Ryan and Jimmy is the inspiring story of a Canadian boy who raises money to provide safe drinking water in Uganda, Africa. Ryan is in Grade One and saves money from doing chores to send to WaterCan. A newspaper story about Ryan’s plan encourages people help him raise $2,000 in 1999 for a well in a Ugandan village. By the time Ryan is in Grade 3 he has a Ugandan pen pal, an orphaned boy his age called Jimmy.
Ryan and his family are invited to travel to the village, and when Ryan arrives African people are lined up on either side of a road to greet him. They are clapping and calling his name as he walks alone to meet Jimmy and to see the well. The two boys become great friends before Ryan must return to Canada. These days, Ryan is a teenager who travels the world to raise money, and Jimmy, whose life was endangered by rebels, now lives permanently with Ryan’s family in Ontario and works with him to spread the word about the need for clean water in Africa.
Ryan and his family are invited to travel to the village, and when Ryan arrives African people are lined up on either side of a road to greet him. They are clapping and calling his name as he walks alone to meet Jimmy and to see the well. The two boys become great friends before Ryan must return to Canada. These days, Ryan is a teenager who travels the world to raise money, and Jimmy, whose life was endangered by rebels, now lives permanently with Ryan’s family in Ontario and works with him to spread the word about the need for clean water in Africa.
Kind of an unfortunate cover, in my humble opinion. Martha read this one too- let us know what you think.
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