The EDGE Project has always been strong in its values of
sustainability, integrity, and effectiveness. However, our work over this past
summer, especially the Quench Lingira project, made us question whether or not
we were following those values. But while we may not have changed Lingira to
the extent we once wanted, we believe we have done a great deal to change our
members into responsible global citizens. With this in mind, we decided that
our focus must shift to a more objective style of learning to provide more
timeless lessons.
Thus, after months of careful deliberation, we will be moving
on from the EDGE Project. We are building on the valuable lessons we have
learned after four summers of travelling to create a new organization, Tawi UW.
Tawi will allow us to escape from some of the moral dilemmas involved in volunteering
abroad, and instead direct our attention to learning and growing as
individuals. We hope to provide faculty lectures and discourse on global issues
throughout the year, and offer the opportunity for students to partake in
self-led field studies abroad during the summer.
We would like to thank you for your support of the EDGE
Project over the past five years. We have poured our hearts and souls into this
organization, and we are saddened that its time has come. Yet we remain hopeful
that Tawi will prove to be a wiser, more responsible organization that will
provide students with a unique experience abroad and at home. We hope you will
keep in touch and learn more about our new organization!
Our new webpage can be found here: http://tawiuw.blogspot.com
Our new email: tawi.uw@gmail.com
