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A Toy Story

Posted by Joanna Robinson
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
August 23, 2012

Students at the Parachute Express
Playschool in Victoria, British Columbia.

Joanna Robinson has worked for the Foundation for longer than her two children have been alive, but she still gets looks of confusion when she tries to explain to them she is traveling to Africa for work.

Recently, the preschool her children attend in Victoria, British Columbia embarked on a project that would clear up a little of that confusion: they decided to collect toys and art supplies to deliver to EGPAF-supported play centers in Zimbabwe, a country halfway around the world that none of them knew anything about.

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