Post by xenos on Jul 12, 2019 19:07:24 GMT -7
MMQB did an article on Lynn's trip to Tanzania:
Anthony Lynn stood at the back of a primary school classroom last week, 10 time zones and nearly 10,000 miles away from Los Angeles. Dozens of children, who are part of the Maasai tribe in east Africa, filled the room in front of him, seated at wooden desks and wearing new green, yellow and blue-colored school uniforms. They clapped their hands and performed a song in their language, as a thank you to their visitors.
“Just being in the classroom with the kids was the best part of the trip,” Lynn says, over the phone from Tanzania. “These kids are so appreciative and positive. Their circumstances are not all that great, but they are finding ways to thrive.”
“Just being in the classroom with the kids was the best part of the trip,” Lynn says, over the phone from Tanzania. “These kids are so appreciative and positive. Their circumstances are not all that great, but they are finding ways to thrive.”
“We are not here to change their culture or anything like that,” Lynn says. “These are strong people, with a lot of qualities I wish I saw more of. They don’t take anything for granted, and they have to really work hard to get what they want out of life. If you add education to that, they have a chance to do something really special.”The chance to provide these kids an education was the reason the Lynns gave their time and a significant personal donation to this project, spearheaded by their friend and former neighbor, Ravi Reddy. They met Reddy several years ago living in Long Island City in Queens, N.Y., while Lynn was an assistant coach for the New York Jets. Reddy, a former linebacker for the University of Texas, had worked on humanitarian projects in different countries around the world before starting his own non-profit, Privilege 2 Serve. Three years ago, Reddy teamed up with Africa’s Promise Village, an organization working to empower vulnerable communities in Tanzania through education, with the goal of building a school.
