VOLUNTEER TRIPS

Summer 2008 : July 21 - August 18

  Place:

• Bukoba, Tanzania

  Objective:

• Implement Diabetes Advocacy Through Awareness and Education (DATAE).

  View DATAE Project I Proposal

  View DATAE Project II Proposal    

• Volunteer at the Kagera Regional Hospital.  Each student will be placed with medical professionals in the areas of their interests.  Duties dependent on each individual’s professional health care experience.   
• Build and rebuild orphanages and dormitories through Izaas Medical Project and Heritage Initiatives, local Bukoba NGOs.     

Tentative Itinerary:

View Summer 2008 Itinerary

Background:

• Bukoba is the capital of the Kagera region and also the regions largest city with about 80,000 people. 
• The Kagera region contains a total population of roughly 1 million people.
• It is located in the northwestern  corner of Tanzania along the western coast of Lake Victoria (the world’s 2^nd largest lake).

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