My name is Maria from the Philippines; I will be a part of the Ecuador
team in November 2009.
Now,
I am working in the Area of Promotion at the Richmond Vale
Academy.
If you are interested and want
to work in community development in the areas of:
§ Child
aid & community programs
§ Fighting
HIV/AIDS
§ Start
up and run of primary and pre schools
§ Vocational
schools
§ Train
future teachers
We invite you to become a Development Instructor at our school, the Richmond Vale Academy, in the beautiful island
of Saint Vincent in the Caribbean and
to participate in our projects in Ecuador,
Brazil or Africa
in the areas previously mentioned.
Our training is based on practical lessons about:
§ Development of organizational and
communication skills
§ Prevention and information of diseases
§ Income generation projects
§ Organic farming
§ Global history and economy
§ Conflict resolution
§ Basic maintenance and construction
skills
§ And more
Now,
we will tell you a little more about us:
Our school is part of the
International DRH Movement and works with HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE.
HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE; is an organization that has developed
more than 265 projects in 42 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin
America since 1977. These
projects work in the areas previously mentioned and have benefited more than 10
million people living in poverty with lack of health, education and
infrastructure.
* For more
information about HUMANA please visit: www.humanapeopletopeople.org
HUMANA PEOPLE
TO PEOPLE works
in cooperation with the International DRH
Movement. DRH is an abbreviation for "Den Rejsende Højskole" which means “Traveling Folk High Schools” in Danish. DRH`s objective is to prepare students to work in community
development projects with HUMANA PEOPLE
TO PEOPLE.
* For more
information about DRH please visit: www.drh-movement.org
Today,
there are 14 Traveling Folk High Schools
located in 8 different countries of Europe, North America, South America,
Africa and Asia. Every year around 800 Development Instructors, from over 65
countries, train themselves at one of the DRH
Schools in order to take up a position in Latin America or Africa.
The first DRH school began in Denmark
in 1970 and the DRH Richmond Vale Academy
(RVA) began in 2001.
* For more
information about Richmond Vale Academy please visit: www.richmondvaleacademy.org
and http://www.youtube..com/user/jesperfriis
Requirements
These programs are open to people, over 17 years old, which are
interested in having new challenges and experiences. There is no age limit and
no previous academic degrees are required. However, it is essential for you to
have a flexible, hardworking, motivated and enthusiastic attitude. Plus, you
also need to be willing have simple living conditions or comforts.
If you are interested to become a volunteer in Africa or
Latin America, please send your application form (attached together with this
email) to: volunteeratrva@...
Cheers!
Maria