!*RAINFOREST Eco-Projs: Brazil & Africa [Work-Study]

[Marpessa Kupendua]

)Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 01:17:12 -0700
)From: CR Washington <c...@LOOP.COM>
)Subject: Plz Post> RAINFOREST Eco-Projs: Brazil & Africa [Work-Study]
)To: Multiple recipients of list AFRICA-L
) <AFRI...@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
)
)Please Post: Volunteers & Project Directors Sought
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)
)Hi,
)
)Thanks so much in advance if you will post the information below. Would
)greatly appreciate your help.
)
) Best regards,
)
) LaVerne &
) Cecil
)
) o...@igc.apc.org
)
)_________________________________________________________________________
)
)Africa & Brazil: Info & Apps Now Available On-Line
)
)RE: Summer '97 Positions Available / Application Now Open
)
)1] Project D i r e c t o r s / Group Leaders (details below), and
)
)2] V o l u n t e e r s / Participants (applications available ON-LINE)
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)Operation Crossroads: Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary
)_______________________________________________________________
)
)P r o j e c t H u m a n i t y
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)[I N T'L S T U D I E S] [W O R K-T R A V E L] [I N T E R N S H I P S]
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)Ecology & Environment..Traditional Medicine..Oral History..Folklore
)Primary Care..Archaeology..Community Dev..Reforestation..Media
)Distance Learning..Art..Ethnomusicology..Public Health..Construction
)Wildlife..Humanities..Computer Literacy..Agriculture/Farming
)Teaching/Tutoring..Business Dev..African/Brazilian Language Study
)Youth Programs..Recreation..Traditional Religion..Anthropology
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)
)For a special UPDATE on the Computer Literacy/Distance Learning Prog in
) Ghana, plz send E-Mail with "Ghana<=>Distance Learning UPDATE"
) in the Subject field to:
)
) "Ghana: Distance Learning UPDATE" <c...@loop.com>
)
) Porject Directed by Dr. Osei Darkwa
) Faculty-Univ. of Ill-Chicago
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) B r a z i l i a n R a i n F o r e s t P r o j e c t s
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) B A H I A
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)One of the sites under consideration is the Mata Atlantica (Coastal Forest)
)area in the Southern Cone of the State of Bahia. This is a place where local
)poor communities are struggling to gain access to land via articulated
)political effort. There are over a dozen officialy recognized Land Reform
)Settlemnts in this region, and the former landless peasants are willing now
)to bring up efforts to save the remnants of this unique patch of
)rich-biodiversity-holding forest, as well as to secure their access to land
)by changing the situation of Land Tenure in that area.
)
)We have been recently contacted by leaders of these communities seeking help
)with the various projects they deem vital. These projects will include
)programs on Reforestation, Youth Development, Education and Training, as
)well as Ecological Projects.
)
) [Edmundo Freitas Lopes-Doctoral Researcher/Project Developer]
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)C O U N T R I E S: Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Eritrea, Ivory Coast,
)Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and
)Brazil (in South America). Additional countries to be announced
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) A N N O U N C E M E N T
)
) C E L E B R A T I N G C U L T U R E A N D H I S T O R Y
) ______________________________________________________________________
)
) GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS : A f r i c a & B r a z i l
)
) * This year's theme: "Africa & Brazil, marching into the 21st Century"
)
) * New projects are planned for Brazil
)
) Summer 1997
)
) Living/Working/Traveling
) Internships/Field Work/Group Projects
) Independent Study
)
) The Forgotten Human Side
)
)Receiving On-Line Brochure & Application
)
)H o w t o g e t V o l u n t e e r I n f o b y E - M a i l :
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) 1] include your full street address, in case our
) equipment malfunctions
)
) 2] E-Mail your request to <<B O T H>> addresses:
)
) => "[Brochure\Application]" <c...@loop.com> <=
) => "(Summer Prog: Africa\Brazil)" <o...@igc.apc.org> <=
)
) Include "V O L U N T E E R" in the Subject field
)
) ...or contact our office directly
) by letter or phone
)
)A L L A R E W E L C O M E
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)-Since 1957, 10,000 Crossroads participants (students, professionals,
) persons with skills, persons of goodwill..and others) representing
) over 500 universities, colleges, organizations, etc., have come
) to work together for a better world
)
)-Students usually arrange with their schools to receive credit for their
) summer experience (typically 7 to 15 units)
)
)-Cited by President Kennedy for providing the example that "inspired" the
) creation of the Peace Corps, and on which the Peace Corps was
) modeled
)
)APPLICATION DEADLINE: Due now & during the coming weeks->cut off has not
) yet been announced
)
) Late applications **WILL** be accepted
) but only as space and time permit
)
) => It's important to submit the application ASAP & to
) reserve a place
)
) Crossroads assists Volunteers in raising funds
) for their travel/living expenses
)
)PROGRAM DATES: End of June/early July through mid-August
) (approx dates)
)
)ORIENTATION: There will be a several-day Orientation in New
) York prior to leaving. The program starts from
) & ends in New York
)
)-This is an INTENSE living, work and learning experience at the grassroots
) level in Africa & Brazil where some of the modern conveniences taken
) for granted in Western countries, will not be present
)
)-Crossroads Volunteers go to Africa & Brazil NOT to impose their own
) Western values, but to seek comprehension of counterpart
) values; they are challenged to adjust to local ways of doing many
) things
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)H o w T o A p p l y F o r a Project Director/Leader Position
)
)Project D I R E C T O R S / Group L E A D E R S go thru a separate
) application process with earlier deadlines (min. age, 26 - with
) relevant expertise, experience directing group projects, living
) and/or travel experience in Africa or similar setting), experience
) with multi-racial/multi-ethnic groups.
)
) To receive the application and job description, snail mail us,
) or send an E-Mail request to <BOTH>:
)
) "Proj Dir\Info" <o...@igc.apc.org>,
) "Proj Dir\Packet" <c...@loop.com>
)
) 1) with a brief description of your interests & background
)
) [send us your snailmail address, phone & E-Mail]
)
) 2) include "L E A D E R" in the Subject field
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)
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)
) LaVerne Brown - Executive Offices
)
) Cecil R. Washington, Jr. - Consultant
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) "...You will experience Africa from the inside out..
) ...This is NOT an African tour."
)
) - Cynthia Archie, Alumna -
) Former Peace Corp Country Director
) [Now with the State Department/Foreign Service]
)
)William Paris,Jr/Current Pana Corp
)117 W.Harrison Bldg,Ste C-637;Chicago,IL 60605-1709
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