Eden Prairie Schools Service

Why do we do what we do as teaching staff? Why do we seek to help others around the globe as part of Eden Prairie Schools Global Connect? We all choose to make this commitment for a variety of different reasons. But a common link between us all, I assume, is our desire to give back and our desire to make the lives of others better.

As our nation begins a new chapter in its history, I was struck by a line from the inauguration address of our new leader, President Obama. This is what he said today...

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.

This is the work we, as members of Eden Prairie Schools and Global Connect, have taken on. We stand together in support of our friends from Honduras in hopes to do just what President Obama said. His words couldn't be more appropriate.

Tierra Santa is striving to make its farm productive and flourishing. Global Connect hopes to help. Tierra Santa and its supporters are erecting a water treatment facility to provide clean water to its children. Global Connect hopes to help. Tierra Santa struggles every day to fill the hungry bodies of its children. Global Connect hopes to help. And Tierra Santa seeks to meet the educational needs of all its children. Global Connect hopes to help.

Thank you, President Obama, for reminding us of the importance of reaching out beyond our borders to help others. Global Connect hopes that with the continued support of Eden Prairie staff, students and families that we can follow his advice and continue to make the lives of our Honduran friends better.