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DRH Norway, One World Volunteers Institute
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Edgars is working in Haldwani, India as part of the May 2010 team. He has started giving English and computer classes to students at the Teacher's College, most of whom are older than him. The students are eager to learn. Edgars has also been assisting with investigations in local slums and villages to better understand the challenges facing communities. He finds joy in providing new knowledge to students and designing educational materials. Visits to slums have shown him the stark differences between what white people can throw away compared to the lack of food some children face. Overall, Edgars feels happy to be reaching the communities through his work at TCGD Haldwani.

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The world of the volunteer J a n u a r y 2 0 1 1 N r . 1 , 2 0 1 1 Zambia, India, Mozam- bique, all three coun- tries presented through the eyes of our DIs. May team 2010 members Let the adventure begin! racks and pit latrines. Al- means that I concentrate seemed to have found May team 2010 has left for most all of the schools have more on Pre-Schools and their places in the pro- their projects in November. these facilities also. They Youth Clubs. Said in a sim- jects. Our youngest Here are the latest news did a good job and every- ple way, my job is to coop- team, November team from one of our DIs that is body has the knowledge erate together with he 2010 is growing as currently working in Zam- about health, hygiene and members of Youth Clubs, well, getting every day bia. Enjoy! :) Child Care Committees and better prepared to face with the Pre-School teach- the challenges that Zambia, wow! Nice place, ers to solve the problems wait for them on two nice people, nice Nshima, that they face, to improve continents. nice nature, nice weather, the ways of doing things, if nice everything! I can easily Do you think this is necessary, and to encour- imagine myself here for interesting? age and motivate them. I more than 6 months. Afri- Iulian (RO), participant in should also monitor plant- Join us! can shock? Not really! The May team 2010, currently ing of trees, construction of school prepared us exactly DRH Norway in a Child Aid project in firewood saving stoves and for what is here so take Choma, Zambia. check if what Area Leaders www.drh-norway.org studies and experiences report, reflects the reality- serious guys! Really! :) In E-mail: anything else that they this is always funny. From this area, the project is al- should know about (a TCE January, I will start work- diprogram@drh- ready running for 6 years, Project in this area would shops with the Pre-School norway.org in different forms, so there be better in this moment). I teachers so they will be is not so much innovation Phone: am impressed of what I able to give more knowl- that I can bring. My per- 004761264444 found here, I adapted to edge to the kids- this is my sonal project is obsolete, what is happening here and new personal project, since more than 90% of the my work is based on Lines adapted to the new situa- houses have tippi taps, dish 3 and 4 of Child Aid, which tion.
Page 2 Giving HOPE in Zambia Jitka (CZ), May team 2010HOPE Mongu World Aids Day in Zambia They call her Sybe or Sybeso because they cannot pronounce her name The aim of the and office work means she has to run along with the kids to catch the project is to chicken behind the office, let us go through Jitkas first month in Africa. change the We work with 3700 peo- stock or garden manage- soya, moringa). One of attitude and the ple and the aim is to ment and after the my tasks is to go with the behavior in the equip the community with courses, they receive ei- community mobilizers for communities, skills so they can start livestock monitoring, but My main task is to give reduce stigma their own income gener- there is always a prob- lessons about positive and ating activity and become lem: people eat the ani- living and basic facts discrimination in self-sufficient. We are mals instead of breeding about HIV/AIDS. organizing different them and then they say order to fight the workshops for the people ther animals (chicken, that the chicken was sto- spread of HIV/ in the community, live- goats) or seeds (corn, len or it died. AIDS This cannot be described, must be seen -Dimitar, May team 2010 Amazing Mozambique Dimitar started his African experience in November, working in the Teacher Training College in Maputo. Since then he has been through important events on a local scale, for instance the graduation of 190 primary school teachers: I was lucky to be a witness of the graduation of the current students and this was Graduation in EPF Maputo something really special. For this people this event was something really special. For all of them. Why? The students sang only one sentence in English: <We are all happy to be together> and my feeling is that was 100% true. I was also invited to go in holiday with some other DIs from the Children's Town, which was a good opportunity to do something usefull in this long holiday. We went with the children to one of the nicest beaches in the neigbouring district and organized games for them The world
