General Bulletin Board
POSTED
1/23/01
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New International Campus Opens in California
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Campus California TG is a new non-profit offering programs where
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participants of all different nationalities, types and backgrounds
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come together to learn about our global community and to take actions
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that have a positive impact on the world.
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The first program which will start at CCTG is the Development
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Instructor Program. A Development Instructor is a volunteer who after
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6 months training travels to and works at a Development project in
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Africa, Asia or South America. The program is fourteen months long and
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is divided into three distinct segments: Six months training at CCTG,
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six months development work in Africa, and two months information work
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back at CCTG.
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During the first part of the program participants will live, work and
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study at CCTG, situated in the mountains of northern California, in an
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area of great natural beauty. The natural environment is of prime
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importance forCCTG. During this 6 months each participant will prepare
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him or herself together with the team mates and the teachers to be
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personally, practically and theoretically prepared for the challenges
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awaiting them Africa. The first team will work on start and establish
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CCTG, and will, among other things, learning Portuguese prior to their
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departure for Mozambique.
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Then, for the second part of the program, the group will go to
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Mozambique, Africa, in Sept 2001. They will work as Development
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Instructors in Africa for six months.
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The team will work together with the International Humana People to
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People Movement running a variety of projects aiming to improve the
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living conditions for some of the poorest people on the planet. Some
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of the projects are:
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CHILD AID
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A Development instructor working in one of the Child Aid projects
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would organize the community to build a school and get it running,
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teach children and help adults in the community to start up parent
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committees as well as all sorts of childrens clubs, ranging from
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childrens clubs for sports, to childrens clubs for the advancement of
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science and technology, to childrens clubs for the advancement of
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democracy and human rights etc. Furthermore, the Child Aid projects
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support families in their own efforts to improve their lives. E.g.
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building latrines, planting trees, building wells and firewood saving
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stoves etc.
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TCE
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TCE ( Total Control of the Epidemic) is a new strategy and program to
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Combat the spread of AIDS. AIDSis threatening to kill millions and
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leave millions of orphans in Africa. The Development Instructor will
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work in the establishing phase of this program and combat AIDS by
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spreading knowledge and awareness, and will organize whole communities
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in the battle.
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CHILDRENS TOWN
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A Childrens Town is a place where orphans all live together without
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parents. In a Childrens Town project the Development Instructors would
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work at a school for street kids, work with the local teachers there
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and runmany extra-curricular school programs. Often, the development
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instuctor will act as a surrogate parent,nurturing children of all
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ages,working in the fields with them to grow vegetables, helping them
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to acquire food, clothing, healthcare and an education.
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FARMING
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A Development Instructor working at one of the Farming projects will
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teach farmers about economy, how to budget, how to organize and plan
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in order to improve the yield of their crops as well as help form
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farmers clubs to better market their products. Farmers will learn to
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work together in cooperation with eachother and this will in turn
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strengthen the economy of the community.
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CLOTHES SALE
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Through the Clothes Sale projects,the Development Instructor will
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raise funds to support all of these projects. In addition, the local
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people will have access to affordable second-hand clothing sent in
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from Europe and the USA.
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For the third period of the program, the Development Instructor team
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will come back to CCTG for two months and hold seminars at different
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schools in the USA about what they accomplished in Africa. They will
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also do what is needed to get the next Development Instructor team
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started.
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CCTG is part of an international movement of institutes and colleges
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in Europe and the USA that for years have been offering Development
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Instuctor programs. CCTG is a partner with the Humana People to People
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movement carrying out development work in four continents, and it also
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belongs to a family of institutes that world-wide are training an
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placing Development Instructors. With these connections CCTG has
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access to a very rich and resource filled web of experiences.
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What makes CCTGvery unique is that no prior experience is needed to
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participate. In this way, by being all inclusive, each team is made up
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of people from many backgrounds and nationalities, which in turn makes
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the whole experience more enriching for each individualparticipant, as
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well as for the people in Africa who will recieve our assistance.
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For more information call (1) 530-467 4082, visit our web page at
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www.cctg.org or E-mail info@cctg.org
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info@cctg.org
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Website: www.cctg.org
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