Thursday, January 27, 2005

volunteering

Interesting new means to help people.
What would you be prepared to do among the following suggstions from the teachers' letter?
COMMUNITIES AND NEEDS:
(Note: These are fictional scenarios inspired by real-life situations.)
-talented Ukrainian young adult hockey teams need skates, other equipment, training and advice on competing internationally
-South African children's AIDS home needs art supplies, volunteers and pen pals
-Jordanian farmers request help starting a craft market
-Colombian medical personnel seek professional advice on how to start a drug rehabilitation program
-former child soldiers in Uganda require funds and training to develop a community-building program featuring an online radio station
-Vietnamese mothers need advice to solicit the government to pass a stricter helmet law
-Armenian village asks for help marketing and advertising its traditional rug designs
-Pakistani and Indian educators would like counsel on how to establish and run a summer camp that unites Muslim and Hindu youth
-American soldiers in Iraq would like to create a virtual network so they can communicate with Iraqi and other Middle Eastern civilians

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