Date: Tuesday, November 28, and Thursday,
November 30, 2006
Times: See time slots for videoconferences below
Grades: 8-12
Topics: Social Studies
Cost (2 videoconferences): non members - $240 | members
- $180
Definition: A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily
Did you know...
- In the US, the average person volunteers 50 hours per year.
- 22 million adults are involved in formal volunteering each
year. More volunteering
facts
To
bring awareness to the important concept of Volunteering, GNG brings you our
first International Pulse Program on Volunteering. Helping Humanity: Volunteers,
what makes them tick? is a two-part videoconferencing series that includes
lesson plans, a youth to youth discussion on volunteering and a very special
remote broadcast from the heart of Africa, where youth will gain insight on
volunteering by talking to 4 foreigners who left the comfort of their countries
to volunteer at an orphanage in the middle of the bush. More
about The Village of Children
Take
a virtual tour with Mark
Your students will have the opportunity to learn about the orphanage, and to
talk to a group of young volunteers who are fighting hard just to keep the orphans
fed and clothed properly. What makes these volunteers tick? Find out by joining
us in this once in a lifetime insight…
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Tuesday, November 28: In
the first part of this videoconferencing series, students discussed what
experience they have in terms of volunteering and learned from each other
about interesting community programs.
Read some
inspirational quotes and a poem about volunteering, provided by the
students at Newcomers High School.
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Thursday, November 30: In this follow-up session, students
will have the opportunity to speak directly with four volunteers working
at a remote orphanage located in the bush outside of Maputo. You and your
students will learn firsthand why these students left their homes and what
it is like living in the bush, working as a volunteer. Meet
the volunteers
Time slots: 10-11 am (EST)
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Preparation materials for the program:
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