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SCIO, Ore. (WTW) — Christmas has come and gone here, but it will arrive in a few weeks for 460 schoolchildren in Buedu, Sierra Leone, Africa.
And Santa Claus is going to arrive by jumbo jet in the form of Rheanna McDaniel, a blond, blue-eyed 11-year-old, supported unselfishly by this mid-valley community of 800.
Rheanna learned a year ago from family friend Fiona Kiker that the children needed uniforms so their school could be recognized by the African nation's government and receive financial assistance. Kiker assists the Andando Foundation, which supports the school and other humanitarian projects in Africa.
"I threw myself on the couch and said I wanted to do it," the Scio Middle School sixth-grader said.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/usatoday/article/38233855?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNews%7Cp
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