January 2011 Page 3 Equality matters, when it is more than just slogans Edgars (LV) - May team 2010, TCGD Haldwani, India news about his are/were teachers with two higher activities in India. educations. It is always joy to give them new knowledge, as they are very At end of first eager to learn. Also in my area are week I started to design things, such as invitations, carry out infor- newsletters, videos, presentations, matics classes and newspapers, booklets, etc. In this time also to assist per- we had also investigations in slums manent teacher and villages. In slums you can see Ganesh on daily why locals think that white people are We were Between some classes or a classes. On next week I also rich. While we can throw out bags of so happy visit to the slums, Edgars started to give English les- bread, here kids have no food to eat. to reach found some time to give us sons. My students are mostly Edgars TCGD older than me, as all of them Orissa, that it Simply India seemed Martins, May team 2010, CDP Orissa like Long way to India, trains, plane, other trains, this time Indian style, rickshaws and there they are, Dace and Martins, May team 2010. One of my tasks is to give presentations about various topics. Recently we had a tree planting action where we have received 1200 seedlings to plant all over the district. My work is to visit local villages and talk with the villagers about their problems and ex- plain about Humanas activities. Its quite an interesting job, the only problem is that I dont know local language, so I need to use body lan- guage to communicate. But I am slowly learning local language Oriya and they are very happy to hear me speaking in their language. In our operational area we have 22 villages. We organize villagers in Self Help Groups.Martins One thing you have it for sure in Africa, and that is time. Oli, May team 2010, Farmers Club, Bilibiza, Mozambique My first task here was to make 2 la- wood. I can say that I am working in all trines for the pre-school which we al- the projects which Bilibiza has. ready finished in 4 days. We had to dig 2 holes 2 meter deep, after arrange the bricks inside and make the cover from cement. The only thing which we have to make is to buy some bamboo and put around the latrines. We plant moringa tree, passion fruit tree and pineapple. Our next task is to build some enter- tainment toys for pre-school from
BuildIng a team Putting some people together in a classroom does not automatically mean we have a team. Teams here go through many experiences, difficult ones, funny ones, educational ones all with the aim to make them trust each other and become able to work together fruitfully. Here are the latest moments that November team 2010s member had been through to- gether. Here are the thoughts one of the November team members, Norbi (RO) decided to share with us. Cross-country? So, I even checked what the dictionary has got to say about cross country and it means running on mountain road. Eve- rything began when a group of happy people decided that they want to spend their afternoon doing something interest- ing. I was asked if I want to go skiing. You cant imagine how happy I was to find out that I am not the only obsessed person in Hornsjoe concerning skiing. We agreed to meet after lunch in the room where the equipment was. I am using the word "equipment" because what followed was only serving to my disappointment and confusion. I had to wear a pair of shoes which were not attached to my skis and besides, those skis were something more different then the ones I remember skiing last time with, my skis. After- wards I found out that actually we are going to practice cross-country which to me was an unknown sport and meaningless. I didn't expect to have fun but I went because I just wanted to try it. Why not? It was not that hard to adapt to the procedure and actually it was not that boring as I was expecting. The only concern is that I didn't find yet that person who is in fond of skiing, in Hornjoe. The ski track in Oyer is not that nice, it is more to learn skiing and I would really like to ski downhill jumping through bushes and avoiding trees. I will continue my pursue of a partner, in case o get hurt and lose my phone. November team 2010skying, skating and gaining trust in each other Blindfolded happy people Skating on the lake This Can you believe that it was the first time I skated? was one Here, in Hornsjoe. I never considered skating though it weird is practiced a lot in my beautiful country, Romania. We experi- were many, more then 20 people and when we got ence. there we split in groups, beginners and advanced. I We didnt join any of these groups because the only thing I walked wanted was to get to the other side of the forest, situ- blind- ated near the most far place of the lake. My only con- folded cern was reaching that point by skating. Practically I for like was wondering if I could reach it, but I knew that if I an hour would, one nice picture will be made. I made it, of and we had to wear our scarves even while we course and what amazed me was that it was really were smoking or just stopping for a short break. easy, only because it is very similar to skiing. I really Imagine that we were supposed to pass over rocks enjoyed it and I and bushes or even small rivers because the leader like a lot skating chose a pretty hard route. The purpose of this in the same di- game was to check if we can trust our colleagues rection with the and if not to start trusting them. It was really im- wind because you portant to trust the one who's hand you were hold- acquire high ing because he was the one who was leading you speed and you and sometimes the road didnt allow us to side- can control the track.. All in all it was a nice experience and I am skates easily. sure that I can trust Nicky, one of my colleagues.

