Brandon: Wooster in Kenya is a spring semester program that includes an on-campus, academic component (0.75 credit) and an off-campus experience in Kenya (0.25 credit) over spring break. The overall goal of the Wooster in Kenya Program is to introduce students to the history, culture, and political economyof Kenya, with a special focus on environment, culture and development in Western Kenya.
The class meetings prior to the trip will prepare students for the in-country experience, and the post-trip meetings will allow for reflection and integration of the experience into the students' academic course of study. During the spring break trip, course participants will do short home-stays in two villages to learn about family and community life in rural Kenya today. Students will aslo work on environmental and agricultural projects facilitated by the Maragoli Comunity Development Foundation in order to learn firsthand about the opportunities and challenges in community-based development programs that are locally conceived and implemented.
Each student will be expected to conduct a research project, using both library sources and ethnographic material, and give a post-trip presentation. There were 60 kids who applied, 28 that got interviews, and 12 that got selected.
Not only did Brandon get selected, but he also received a $4,231 scholarship to pay for the trip!
Brandon has also applied to Teach for America in the Inner City, preferably Philadelphia. It's a two-year teaching commitment, which includes salary and health benefits, and a potential repayment of up to $10,700 toward student loans, as well as student loan interest, and eligibility for loan forbearance (repayment requirement postponed) during the two years. The decision comes on 11/6/10. He requested that we pray he gets accepted.
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It is great to see the testimonies up here! Thanks for typing them all in!!
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