money to build wells in Africa. When she learned that other children had no clean
, Rachel was shocked. So she asked her parents to
holding her birthday party. In place of
, she asked her friends to
$9 each to the project in Africa.
Rachel’s ninth birthday was on June 12, and she had
a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300.
, Rachel was able to raise only $220 — which had left her just a bit
.
On July 20, Rachel was
injured in a traffic accident. That was a terrible shock to her friends, who wanted to find some way of showing
. They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations
her $300 goal quickly, and kept rising.
When it was
that Rachel would never recover, her parents donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love, and her organs (器官) to other children.
Word
about Rachel’s story. More
was being raised. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000.
others, I was also moved and donated. Until now more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world,
donations from Africans moved by the little American girl who
their continent.
41.A. uses
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