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Great
Causes for Africa Communities
Around the World Seek Caring
Volunteers No
special skills are required to
participate on a Global
Volunteers
service
program. Volunteers pay a
tax-deductible program fee
ranging
from
$750
for one-week in the continental
United States to $1,470- $2650
for two-
and
three-week international
programs. The fee covers all
meals,
lodging
and
project expenses; airfare is
extra. All project-related
costs,
including
airfare, are tax-deductible for
U.S. taxpayers. Call
800-487-1074
or
dial http://www.globalvolunteers.org
for
details.
(Discounts available for internet
use, students, groups.)
The
following
communities seek volunteers in
early 2006: Lean
about Smile Africa and the Computer
Recycling Society Field
Trip
Earth.
Support "Field Trip Earth." petition
drive being led by the American Zoo and
Aquarium Association (AZA). Volunteers,
Interns What
is Free the
Children?
"Free the Children is an international
network of children helping children
through representation, leadership and
action." Free the Children has two main
purposes: To free children from poverty,
exploitation and abuse. Free the Children
is dedicated to eliminating the
exploitation of children around the world,
by encouraging youth to volunteer in, as
well as to create programs and activities
that relieve the plight of underprivileged
children. To give children a voice,
leadership training, and opportunities to
take action on issues which affect them
from a local to an international level.
More-> Farmers
in Mali celebrate biodiversity
with a seed fair This past
November, USC's country office in
Mali &endash; USC Afrique de
l'Ouest &endash; organized a seed
caravan and seed fair. About 130
farmers from 68 villages around
Mopti and Douentza in central
Mali joined a five-day caravan to
travel about 200km to a seed fair
in the village of Douentza. They
exhibited a range of cultivated
and uncultivated plant samples at
the fair. The fair gave Malian
farmers and USC a chance to
celebrate farmers' ingenuity and
the crop diversity fundamental to
a stable food supply system. Ghana:
Help construct a school, teach English or
assist on health
projects
in
seacoast or inland villages in this
fascinating West African
culture.
(Two-week
option available.) Jan. 7-28, Jan. 28-Feb.
18, Feb. 25-March
18.
$2,450. Tanzania:
Help build and repair school buildings or
teach English and
other
subjects and experience genuine village
culture. Jan. 15-Feb. 3,
Feb.
5-24,
March 19-April 7. $2,385. Bushcamp
Company - Mfuwe Lodge School Project:
In
1999, The Bushcamp Company and Mfuwe
Trails set up a project whose aim is to
become involved with the local communities
and to help these communities by
supporting education and providing
much-needed help to local schools. As its
main projects, they chose to help two
schools, namely Chiwawatala Primary School
in the main Mfuwe area and Chilongozi
School, which is in remote area close to
their bushcamps. Continued.
(Photos) There
is an urgent need for medical
practitioners with surgical skills in
Africa. As a surgical organization CNIS
not only wants to improve access to
surgical care, but also wants to reduce
the need for surgery. The CNIS is a
'learning organization' and support
increasing the knowledge and skill base of
our African partners. We learned of the
good works this group of dedicated doctors
is doing, and will be featuring them in
our magazine and on line The
Africa
Group Miracle
Corners of the
World. Project
Namuwongo Zone B Doctors
Without Borders aids the suffering A
Canadian, Dr. James Orbiski, is currently
president of the MSF International
Council, which has its headquarters in
Brussels, Belgium. The organization has a
threefold mission. First, it supplies
emergency relief in place where medical
infrastructure does not exist or is unable
to cope with the crisis. Second, it
conducts medical research, mass
vaccination and other public health
programs in developing countries. Third,
it serves as the voice of the afflicted,
speaking out about the plight of the
people it helps. MSF's
operating principle is to provide help to
all who need it regardless of race
religion, politics or gender. Fulfilling
that pledge require a measure of sturdy
independence. This is why MSF seeks
donations from international agencies,
private foundations and the general
public. Since 1991, MSF volunteers have
served in Rwanda, Bosnia, Afghanistan,
Cambodia, Liberia, Angola, Sudan, Sri
Lanka, Colombia and elsewhere. They have
responded to human-caused and natural
disasters-everything from shooting wars
and the collapse of civil order to
epidemics, famines and floods. The Kosovo
crisis brought the organization into
action again. To volunteer for service,
make a donation or learn more about the
work of MSF,
E-mail:msfcan@passport.ca. We
welcome your support for the following
great causes which focus on Africans
including Free
The
Children. Visionaries
( TV Series) www.visionaries.org Many other
great causes are profiled including:
Christian Solidarity International,
S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save the Tiger,
M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM World Neighbors, Boys
Hope Girls Hope, On Lok, Catholic
Charities, WHOI, Foundation for a Civil
Society, Water for People, American
Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould
Farm, The Caring Institute, Non profits'
Insurance Alliance of California,
Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak
