Our Mission Statement:
Humanity Now, in collaboration with the Ludlowe Corps, is an organization that empowers school children in the United Sates to make a difference in the lives of others by helping them gain access to water, better health, and better education. By working collectively with parents, communities, and other organizations, Humanity Now offers service oriented learning opportunities to teachers and students in the United States who seek to help people in developing parts of the world realize their potential. Through Humanity Now's educational partnerships and experiential learning models, our volunteers help children all over the world gain access to clean water, better education, better health, and a better standard of living. Humanity Now's activities allow student volunteers to develop a sense of personal achievement, connection to community, and global awareness. Humanity Now fosters cultural exchange between participating schools and the individuals in the communities who need assistance. It is our belief that through service minded education, we can better understand the interconnectedness of our world, and at the same time, make it a better place for all.
The Ludlowe Corps is a group of people with a common vision and purpose at Roger Ludlowe Middle School in Fairfield, CT. The Ludlowe Corps' vision includes school children helping school children. The purpose of Ludlowe Corps is to make a difference by carrying out hands-on humanitarian assistance projects. The Ludlowe Corps consists of students, parents, and teachers working together towards the following goals:
- Build global awareness of the many issues facing the world today
- Work with organizations to help bring fresh water and other health and education based initiatives to schools and communities
- Learn about the people, environment, culture, and geography of our world. .
- Develop a cultural exchange between the people of Fairfield, CT and the people of the devloping world
- Continue our partnership between Roger Ludlowe Middle School and the Waranka School Organization in Senegal, West Africa by identifying and funding various humanitarian projects there.
- Develop a relationship with communities in Ecuador to help them with any health, education, and environmental issues they may face.
- Work with the Peace Corps and non-governmental organizations (NGO's) to achieve our goals
Richard Haxhi
Lenny Moitoso
Phil Simpson
Humanity Now Founders
Ludlowe Corps Leaders
The 2008-2009 Ludlowe Corps surpassed its goals!!
- Raise funds to purchase and deliver 1000 (1750) Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets to those at risk of Malaria infection
- Funding a water and sanitation project through the Peace Corps and NGO's
- Provide funding to help support and sustain a new elementary school in the Waranka school organization located in Guinaw-Rails, Senegal ($8000 for teachers, supplies, facility, etc.)
- Generate interest in Fairfield, CT in the issues facing Senegal and Africa today
- Create a cross-cultural exchange with our students and the students in various Senegalese schools
Your generous contribution will continue to help purchase school equipment and supplies for the Waranka Organization and Ecuadorian communities, purchase mosquito nets to prevent malaria, support clean water initiatives, and help defray program expenses consistent with our goals addressed above.
If you would like to donate to our cause, here are some options: Send a check to:
Roger Ludlowe Middle School
Attn: Lenny Moitoso
689 Unquowa Rd. Fairfield, CT 06824 Checks should be made payable to "RLMS" Thank You!!
The Ludlowe Corps is blazing a new trail!! There has been an overwhelming response to studying the physical and cultural characteristics of one of Latin America's most cherished countries- Ecuador!! On next year's trip, parents and students will be trekking the Amazon, Andes, and the Galapagos, learning about the people and place that is this wonderful South American country. Similarly, we will identify and assist communities in remote areas that have the desire to work towards improving health, education, and their environment.
Proposed Trip Itinerary April 2010:
April 14th: Fly from JFK to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Fly from Guayaquil to Quito (LAN Airlines) Transfer in to hotel. Dinner & accommodation at Vieja Cuba Hotel
April 15th: Transfer to Papallacta thermal baths for visit & Lunch. Transfer to Cotococha Lodge. Dinner & accommodation
April 16th: Visit the Amazon Rescue Center. Dinner & accommodation
April 17th: Rafting Upper Napo river. Transfer to Ongota community. Sleep in tents.
April 18th: Community service in Ongota. Return to Quito. Dinner & Accommodation
April 19th: Biking Cotopaxi Volcano National Park. Box lunch. Dinner & accommodation
April 20th: Transfer hotel - airport for flight to Galapagos
April 20th - 23rd: Galapagos 4 day land based program
April 23rd: Transfer airport - hotel in Guayaquil. Dinner & accommodation TBD
April 24th: Transfer out to airport. Fly from Guayaquil to JFK nonstop.
Please visit the CDC web site for information about vaccine requirements and suggestions for traveling to Ecuador. Considering we will be in secondary rain forest for a short amount of time, your health care professional may suggest anti-malaria medication.
CDC Health Information for Ecuador
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/ecuador.aspx#vaccines
Lenny Moitoso, Richard Haxhi
Co-Presidents Humanity Now, Inc.
Work phone: 203-255-8345
email: lmoitoso@fairfield.k12.ct.us or rhaxhi@fairfield.k12.ct.us
We will meet people from around the world...
We will travel to exotic places....
We will learn about new cultures...
And most of all...
We will make a difference!
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