| Subject: Re: Let's Help Africa - Volunteers Needed |
Author:
Mary Nell Smith
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Date Posted: 18:28:01 01/16/04 Fri
In reply to:
Frednand Fredrick
's message, "Re: Let's Help Africa - Volunteers Needed" on 21:07:09 11/26/03 Wed
>>Volunteers needed in Africa (Malawi & Angola &
>>Tanzania)
>>
>>Social Work with Street children
>>
>>Build Schools and Clinics
>>
>>Teach agriculture, carpentry and literacy
>>
>>Environmental Projects
>>
>>Prevent Spreading of HIV/AIDS
>>
>>6 months training in Denmark, required
>>
>>6-12 months work in the project in Africa
>>
>>2 months information and evaluation work
>>
>>Boarding exp. Start 1.2 & 1.5 & 1.8 & 1.11
>>
>>Travelling Folk High School
>>Phone: 0045 64813215
>>www.drhbogense.dk
>>e-mail: drh@post3.tele.dk
>>
>>The International HUMANA People to People movement is
>>currently running
>>over 150 projects in Africa, Central America and Asia,
>>involving more
>>than 500.000 people.
>>
>>Since the very foundation of Humana People to People,
>>the Development
>>Instructor Program has played an important role in the
>>development of
>>the movement. More than 4,000 Development Instructors
>>have implemented
>>the work over the last 23 years.
>>
>>The Development Instructor is a person who believes in
>>the fact that
>>individuals can make a difference - if they join hands
>>in their endeavour
>>to fulfil their dreams.
>>
>>As the world develops and mankind is able to go into
>>the far corners of
>>space to search for extraterrestrial life, our dreams
>>of making the
>>Earth a prosperous and a better place for all of its
>>creatures could very
>>well be a goal within reach. However there is still a
>>long way to go.
>>
>>Looking at the world today, we find the gap between
>>rich and poor
>>widening, hundreds of millions of people are still
>>living under unworthy and
>>inhuman conditions, human rights are being roughly
>>neglected in some
>>places of the world.
>>
>>In order to contribute to the improvement of the
>>conditions in the
>>developing countries – it is important to unite the
>>efforts - to take
>>action.
>>
>>An organized and united effort is needed, because by
>>acting alone, you
>>might only be seen as a drop in the ocean, whereas
>>acting united and
>>with a common goal, can have an effect and a
>>substantial influence.
>>
>>Every achievement counts, because it sets the example
>>for others to do
>>the same.
>>
>>The Development Instructor is typically a young and
>>grown up person
>>living in a country belonging to the developed part of
>>the world, who
>>wants to participate in the efforts to improve the
>>living conditions for
>>people in the poor part of the world.
>>
>>His most important qualification is his will to place
>>himself shoulder
>>by shoulder with the people in need, concentrating all
>>efforts to carry
>>out actions to improve the situation where it is most
>>needed. He
>>embodies through his own person the significance of
>>"People to People".
>>
>>
>>
>>The Development Instructors are trained at one of 12
>>schools in
>>Denmark, England, Norway, South Africa or USA before
>>working on a development
>>project.
>>
>>
>>
>>A typical program looks like this:
>>
>>6 months intensive training at The Travelling Folk
>>High School in
>>Bogense - Denmark
>>
>>6-12 months of volunteer work at a HUMANA project in
>>Angola, Malawi.
>>
>>2 months Follow Up Period – where information is
>>spread in the Europe
>>about the current situation in Developing countries.
>>
>>The Development Instructors will work within one of
>>the following
>>areas:
>>
>>
>>
>>Social work with Street Children / AIDS Orphans
>>
>>- Teaching street children reading, writing,
>>carpentry and
>>masonry.
>>
>>- Find foster care families to AIDS orphans.
>>
>>- Start up sport, scout and culture clubs.
>>
>>- Build street children schools.
>>
>>
>>
>>Teach in Teacher Training Colleges
>>- Teach business, health and management
>>skills.
>>
>>- Give computer courses.
>>
>>- Organize College Students to build primary
>>schools in rural
>>areas.
>>
>>- Encourage coming teachers to start up local
>>productions at
>>primary schools to raise money for educational
>>materials.
>>
>>
>>
>>Fight the spread of HIV / AIDS in a HOPE or TCE
>>Project
>>- Teach in village schools and train peer
>>educators.
>>
>>- Teach in villages and working places.
>>
>>- Encourage people to take a HIV test.
>>
>>- Make condoms available “everywhere”.
>>
>>- Start up productions of fruits and
>>vegetables to improve
>>nutrition and the immunity system.
>>
>>- Start Anti AIDS Clubs – Teachers Against
>>AIDS, Mine workers
>>against AIDS.
>>
>>
>>
>>Helping poor families get out of poverty
>>- Build latrines, wells and water cleaning
>>systems.
>>
>>- Teach how to prevent malaria, diarrhoea,
>>cholera and the
>>importance of vaccinations.
>>
>>- Start local productions of tomatoes,
>>baskets, chicken, eggs
>>or bricks.
>>
>>- Teach women how to read and write and start
>>small businesses.
>>
>>- Selling Second Hand Clothes to raise money
>>for construction
>>of local clinics and schools.
I'm a 49 year-old licensed masters social worker who wants to volunteer to help where I'm needed in Africa. I am between jobs, and I've felt a missionary calling since I was 10 years-old. Please call or e-mail if you need my services. I don't have money, but I do have Christ!
Sincerely,
Mary "Nell" Smith
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