Summer
Home Hosts Needed!
Jamaica - Guidance Counselors
Home hosts are needed for six women who are teachers in Jamaica. They
are finishing their second bachelor's degree in guidance and counseling.
Their Kalamazoo training serves as the capstone of
the university program and will be sponsored by the Council of
International Programs USA. Their program begins July 6. Two are
staying one month, two are staying two months, and two are staying
three months. While here, the teachers will be hosted by several
of our local social work organizations including Gryphon Place,
YWCA Domestic Assault Program and Kalamazoo Youth Development Center.
The women are here to improve their abilities in such things as
referring clients to various appropriate agencies for additional
services and improving counseling skills, as well as to visit related
agencies and coordinate efforts with them to improve the delivery
of services and learn how to design counseling programs to meet
the needs of their clients. Many of the Jamaican counselors are
interested in working with children in abusive situations as well
as rape victims.
Looking
for host families for two weeks to one month, from July 5 - October
1, 2009.
Belarus
- Community Development
The group consists of six men and four women in leadership positions
of local communities and NGO activists representing a wide variety
of Belarusian organizations with a local community development
agenda. The program will give the participants new knowledge
and experience in promoting local community issues and mobilizing
communities, as well as an appreciation of the role of individuals,
community organizations, businesses, and local governments involved
in building a prosperous community. The group will be exposed
to the variety of stakeholders involved in addressing community
issues in the U.S. and understand how working together can contribute
to solving problems. Host families are
needed for these visitors from July 15 - August
5, 2009.
Kyrgyzstan - Local Councils
Another exciting host family opportunity is for 10 council members
from Kyrgyzstan. US councils have a long history and represent
an interesting and inspiring example of how councils play a role
in improving living conditions and facilitate development in
their towns and cities. Host families are needed for
these visitors from August 12 - September
2, 2009.
Germany - Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
This group consists of eight male and three female recent German
graduates. Conceived and supported by the United States Congress
and the German Bundestag, this work/study program is a cultural
exchange designed to give young vocationalists an understanding
for, and knowledge of, everyday life abroad, a taste of how their
professional counterparts are trained, and an opportunity to experience
the foreign workplace in their career field. Host
families are needed for these visitors from August 8 - August
10, 2009.
If
you have a spare room to share with an international guest, please
call Phyllis Rappeport at (269) 381-0229.
We are also accepting recommendations for new host families.
For more information call the Colleagues International office
at (269) 341-9494 or email
Jennifer Lang. |