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  • 1. The world of the volunteer J a n u a r y 2 0 1 1 N r . 1 , 2 0 1 1 Zambia, India, Mozam- bique, all three coun- tries presented through the eyes of our DIs. May team 2010 members Let the adventure begin! racks and pit latrines. Al- means that I concentrate seemed to have found May team 2010 has left for most all of the schools have more on Pre-Schools and their places in the pro- their projects in November. these facilities also. They Youth Clubs. Said in a sim- jects. Our youngest Here are the latest news did a good job and every- ple way, my job is to coop- team, November team from one of our DIs that is body has the knowledge erate together with he 2010 is growing as currently working in Zam- about health, hygiene and members of Youth Clubs, well, getting every day bia. Enjoy! :) Child Care Committees and better prepared to face with the Pre-School teach- the challenges that Zambia, wow! Nice place, ers to solve the problems wait for them on two nice people, nice Nshima, that they face, to improve continents. nice nature, nice weather, the ways of doing things, if nice everything! I can easily Do you think this is necessary, and to encour- imagine myself here for interesting? age and motivate them. I more than 6 months. Afri- Iulian (RO), participant in should also monitor plant- Join us! can shock? Not really! The May team 2010, currently ing of trees, construction of school prepared us exactly DRH Norway in a Child Aid project in firewood saving stoves and for what is here so take Choma, Zambia. check if what Area Leaders www.drh-norway.org studies and experiences report, reflects the reality- serious guys! Really! :) In E-mail: anything else that they this is always funny. From this area, the project is al- should know about (a TCE January, I will start work- diprogram@drh- ready running for 6 years, Project in this area would shops with the Pre-School norway.org in different forms, so there be better in this moment). I teachers so they will be is not so much innovation Phone: am impressed of what I able to give more knowl- that I can bring. My per- 004761264444 found here, I adapted to edge to the kids- this is my sonal project is obsolete, what is happening here and new personal project, since more than 90% of the my work is based on Lines adapted to the new situa- houses have tippi taps, dish 3 and 4 of Child Aid, which tion.
  • 2. Page 2 Giving HOPE in Zambia Jitka (CZ), May team 2010HOPE Mongu World Aids Day in Zambia They call her Sybe or Sybeso because they cannot pronounce her name The aim of the and office work means she has to run along with the kids to catch the project is to chicken behind the office, let us go through Jitkas first month in Africa. change the We work with 3700 peo- stock or garden manage- soya, moringa). One of attitude and the ple and the aim is to ment and after the my tasks is to go with the behavior in the equip the community with courses, they receive ei- community mobilizers for communities, skills so they can start livestock monitoring, but My main task is to give reduce stigma their own income gener- there is always a prob- lessons about positive and ating activity and become lem: people eat the ani- living and basic facts discrimination in self-sufficient. We are mals instead of breeding about HIV/AIDS. organizing different them and then they say order to fight the workshops for the people ther animals (chicken, that the chicken was sto- spread of HIV/ in the community, live- goats) or seeds (corn, len or it died. AIDS This cannot be described, must be seen -Dimitar, May team 2010 Amazing Mozambique Dimitar started his African experience in November, working in the Teacher Training College in Maputo. Since then he has been through important events on a local scale, for instance the graduation of 190 primary school teachers: I was lucky to be a witness of the graduation of the current students and this was Graduation in EPF Maputo something really special. For this people this event was something really special. For all of them. Why? The students sang only one sentence in English: <We are all happy to be together> and my feeling is that was 100% true. I was also invited to go in holiday with some other DIs from the Children's Town, which was a good opportunity to do something usefull in this long holiday. We went with the children to one of the nicest beaches in the neigbouring district and organized games for them The world
