Building Communities Full Project Description
Building Communities - India
Work Camps are scheduled year round so please inquire about an expedition suitable to your time frame.
Next Work Camp: Tentative Dates: Dec 23/24, 2006 - Jan 6/7, 2007 (Exact dates To Be Announced)
Thank you for your interest in joining one of our Building Communities Volunteer Expeditions.
We are planning on sending a group of about 15-20 volunteers to Andhra Pradesh, India, and specifically to the area near Kavali City this coming December, 2006.
Our mission is to provide the necessary resources to help the Dalit villagers (untouchables) empower themselves, build a strong community and thrive.
If you haven't already, please check out http://building-communities.blogspot.com
for more information of the activities our group did last December and a hint of what the next group will be doing.
We are in the process of raising FUNDs so we can raise some houses! Our goal is to raise US$22,000 by the end of 2006 when we will send the next group to help lay concrete foundations for about 50 family homes.
Volunteers would also participate in village maintenance/ cleaning, preparing community meals with the villagers, bathing the children, teaching, Children's Day festivities, lots of hard work and much more.
This project is open to anyone and everyone (JETs, not-JETs, our Japanese students, colleagues & neighbors, friends & family back home, etc).
At this time our energies are focused on FUNd raising. Our main campaign is our post card drive. For a gift of US$10 a donor would receive a set of eight beautiful cards adorned with images from our trip last winter (see our website
http://building-communities.blogspot.com
to view the cards and many other pictures from our latest expedition). All proceeds go to building permanent homes for the Dalit villagers. If you cannot make the trip this year but would like to help raise FUNds, then please let us know!
For the previous trip we suggested (though it was not absolutely necessary) that each participant make (or raise) a donation in addition to the program costs. The card selling, among other FUNd raising ideas we could offer, would help meet this suggested donation. This suggested donation would amount to about US$100-300, the latter amount is the approximate cost of the foundation for 1 house.
Arrangements for the following are made by Building Communities on your behalf, however the program costs including accommodations, food, water, transportation, materials costs, etc, are borne by each volunteer and may total US$400-600 depending on the length of the work camp. Travel to and from the work camp and accommodations during said travel would be arranged and borne by each participant.
If you would like to stay informed or if you have any further questions please let us know.
Rick Mickelson
Building Communities International Volunteer Coordinator
building-communities-india-owner@yahoogroups.com
http://building-communities.blogspot.com/
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