Other Articles in this Category
Most Viewed Stories
Most Commented Stories
Most Recommended Stories
Save & Share this Article
Teacher, former students travel to Africa
Comments 0 | Recommend 0A 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.
See archived 'Local News' stories »
We want our site to be a place where people discuss and debate ideas that foster stronger communities. We built this for you. Please take care of it. Tolerate broad thinking, but take action against obscene or hateful material. Make it a credible and safe place worth preserving and sharing.