  • 3. January 2011 Page 3 Equality matters, when it is more than just slogans Edgars (LV) - May team 2010, TCGD Haldwani, India news about his are/were teachers with two higher activities in India. educations. It is always joy to give them new knowledge, as they are very At end of first eager to learn. Also in my area are week I started to design things, such as invitations, carry out infor- newsletters, videos, presentations, matics classes and newspapers, booklets, etc. In this time also to assist per- we had also investigations in slums manent teacher and villages. In slums you can see Ganesh on daily why locals think that white people are We were Between some classes or a classes. On next week I also rich. While we can throw out bags of so happy visit to the slums, Edgars started to give English les- bread, here kids have no food to eat. to reach found some time to give us sons. My students are mostly Edgars TCGD older than me, as all of them Orissa, that it Simply India seemed Martins, May team 2010, CDP Orissa like Long way to India, trains, plane, other trains, this time Indian style, rickshaws and there they are, Dace and Martins, May team 2010. One of my tasks is to give presentations about various topics. Recently we had a tree planting action where we have received 1200 seedlings to plant all over the district. My work is to visit local villages and talk with the villagers about their problems and ex- plain about Humanas activities. Its quite an interesting job, the only problem is that I dont know local language, so I need to use body lan- guage to communicate. But I am slowly learning local language Oriya and they are very happy to hear me speaking in their language. In our operational area we have 22 villages. We organize villagers in Self Help Groups.Martins One thing you have it for sure in Africa, and that is time. Oli, May team 2010, Farmers Club, Bilibiza, Mozambique My first task here was to make 2 la- wood. I can say that I am working in all trines for the pre-school which we al- the projects which Bilibiza has. ready finished in 4 days. We had to dig 2 holes 2 meter deep, after arrange the bricks inside and make the cover from cement. The only thing which we have to make is to buy some bamboo and put around the latrines. We plant moringa tree, passion fruit tree and pineapple. Our next task is to build some enter- tainment toys for pre-school from
  • 4. BuildIng a team Putting some people together in a classroom does not automatically mean we have a team. Teams here go through many experiences, difficult ones, funny ones, educational ones all with the aim to make them trust each other and become able to work together fruitfully. Here are the latest moments that November team 2010s member had been through to- gether. Here are the thoughts one of the November team members, Norbi (RO) decided to share with us. Cross-country? So, I even checked what the dictionary has got to say about cross country and it means running on mountain road. Eve- rything began when a group of happy people decided that they want to spend their afternoon doing something interest- ing. I was asked if I want to go skiing. You cant imagine how happy I was to find out that I am not the only obsessed person in Hornsjoe concerning skiing. We agreed to meet after lunch in the room where the equipment was. I am using the word "equipment" because what followed was only serving to my disappointment and confusion. I had to wear a pair of shoes which were not attached to my skis and besides, those skis were something more different then the ones I remember skiing last time with, my skis. After- wards I found out that actually we are going to practice cross-country which to me was an unknown sport and meaningless. I didn't expect to have fun but I went because I just wanted to try it. Why not? It was not that hard to adapt to the procedure and actually it was not that boring as I was expecting. The only concern is that I didn't find yet that person who is in fond of skiing, in Hornjoe. The ski track in Oyer is not that nice, it is more to learn skiing and I would really like to ski downhill jumping through bushes and avoiding trees. I will continue my pursue of a partner, in case o get hurt and lose my phone. November team 2010skying, skating and gaining trust in each other Blindfolded happy people Skating on the lake This Can you believe that it was the first time I skated? was one Here, in Hornsjoe. I never considered skating though it weird is practiced a lot in my beautiful country, Romania. We experi- were many, more then 20 people and when we got ence. there we split in groups, beginners and advanced. I We didnt join any of these groups because the only thing I walked wanted was to get to the other side of the forest, situ- blind- ated near the most far place of the lake. My only con- folded cern was reaching that point by skating. Practically I for like was wondering if I could reach it, but I knew that if I an hour would, one nice picture will be made. I made it, of and we had to wear our scarves even while we course and what amazed me was that it was really were smoking or just stopping for a short break. easy, only because it is very similar to skiing. I really Imagine that we were supposed to pass over rocks enjoyed it and I and bushes or even small rivers because the leader like a lot skating chose a pretty hard route. The purpose of this in the same di- game was to check if we can trust our colleagues rection with the and if not to start trusting them. It was really im- wind because you portant to trust the one who's hand you were hold- acquire high ing because he was the one who was leading you speed and you and sometimes the road didnt allow us to side- can control the track.. All in all it was a nice experience and I am skates easily. sure that I can trust Nicky, one of my colleagues.