Freedom Shores Elementary School students are simulating life conditions of the world’s poorest children and women, especially from East Asia, to teach them what these people go through every day.
The school, 3400 Hypoluxo Road, has organized a March-a-thon all day starting about 8 a.m. on March 26 to give the students a glimpse into poverty in the world.
The walk is supposed to show the students how each day people from the area struggle just to get water.
During the walk, students will take turns carrying jugs filled with water around the school’s front parking lot to raise funds to be donated to East Asia’s poorest areas.
Rosilis Cuevas, guidance counselor at the school and organizer of the walk, said she watched the "Oprah" show last year and that the walk is part of the O Ambassadors program, a joint project of Oprah's Angel Network and Kids Can Free The Children.
The school-based program is part of the curriculum developed to inspire youth all over North America to become active, compassionate and knowledgeable global citizens.
“Money raised will depend on how many miles or laps the students walk,” she said.
Residents can sponsor a student by pledging money for each lap they walk or make a flat donation to this entire walk.

For information on the program, visit www.oambassadors.org.

To reach the school, call 561-804-3100.
Read more about this story in the March 25 issue of the Boynton Forum.

Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.