Updated Aug. 20 with follow-up conversation: On Monday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh spoke with 漏 2024 外网天堂 education reporter Ryan Delaney upon his return from travels in Africa, where he caught up with some fellow St. Louisans.
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Original story from Aug. 10:
On Friday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked briefly with 漏 2024 外网天堂 education reporter Ryan Delaney, who is currently traveling in Uganda after spending time in Kenya and Rwanda.
While in Kenya, who are back in their home country on a service project.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been quite the homecoming and reunion for them,鈥� Delaney said over the phone from Africa.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to get to see their families early next week and over this weekend,鈥� the reporter explained, adding that for some of the teens it鈥檚 their first time back to Kenya. 鈥淏ut these are kids who count themselves incredibly lucky that their families won green cards through a very competitive lottery system to move to the United States, and they鈥檙e going through a mentorship program with some older African and Kenyan immigrants in the St. Louis area.鈥�
Delaney said the service trip 鈥渨as all their idea鈥� and that they have helped build two new classrooms at a school in central Kenya during their visit as well as donated many supplies and renovated a small hospital in the southwestern region of the country.
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