One of their first eye-opening discoveries was that one of the two classes they are in touch with in Uganda, a class of gifted students in an orphanage for children of AIDS victims, is in a town that is largely without electricity. As a result, our kids are going to have to learn some new tools in order to communicate with them: paper, pens, envelopes, and stamps. They were also a bit taken aback when their new friends asked them whether we wear shoes to school - implying that they do not.
The lessons in cultural sensitivity, poverty, and global health crises which these relationships are teaching are immeasurable. And they've only just begun.
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