[nfbmi-talk] global village educational experience for kids and adults
gkitchen
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Sun Oct 17 18:33:52 UTC 2010
This is in Howell at the Nature center. There are a variety of packages from a 2 hour trip to a overnight experience.
Here is some info. Thought it m nay be a good trip for blind youth?
Georgia
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Global Village Descriptions
Become a part of an exciting program at the
Howell Nature Center. Working as partners with
Heifer International, the Nature Center is
offering this exciting program. Bring your group
to participate in a hands-on day or overnight
program designed to educate children and adults
about global issues. Through education that
emphasizes experience, participants will gain a
greater awareness of world hunger, poverty, and
population issues.
Rural American Home
The Heifer Global Gateway is a
unique learning tool that
gives groups and
individuals an opportunity
to experience the realities
of life for most of
our world neighbors.
Hunger is not only a problem in developing
countries, but also
in the United States. Thirty-one million people
live in
households that experience hunger or the risk of
hunger.
Children learn to appreciate the benefits in their
lives and how
they can make a difference!
Working in partnership with Heifer Project
International, one of
the goals of the Howell Conference and Nature
Center is to
educate people about the root causes of hunger and
poverty.
Participants begin their experience with an
orientation to
Heifer International and the Howell Conference &
Nature Center.
Your group will participate in discussions on
world hunger,
sustainable development and other global issues. A
visit to our
Heifer Global Village will take you to houses that
represent
Nepal, rural America, Africa, Urban Slums,
Thailand, and
Shantytowns.
One out of every six children in rural America
suffers in poverty. Many can't read because they
don't have glasses. Drinking water is often
contaminated. Many don't receive their basic
immunizations
and few have health insurance.
Life in the Heifer Global Village
Africa Urban
Slums Thailand
Rural America
By U.S. standards you're poor. By Heifer Global
Village standards, you're well off. You have
the only supply of firewood and an indoor cooking
stove. Cooking fuel is a concern for half the
worlds' people.
Nepal
Be a wealthy farmer, by community standards, as
you live in your fine block-construction house.
Your garden gives your family a supply of
nutritious vegetables and your animals
provide labor and milk.
Urban Slums
A simple dwelling with a dirt or wood floor is
your home. Half the world's population lives like
you. A half-cup of uncooked rice may be all you
have to eat unless you can trade labor to
your wealthier neighbors.
Africa
Your round home with a thatched roof is middle
class by world standards. You have access
to milk and a good supply of fresh drinking water.
Shanty
Lacking adequate housing necessities, these homes
are found in the U.S. on the border with
Mexico and in South America. A small portion of
rice and eggs may be all you have to eat.
Thailand
Your traditional stilt-type construction can be
found in the mountain of northern Thailand. The
area underneath your house is an "ideal" barn for
your livestock.
Peru
A small barn and corral are now housing three
Alpacas! Peru homes are made of mud and Alpaca
manure. a traditional style mud hut is now
included.
Programs for Everyone
Global Village Tours: Our two-hour tour will
begin with a short introduction to Heifer
International and
the Howell Conference & Nature Center's mission.
During the tour of the Heifer Global Village
homes, world hunger and population issues will be
highlighted.
Cultural Connections: During our half-day program,
your group will experience the two-hour program
with the addition of a more in-depth look at world
cultures. The focus will include the preparation
of a
meal from the highlighted culture.
Global Gateway: For an interactive approach, our
overnight program provides participants a
first-hand
experience with global issues. Divided into
"family" groups, given basic resources
(representative of
what they may have if they actually lived in the
country assigned), and placed into world sites,
groups must trade to meet their basic needs,
prepare their evening meal and settle in for the
night. They are
truly immersed in the culture they are assigned
to. This is a life-changing experience.
Global Challenge: The ultimate hands-on
experience! This program includes our
life-altering Global Gateway overnight program
with the incredible challenge of our High Ropes
experience. Just like the
Global Gateway, participants spend a day "living"
the life of another culture with only basic
resources.
This includes preparing an evening meal and
sleeping in the village houses. The following
afternoon you
will climb into tall pine trees to conquer
obstacles made of rope and wood 25-35 feet above
the ground.
You set your own personal challenge as you move
from obstacle to obstacle and down the zip line.
Each task brings new challenges, thrills and fun.
The obstacles in the Ropes Course are simply
different kinds of challenges than those faced by
participants in the Global Village. The Course
brings
home the opportunity to overcome difficult
situations and have a great time doing it!
Participants gain a
deeper sense of their commitment to each other,
their communities and the world. You will leave
prepared to work together and take action for a
world without hunger or poverty.
For more information on our Heifer Global Village,
please contact our main office at 517-546-0249.
What Our Customers Say
"I loved the field trip! I experienced that some
people aren't rich and some people are poor but
most
people don't have anything. I loved the food. I
feel bad for those that have barely any food.
Sincerely, Ariana".
"Thank you very much for letting me come. My
favorite part of Global Village was cooking the
food because I love to cook. I also loved how we
got to know about where people live. I hope one
day I can come again. Sincerely, Emily",
"We enjoyed trading and learning a language.
Phillip was a great leader even with a difficult
group due to big age differences. Excellent staff
both for Heifer Global Village and the High
Ropes Course. Thanks to all the Nature Center
staff for a great experience!"
Webster United Church
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