sirens we hoped were close by, but there weren’t any. We remembered we were in Uganda, not the U.S. No fire truck. No
Zhang Yi Chi, 11, Beijing, China
water. We stood and watched the hut burn. Kyle Weiss, 16, Danville, California, USA
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crisis and hope
worth a thousand words
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