Moorestown Talent Show To Benefit Students In World's Poorest Country

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown High School students are aiding students at a school in the poorest country in the world.

Proceeds from Moorestown High School’s second annual Talent Show will benefit all four classes at the high school, as well as Mercy High School in Malawi, Africa, the school district said on Thursday. The show is set for April 26.

Located in southern Malawi, Mercy High School is one of five programs run by MercyCare Malawi, whose mission and focus is to "Transform Lives Through Education."

Since Peter Gamula founded the school in 2010, it has gone from teaching 35 students in one rented classroom to teaching over 450 students in five classrooms on its nine-acre campus.

Gamula will be in Moorestown from March 16 to April 4, and he will receive a monetary donation from the high school at the Board of Education’s meeting on March 21 at the William Allen Middle School, 7 p.m.

The money was raised during the Homecoming Spirit Week events in the fall, and the student body decided to again donate some of the proceeds from the Talent Show to Mercy High School.

As this school is in need of many supplies, the Moorestown High School donation will be used to provide a year’s worth of internet service, a flat screen monitor, a wireless router, and a webcam.

Eventually, these advancements will allow Moorestown and Mercy high schools to connect via Skype and share cultural similarities and differences.

This will give students in both schools a better understanding of what life is like beyond their communities.
Money will be raised through ticket and concession sales at the upcoming talent show event, all of which is planned in coordination with Faculty Class Advisor Lisa Trapani.

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