Monday, June 7, 2010

At age 15, Portland student Christina Schmidt has already helped build a school in Cambodia

Christina Schmidt works on a school project for her social studies and English class. After wrapping up her freshman year of high school this month, Schmidt will travel to Guatemala with her family to help build a house through Habitat for Humanity. (Arkasha Stevenson/The Oregonian)
June 06, 2010
By Carolina Hidalgo
The OregonLive.com

On a tidy shelf in a bright turquoise bedroom in Southwest Portland sits a framed certificate from the Cambodian Ministry of Education. It is written in Khmer, the official language of the Southeast Asian nation, except for a name: Christina Schmidt.
The document, essentially a fancy thank-you note, was presented to the 15-year-old last winter in a tiny village about a day's drive northwest of Phnom Penh after she helped raise more than $16,000 to build a secondary school in the impoverished country.
"I feel like it's part of my duty to give back and to help others who aren't as lucky as I've been," Schmidt said.
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