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Apply now for 2008 Volunteer Summer: Go to Uganda, Honduras, Ghana, India, or Nicaragua

Username By Joshua | January 1st, 2008 | Comments 4 Comments »

AJWS Volunteer Summer applications are due February 1. This is one of numerous overseas opportunities from American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Volunteer Summer offers Jewish young adults (ages 16-24) the experience of living and working as a group in a developing country — for seven weeks volunteers work alongside community members, engaging in cultural exchange as they dig ditches for a safe water system, construct a new school, or participate in other development projects. On their return (the most challenging part of any experience living abroad), volunteers participate in a domestic yearlong program of retreats and projects. I served as group leader for the 2001 Volunteer Summer delegation to rural Honduras and Israel; it was an incredible summer which formed lifelong friends and memories. Since then, AJWS has expanded, developed, and improved the program. More details:

Learn by:

  • Living in rural communities in the developing world.
  • Learning about local traditions and international development.
  • Exploring social justice within a pluralistic Jewish group.
  • Working on service projects such as digging a potable water system; constructing an elementary school; or creating a model farm.
  • Engaging in skill building and networking throughout the year.

Following the summer, participants continue their service in the domestic yearlong program through retreats and projects that continue to develop their skills as advocates for human rights.

Locations: Uganda, Honduras (High School); Ghana, India, Nicaragua (College)
Program Dates: June 22nd – August 13th 2008
Application Deadline: February 1, 2008

For more information, including a downloadable application, please visit www.ajws.org/service, e-mail volunteer@ajws.org, or call 212.792.2919.

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4 Responses to “Apply now for 2008 Volunteer Summer: Go to Uganda, Honduras, Ghana, India, or Nicaragua”

Frank Tibagendeka | January 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am | comment link
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Dear friends,
I thank you very much for this website, i was searching to get in touch with volunteers who could come and help in our ministry in Uganda. I am the Director and founder of Conquerors Ministries International in Mayuge district, eastern Uganda. You can learn more about us through our ministry website, www.conquerorsministries.net
Be blessed and hope to hear from you.
Frank.

Mrs Malisa Okiror | September 25th, 2008 at 11:12 pm | comment link
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Dear friends,
Ithank you so much for this website,I was surching to get intouch with voluteers who could come and help in our project in uganda up country(in and aroun the teso sub region)Iam the chairperson and the founder of Teso Women Initiative for Development(TWID),SWEAR SACCO soroti,in soroti district ,I do work with Odeke Charles Dickens the founder of FACOMA group for collective marketing,Aliasit women group,all this are based in eastern uganda.We also want someone to help in designing our web pages for this projects.you can contact us for more details on the following emails:dickensodeke@myway.com ,teso.twid@yahoo.com,ngora.prodacs@yahoo.co.uk,facoma@myway.com,
dickensodeke@hotmail.com

Be blessed and we hope to hear from you soon.

Mrs Malisa okiror.

BAGENDA RONALD | April 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am | comment link
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RE: INTRODUCING TO YOU OUR ORGANISATION

Dearsir/madam

Greetings from the Uganda Youth and Women’s Effort Fighting AIDS (UYWEFA). This Organization is a community based Organization (CBO) with a strong grass root in our area and communities of operation. It is a registered organization with 640 members, among these 450 are women, 50 Men, and 140 are Orphans who are living with HIV (PLWHA).

Location: We are located on Kazo Local Council One Building, Nansana Town Council –Wakiso District (45 minutes drive from Kampala City). P.O.BOX 72300 Kampala –Clock Towers.
Telephone: +256-774-040474, +256-782-390816.
Email: uywefa@myway.com

Our overall goal.

The overall goal is to reveal the venerable person of poverty, sickness and distress, advance education and provide assistance in the interest of social welfare with the aim of improving the condition of life in Uganda for the poor living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAHA)

Mission:
To contribute to the process of restoring hope, improve the standards of Orphan, youth and women living with HIV/AIDS, with medication and develop them spiritually, physically and economically. Also to empower all the privileged and neglected (Stigmatized) people living with HIV/AIDS to contribute to sustainable development and become self reliant and resourceful citizens of Uganda.

In our research we found out that there are increasing number of Female headed families and this has created more chances of women’s being vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they are struggling for life and these people they don’t have even a little skill of knowledge because of low level of education and skilled knowledge.

Therefore, we call upon your Organization to come and we work together in this struggle. Or your Organization can send us volunteers to come and train our people with research/ skills education etc.

Yours,

.Bagenda Ronald
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Uywefa –Uganda

BAGENDA RONALD | May 18th, 2009 at 7:03 am | comment link
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Greetings from uganda youth and women’s effort figthing HIV/AIDS-UYWEFA
, We are in need of skiiled volunters whether students or professionals who can join us here in uganda for voluntary work , we have alot of projects running like orphanage home, adult education, women empowerment projects, post test clubs, youth friendly activitivities, MDD and adventuring , art and craft projects, ets
the programme is open to all internaltional volunteers world wide.
from the age of 16 to adults and the langulagulages we understand are luganda and english
we welcome you all inh the pearl of africa

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