Sunday, September 29, 2013

Ghana Literacy Volunteer Trip Information

Ghana Literacy Volunteer Trip Information

Thank you all for your interest in participating in the Ghana literacy volunteer trip! Enclosed in this memo are a few pieces of information along with some upcoming dates that are important:

·         The dates of the trip will be January 24 - February 9th;
·         There will be 4 pre-departure team meetings:
o   October 20th via Skype - this meeting will be an opportunity for Q&A related to the logistics, tentative itinerary, timelines, estimate of costs - I will need to know if you are planning on attending this meeting so that I can set up the Skype call with you.
o   November 2nd  - 1:00 - 4:00 (this meeting will be held close to the Prom Center where the Foundation celebration will occur that evening, it will also be available via Skype, more info to follow) this meeting will cover expectations, itinerary, travel details, and team details, Visa applications, plane tickets etc…
o   December 7th 11:00 - 2:00 (location to be determined), at this meeting we will focus on role and responsibilities, objectives and goals of service learning experiences and other team related work
o   January 4th 11:00 - 2:00 (location to be determined), this meeting will cover the final details of the upcoming experience
·         Each meeting will be available via Skype
·         The team will be capped at 8 people, and final commitment must be made at the November 2nd meeting

Many of your questions will be answered at the October 20th meeting - we are listing the questions we are getting, and so if you have specific questions, please send them to either Kathy or Cathy and we will add them to the list - remember, if you have a questions, someone else probably does too…

In the meantime:
·         get your passport in order - you will need to make certain that your passport is valid through  August 31st 2014, because Ghana requires passports to have 6 months following departure from Ghana on your passport;
·         visit your travel clinic and find out what immunizations you need - several of the shots you may need require 6 months for the course of some of the immunizations;
·         research and read information about Ghana and from the Rotary District 5960 Fast For Hope recommended reading list - I would add “If I had a water buffalo” by Marilyn Fitzpatrick, or start there;
·         start writing down all of your questions so that we can look at them as a group.


As always, please feel free to contact Cathy or Kathy and we look forward to connecting with you all soon.