Description

Embark on a truly unique educational opportunity with Global Service Corps! Built on 17 years of experience providing service-learning programs in East Africa, GSC is offering Integrated Programs in HIV/AIDS, Sustainable Agriculture, and Food Security for college credit.

Global Service Corps, in partnership with SUNY-Albany, is proud to offer a 9 Credit Summer and a 15 Credit Semester Integrated HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention & Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Community Development Program. Designed for individuals with multiple interests, these programs allow students to participate in two GSC program areas providing a cross-sectoral response to community development in Tanzania. The focus of these service-learning experiences is for students to expand their own knowledge while at the same time helping to educate local community members in HIV/AIDS prevention and rural sustainable agriculture. Students will have the opportunity to become fully immersed in Tanzanian culture as they live, work, learn, and play among local Tanzanian families, staff, and students in both rural and urban settings. Participants will receive orientation in the language, culture, and history of the Tanzanian people as well as academic and hands-on technical training in the areas of HIV/AIDS and Food Security that will prepare them to assist in a variety of community development and training projects.

Global Service Corps' 9 week summer program gives students the opportunity to learn while serving some of Tanzania's most vulnerable populations including widows, orphans, Maasai and other indigenous cultures. Students will spend their initial four weeks focusing on the GSC HIV/AIDS Prevention Program, engaging in projects such as the HIV/AIDS Peer Education and Life Skills Day Camp as well as assisting in additional community trainings and awareness activities. During week five, students will begin their training and participation in sustainable agriculture as part of the GSC Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program. Projects include community workshops, trainings, and hands-on field work in innovative food security techniques such as bio-intensive agriculture, water catchment, and food storage and preservation. Weeks six through nine will provide opportunities for integrated sustainable agriculture and HIV/AIDS prevention work, highlighting the interconnectedness of sustainable food production, income generation, and overall health and wellness.

The Global Service Corps 15 Credit Semester Program offers similar service experiences to the Summer 9 Credit Program while also providing a more in-depth academic component. During the initial three weeks of the program, students will receive orientation and classroom training, providing a foundation in African Culture, Public Health, and Community Development. After this academic preparation, students will complete nine weeks of field work in the areas of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention, and Sustainable Agriculture, serving as training assistants in community workshops. Community groups GSC works with include widows, orphans, Maasai and other indigenous cultures. As part of GSC's HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program, awareness activities and trainings target youth and adults with the ultimate goal of mitigating the spread of HIV/AIDS in a sustainable manner. Students will also receive training in GSC's Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program, including hands-on experience in innovative agriculture techniques that aim to increase food production while alleviating the main causes of food losses. The final three weeks of the program will focus on the Service Learning Capstone Course in which students will attend additional class lectures and prepare their final papers and presentations.

Highlights

Accommodations:

Program participants will spend the first few days of their program living in a comfortable local hostel. The following weeks will be spent living with a local Tanzanian host family as home base in Arusha. Participants will also spend several weeks camping in villages or staying in local guest houses along with GSC staff while providing rural trainings in HIV/AIDS prevention and sustainable agriculture. Students return back to their homestay after each work week.

This includes:
* Nine Pass/Fail credits from SUNY Albany
* All in-country student expenses: Airport pick-up/return and project transportation; hostel, homestay and camping accommodations; all meals; language and cultural orientation and training; project administration; and, Tanzania day trip safari

Not included:
* Airfare and travel/health insurance
* Resident permits and visas
* Required or optional reading material

This includes:
* Fifteen graded credits from SUNY Albany
* All in-country student expenses: Airport pick-up/return and project transportation; hostel, homestay and camping accommodations; all meals; language and cultural orientation and training; project administration; and, Tanzania day trip safari

Not included:
* Airfare and travel/health insurance
* Resident permits and visas
* Required or optional reading material

Travel Types

• Homestay
• Language Immersion
• Native Culture Studies
• Tours
• Volunteering
• Camping
• Environmental Studies
• Safari
• Student Tours

Qualifications

Open to undergraduate and graduate students 18 years and older

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

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Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 2-10

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Essay
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

90 days

Post Services Include

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Global Service Corps's Mission Statement

Working from offices on three continents, Global Service Corps is dedicated to fulfilling our mission of designing and implementing effective service-learning programs that provide maximum benefit to our program participants and the communities we serve. Through the hard work of our staff, support of our advisory board, collaboration with our partners and the participation of hundreds of volunteers each year, Global Service Corps has earned its reputation as a leader in international volunteerism, service-learning and community development.

Year Founded

1992