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Pit Talk

Selling sunglasses to help students in Peru

Imagine no desks or chairs in a classroom with broken windows.

Children of a school in Huama, Peru, experience these conditions daily. To improve the situation, senior Ben Flitter is selling sunglasses on campus.  

Not part of an on-campus organization, he works with the GO Campaign, a non-governmental organization.

"It looks at smaller grassroots projects that the bigger ones like Red Cross overlook," Flitter said.

Flitter plans on giving all of the  proceeds from the sunglasses to the Huama community during a trip to climb a 19,348 foot peak in the Peruvian Andes this December.

At only $5 a pair, the retro glasses have black rims with “Tarheel” written on their blue sides.  

You can find Flitter in the Pit on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:20 p.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment.

“By any request, I’ll meet anyone anywhere,” Flitter said. He also encouraged students to join the Facebook group “Mt. Cotopaxi Climb for Peruvian Children."
 

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