Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970326101127.21850A-100000@library.wustl.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:12:01 -0600 From: Jeff Huestis <mailto:Jeff-Huestis@library.wustl.edu> Subject: SUMMER-Africa/Brazil>ProjDIRs/Interns (JOB ANNOUNCEMENT) (fwd) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
1. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (Plz Post / Forward / Share)- Project Director Position
Canadians, Americans, others - WELCOME!
2. CONF ANNOUNCEMENT: Info Tech/Distance Learning Conference (Accra, Ghana)
May 20 - 22 1998
These items might be of interest to some who are in the process of making
summer plans, and plans for participating in upcoming Info Tech / Distance
Lrng conferences.
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1. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
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C O U N T R I E S: Botswana, The Gambia, Ghana, Eritrea, Ivory Coast
Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Ethiopia, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, Namibia
and Brazil (in South America)
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S U M M E R J O B A N N O U N C E M E N T
A F R I C A & B R A Z I L
Position: P r o j e c t D i r e c t o r / G r o u p L e a d e r
[Also, accepting Intern/Volntr Applications-college-age & up/all welcome]
Director 26 years old & up; with experience related to
Requisites: a Crossroads project
Professionals, Faculty, Staff, Adv'd Students and others
are welcome to apply
Location: 18 Countries in Africa, plus Brazil
Duration: June 16 - August 12
Director Pay: All travel and living expenses will be covered,
plus you will receive an honorarium/stipend
DEADLINE: Application cut off is pending; must apply NOW
Organization: Operation Crossroads Africa
475 Riverside Dr., Suite 1366
NY, NY 10027
A Non-Profit 501(C)(3) Organization
Co-Sponsors: Various UN Programs, NGO's, Ministries [Health, Education,
etc.], WHO, Int'l Econ Dev Orgs, Medical Schools, Local
Hospitals, Clinics & Grassroots Organizations
Contact: International Projects
Tel: 212-870-2106
E-mail: <mailto:Science-For-Humanity@juno.com>
OnLine Info: E-Mail to <mailto:Science-For-Humanity@juno.com> & in
the Subject Fireld, type either:
1- "SEND DIRECTOR/LEADER PACKET" [26 yrs & up w/ leader skill]
or
2- "SEND PACKET FOR VOLs/INTERNS" [all welcome; college-age & up]
Crossroads helps Volunteers/Interns raise needed funds
Early application, essential.
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P R O J E C T D I R E C T O R S / L E A D E R S
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If you have experience in a field related to a Crossroads project, and
a strong interest in Africa and team work, please contact LaVerne Brown ASAP!
As a Project Director/Group Leader, you will be in charge of a project with
10 to 14 Volunteers/Interns (who will be professionals, students,
researchers, non-students and others, all ages), usually in a rural
community or village. This is an intense living and learning experience.
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Multi-disciplinary Projects, including Distance Learning [Ghana]
Nursing * Medicine * Clinical * Primary Care * Rainforest * Ecology
Health * Social Sciences * Nutrition * Education * Econ & Comm Dev
Gender Issues * Wildlife * Anthropology * Water & Sanitation * Folklore
Agriculture * Dist Lrng * Ethnomusicology * Dance * Computer Literacy
Construction & Engineering * Rural Sociology * Traditional Medicine
200 - 250 Volunteers & 20 - 25 Projects
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Group leaders are at least 26 years old and have some combination of
the following:
- experience in an area related to a Crossroads project
- skill in interpersonal relations, group facilitation and dynamics
- (not mandatory) work and travel experience in Africa
- considerable ingenuity and creativity to bring to bear in insuring the
success of the project
- flexibility and adaptability
- group- and team-oriented; skill in facilitating group work
- ability to relate well, live and work with a cross-section of
personalities and individuals
- Volunteers/Interns often arrange to earn credit for participation; job
may entail supervision of research or independent study
- time off for 7 or 8 weeks from mid-June to mid-August (dates are
not yet fixed)
- a healthy sense of humor and an ability to "connect" easily with others
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BRAZIL's Settlement Communities
<< B A H I A >>
This project with multiple objectives is in the Mata Atlantica (Coastal
Forest) area in the Southern Cone of the State of Bahia. This is where
local poor communities are struggling to gain access to land via articulated
political effort.
There are over a dozen officially recognized Land Reform Settlemnts in this
region, and the former landless peasants are willing now to promote efforts
to save the remnants of this unique patch of rich, bio-diverse forest, as
well as to secure their access to land by changing the situation of Land
Tenure in that area.
We have been contacted by leaders of these communities seeking help with the
various projects they deem vital. These projects will deal with
Reforestation, Human Rights, Youth Development, Education & Training,
Primary Care and Health, as well as Ecological issues.
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Cited by JF Kennedy for serving as model & inspiration for the Peace Corps
Celebrating 40 yrs of service by 10,000 Volunteers/Alumni
A Non-Profit Organization [501(C)(3)] Since 1957
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2. CONFERENCE UPDATE
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INFO TECHNOLOGY / DISTANCE LEARNING CONF. ACCRA, GHANA MAY 20-22 1998
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For further information on the conference, please contact:
Dr. Osei Darkwa, Faculty, University of Illinois, Chicago
"Dr. Osei Darkwa"<mailto:Information_Technology@juno.com>
The latest on the conference is that we're considering merging the
conference with one already being organized by AITEC (Africa Information
Technology Expositions and Conventions) in May (20-22)1998. The current
plan is for them to organize the expo component of the event, and for us to
sponsor the conference. This stretches out our timeline for organizing the
conference, particularly the process for reviewing proposals. In any case,
I'll keep you posted on developments.
We now have most of the details about the conference.
FINAL DATES OF CONFERENCE
May 20-22, 1998
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
a) To initiate a long-term effort to promote electronic networking for
economic and educational development in Africa.
b)To examine the future of education in electronic classroms without walls
c)To explore the barriers to developing transnational goals for infusing
computer literacy into primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Africa
d) To strengthen the capacity of grassroots organizations and low income
communities to initiate, choose, plan and manage their own self help
projects through computer technology and information systems.
FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE
This conference focuses on the use of information technology in economic and
educational development of African countries.
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE:"
ST1: Instructional Use of Information Systems in Africa
ST2: Role of Internet Providers in Africa
ST3: Community-Based Computing Services
ST4: Computer Literacy and Distance Education Curse and Blessing
ST5: Computer Security Issues, Concepts and Resources
ST6: Telecottages and Software Development in Africa
ST7: Social Implications of Information Technology in Africa
ST8: Application of Information Systems in Government and Businesses
ST9: Technology in Developing Countries: Dividing or Uniting
ST10: Age and Gender Issues in the Use of Information Systems in Africa
ST11: The Use of Digital Library Resources in Education, Science, and
Technology
ST12: Ethical Norms in the Development and Use of New Information and
Communication Technologies.
ST13: How To Create a Distance Learning Course and How to Make it Work.
ST14: Conventional vs Distance Learning: Perspectives from Faculty and
Students--Benefits, Dilemmas, Questions.
ST15: Linking Classrooms Between the North and the South Through Distance
Learning: Curriculum Construction and Cost-Sharing.
S16: Distance Learning and Academic Freedom in Africa/Linking with Africa
via Distance Learing: A View from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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For more info on the conference, contact:
"Dr. Osei Darkwa"<mailto:Information_Technology@juno.com>
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