Hill, Childreach, Freedom from Hunger,
Accion, Christian Appalchian Project,
Coral Reef Alliance, Volunteers of
America, Hadassah, PACT, AmeriCares,
American Liver Foundation, Refugees
International, Human Service, Alliance,
Salesian Fathers Christian Relief
Services, AirServ, Alger Foundation, The
PMC, Group B Strep Association, Maryknoll
Sisters, Casas Por Cristo. Water
Can/ Eau Vive:
Another
lady we met while in Ethiopia, who is
doing great things for villagers in
various parts of Africa, is Christina
Lubbock of Ottawa. Ms. Lubbock is part of
a Canadian Government project to provide
much needed sources of drinking water. A
full story on their efforts is underway,
but in the meantime, if you are interested
in supporting this great cause, her e-mail
is: clubbock@watercan.com Helping
Hand for Cote d'Ivoire
Villagers: About
Cross-Cultural
Solutions Congratulations
to Mighty Jambo Acrobats
About
Cross-Cultural
Solutions Congratulations
to Mighty Jambo Acrobats
More
about Visionaries What
is Free the Children? Free the Children
believes that all children have the right to full
intellectual, physical, emotional and social
development. Included in these basic human rights
are the right and the responsibility to participate
in finding solutions to problems affecting them and
other children around the world. About
Free the Children Youth 18 and over
act as mentors or chaperones and help with
administration and leadership development. Most of
the work of Free the Children takes place on a
local level among children who have formed groups
in their schools, neighborhoods, religious Children
make decisions regarding projects they undertake
and organize the actions themselves. Other
children's groups run by children with similar
goals are also welcome under the umbrella of Free
the Children Children are linked through national
teams and an international secretariat. A children's Board
of Directors makes decisions regarding the policy
and direction of the movement. The Adult Board of
Directors includes a lawyer and an accountant who
handle legal contracts for projects, government
reports and finances. Is
Free the Children a registered charity? Who
handles Free the Children finances? How
much of the money raised by FTC actually goes to
projects? Children have to go
to school during the day. Who runs Free the
Children's office during the day and how are they
paid? Free the Children has grown so big that it
needs full time people in the office to answer
telephones, and help with administration while
children are in school. Free the Children
is very particular about the adults who work for
them. Such adults must understand that FTC is a
children's organization run by children for
children and not run by adults for children. Adults
work as secretaries, as administrators or as
facilitators only. They do not make policy
decisions or speak on behalf of the organization.
How does Free the
Children raise money for its projects? Young people
raise money from fundraising activities, such as
walk-a-thons or rock-a-thons, bake sales, raffles,
selling their toys, doing odd jobs and services,
organizing concerts, plays, collecting pop bottles,
donating their Bar Mitzvah money or Birthday money
etc. Free the Children
receives donations from adult donors for projects
and sometimes for administration. Craig Kielburger
helps to finance the organization. All of the money
which he has raised over the past four years from
speeches, awards, including scholarship money and
any personal royalties from his book, he has given
to Free the Children. Free the Children is now
applying for grants for projects. Rwanda
Hope Program Animal
Advocates
www.animaladvocates.com Sample topics in
the series: Pathfinder
Village: Shifting the lives of people with Down
Syndrome from fenced-in institutions into the
general community, allowing them full and complete
participation in society. (more on the Visionaries
web site). Outreach
International: In October 1998, Hurricane Mitch
wreaked unprecedented havoc in the country of
Nicaragua. Homes were destroyed, crops were lost
and thousands were killed. While many families
huddled in their cramped homes praying for
salvation, the small mountain town of Santa Lucia
mobilized to protect their families and their
community.(more on the Visionaries web
site). Many other great
causes are profiled including: Christian Solidarity
International, S.C.A., Yemin Order, Save the Tiger,
M.S.H., TBIN, AFCM World Neighbors, Boys Hope Girls
Hope, On Lok, Catholic Charities, WHOI, Foundation
for a Civil Society, Water for People, American
Friends Service Committee, S.E.A., Gould Farm, The
Caring Institute, Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of
California, Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak
Hill, Childreach, Freedom from Hunger, Accion,
Christian Appalchian Project, Coral Reef Alliance,
Volunteers of America, Hadassah, PACT, AmeriCares,
American Liver Foundation, Refugees International,
Human Service, Alliance, Salesian Fathers Christian
Relief Services, AirServ, Alger Foundation, The
PMC, Group B Strep Association, Maryknoll Sisters,
Casas Por Cristo. The Visionaries,
Inc. (781) 356-6804 Tours
to Nepal: www.wisdomtours.org Vancouver
Multicultural Society Mission
statement 2. to provide
support services to members and other cultural
groups that endorse our mandate 3. to foster
greater understanding of human rights and
anti-racism 4. to contribute
to policy analysis and evaluation in order to lobby
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