Travel With a PurposeLeave Your Mark on the WorldGlobal Service Corps (GSC), a non-profit project of the internationally respected Earth Island Institute founded and headed by the noted environmentalist David Brower, will offer up to 75 Americans a travel adventure this fall and winter that's different from anything they've experienced before. These adventurers will travel with Global Service Corps to Costa Rica, Kenya or Thailand to live and work with the people of those countries, experiencing their culture at first hand and contributing importantly to their development. Costa RicaIn Costa Rica, from November 5 through 21, and also during January and February, GSC travelers will support the efforts of community groups and local organizations that are conserving the environment, educating the community and practicing sustainable development. These travelers will assist on projects including rainforest conservation, sea turtle protection and sustainable agriculture. KenyaIn Kenya, from November 23 through December 19, and again from January 11 through February 6, GSC participants will assist in the fight against HIV/AIDS by using education, the single most effective weapon available in Africa, to combat it. They'll work alongside members of local community organizations, offering awareness talks and collaborating in other ways with local health care workers. From February 7 - March 5, other GSC participants will first learn and then teach the skills of bio-intensive agriculture, assisting Kenyans in growing healthy grains and vegetables utilizing this appropriate organic gardening technology. ThailandIn Thailand, from November 4 through 26, and also during December, January and February, GSC travelers will contribute by leading classes in conversational English for Thai school children, or in some cases, novice Buddhist monks and nuns; working with teachers in media methodology, special education, or classroom presentation skills; and assisting staff at local rural health clinics with HIV/AIDS and other health education work. GSC places dedicated Americans in these two to four week programs that are important to the countries' development. Programs that allow the participants to contribute while they enjoy a totally different travel experience. Programs that they will recall with immense pleasure, long after ordinary travel has been forgotten. All project trips are led by experienced in-country coordinators and each is valuable, memorable and utterly distinctive. Extensions of two months or more are available for all programs, and academic credit up to 12 hours per semester is available to college students. Space in each is limited and reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Make sure you get a chance to participate. Call, write, fax or visit our website today for all the information you need. Global Service Corps, a unique San Francisco-based agency has been offering venturesome American travelers the opportunity for true intercultural experience overseas since 1993. In that time, over 350 have taken advantage of this fulfilling service-learning travel experience. Global Service Corps Edited by Dave Shultz |
|
TM