Traveling Mercies in Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti and Mexico

Date/Time:	Monday, 04 Oct 2010 at 8:00 pm
Location:	Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cost:	Free
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Phone:	515-294-9934
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"Roads to Activism: Traveling Mercies in Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti and Mexico," Aldo Magazzeni. Magazzeni organizes volunteer community service projects around the world through his nonprofit organization Traveling Mercies. Though seemingly isolated, his efforts have a far-reaching impact for the people they serve. Part of the World Affairs Series.

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Traveling Mercies partners with such groups as Rotary, the Salvation Army, Voices of Women and local churches to plan, fund, and implement its projects. Internationally, his work has included the installation of a well in Eldoret, Kenya, for the care of street children; water systems, day care centers and safe shelters for women and children in the Herat Province of Afghanistan; and the installation of water catchments for the school buildings at the Tashirat Orphanage in Tepoztlan, Mexico.

Born in Italy and raised in Philadelphia, Aldo Magazzeni is a graduate of Penn State University.