Teach A Child

April 21, 2017

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Lebanon’s Cedar of Hope

The Many Faces of Hope

Art Icon Romero Britto and TEACH A CHILD


Today is a very special day as Chairman of
the Anthony R. Abraham Foundation, I have
the opportunity to reHlect and share with you
the importance that the Anthony R. Abraham
Foundation puts on supporting those
institutions that embrace our mission. Teach
A CHILD, is a non-proHit organization that
provides Hinancial support to children across
Lebanon to help them enroll in public schools,
regardless of their gender, religion, location
or performance. The aim of Teacher Child, is
to fund all the children of families in need of
paying for education.

We are so proud to have the opportunity to facilitate a special visit by legendary
International Pop Artist Romero Britto who visited a school supported by TEACH A
CHILD. Zeina El Khalil, President and a co-founder of Teach a Child had made the
arrangements for us to spend the morning with over 60 children who had an opportunity

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to see a video of Romero’s life and then were treated to the ultimate historic experience,
painting with Romero.


Since becoming a mother Zeina became passionate and
active in the Hield of education. The Anthony R. Abraham
Foundation’s Mission is to Love, Honor, Respect, and
Empower the Lives of the Suffering, Hopeless, and
Forgotten and when we had the opportunity to explore
what Zeina and her board had created we knew that they
were truly impacting the lives of those who have been
forgotten and/or do not have the Hinancial means to get a
proper education.

Today we were embraced by children from all different
backgrounds who had an opportunity to showcase their
talents and collaborate with their classmates, some individually designed their own
artwork based on their interpretation of Romero Britto’s art while others utilize the
drawings that Romero had created on the canvases for them to Brittolize with their own
colors.

What was really inspiring was how
each student was totally immersed into
creating their own masterpiece, they
worked so hard in mixing the colors adding
their own designs and utilizing their hands,
Hingers and paintbrushes in creating their
masterpiece. While all this was going on
Romero walked from one canvas to the
other encouraging and participating in the
painting process.

We always talk about how one experience in our lives can change the course and
the direction we head, which can change the essence of our future. The bolt of
enlightenment that strikes us does not have to be complicated, it could just be a quote in a
book we read, a movie we saw, a walk in the forest or inspiring words from our teacher,
friend, family member etc.

Today I believe Romero and the students both were enriched by the experience of
working together in utilizing the various pallets of color to bring about a sense of
accomplishment. I know that Mr. Britto and I truly walked away with a sense of
enlightenment and joy participating with the students and staff in creating long-lasting
memories of joy and happiness Hilled with the colors of love, hope, compassion and a
touch of creativity.


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Teach A Child, thanks to its leadership and
board members have opened up another door
of possibilities for these students who are
looking for a brighter future. We truly left this

day with a greater appreciation of the work that TEACH A CHILD does and are so pleased
we had the opportunity to visit with Zeina, board members, staff and the enrichment of
working with the students.
Teach A Child experience provided us with the gifts of humility and appreciation
and the knowledge that our visit was enriched by our experience shared with the
students and our wonderment of the joy they received in playing with the colors of life in
the creation of one heartfelt moment in time and with the knowledge that individuals can
make a difference in the lives of those enriched by God’s blessing to humanity.

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We want to again thank the whole TEACH A CHILD organization for allowing us the
opportunity to be enriched by the true meaning of Empathy, Compassion and Love.


GodSpeed!

Thomas G. Abraham

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