Two students' projects in two countries

NORTH LIMA — A young nursing student in the center of battle weary Africa can rest a little easier, maybe, knowing much of her tuition has been covered.

In Jamaica, dozens of children can play basketball on a new court and swing   on new swing sets.

Here in the states, Danielle Downie and Anna Couchenour can easily explain why they feel connected to those places — and how it occurred to them to devote   their required high school senior projects to people living so far away from rural Ohio.

“You start thinking about your senior project when you’re a freshman,”   Danielle, of Green Township, said. “You think about what other kids have done and what you could do. Anna and I looked at it as an opportunity to do something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time anyway. Something good that   maybe could make an impact on someone else.”

Read about their projects in Sunday's Vindicator and Vindy.com