Teacher, former students travel to Africa

A local teacher and two of her former students will travel to Africa from Aug. 8 to 22 to provide services to villagers in Tanzania.

Nancy Wiley, a New Vision Health Careers Exploration instructor for the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, and two former students from Queensbury, Brittany Leonka and Mike Rolleston, will travel with Team Rafiki , a group working with the African Reflections Foundation.

Leonka, a sophomore at Hartwick College, will teach the villagers basic first aid using local resources. Rolleston, a sophomore at Clarkson University, will help administer fluoride treatments to 900 Tanzanian children. Wiley will be involved with projects to help school-aged children.

The trip will be Wiley's fourth and the students' first.