Archives: April 2010

Betsyart.net

Posted: 04 / 29 / 2010
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When you have some time, check out Betsy Levine’s artwork on her new website!  BETSYART.NET - Betsy has been leading with Global Works in Fiji since 2008 and lives in Portland, Oregon during the year. This painting is of a local Fijian boy, Jale. You can read more about her and our other Global Works alumni on our Alumni and Leader News.

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Peak to Peak Panama – PHOTO JOURNAL

Posted: 04 / 15 / 2010
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Our Global Works Summer Service Adventures Panama trip just opened up some spots for the 2010 summer! Check out the photo journal below from a recent trip by Colorado’s Peak to Peak High School.  These photos below show their hard work, fun and experiences:
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Global Works Student Pays it Forward

Posted: 04 / 15 / 2010
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Global Works alumni student, Alli Travis from 2009 Costa Rica Program, continues her service work after her summer program last year: “I just wanted to tell you about something I have chosen to do in order to give back to my community.  While we were in our home stay there was a Peace Corps volunteer named Clarissa Ramirez living with a family in the same community as us.  When we were departing from our homestay she informed us that the community had no books and that she is trying to start a library.  A few weeks after I got home I found out that she had opened a library in the nutrition center and was looking for people to donate books.  I have recently been in touch with a few publishing companies who sent some books down to Clarissa in Santa Cruz.  I also worked very closely with someone at Barnes and Nobles and she was able to get me a donation of approximately 150 -200 books to send to my community.  I have all different types of books, from kids to adult books, cook books, travel books, educational books and they are all in Spanish some are even in Spanish and English. (more…)

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Global Works leaders take in the Mets Game

Posted: 04 / 12 / 2010
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Long time time Global Works alumni leaders, Brian Difeo and Paul Fugelsang, take in a Mets game in New York City over the weekend. Go Mets!!! (more…)

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Trip Update from Ecuador!

Posted: 04 / 06 / 2010
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The Webb Schools Program to Ecuador: March 26 – April 9, 2010:

Update 1: After getting settled in, the group spent the day at Otavalo.  The town has the largest artisan market in Latin America and the students had a great time immersing themselves in Ecuadorian food, culture, and color.  That evening they had an orientation meeting to discuss the expectations for the trip and went over the itinerary.  They then enjoyed a dinner of  locro de papas (potato soup) and had a noche cultural with the music and dance group Inti Ñan from the nearby indigenous village of Morochos.  Above is a photo is a picture of the group with the dancers.

Sunday was a travel day.  The students headed over the continental divide and down the Western face of the Andes to the village of Pucará.  The village is located 7,000 feet in the sub-tropical Alto Chocó cloud forest.  (more…)

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