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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Volunteers at work

That's me explaining SWOT analysis
Volunteers are told that we will probably come across many Africans during our volunteer time who are as skilled as we
Pius and his chicks
are, but may not have been exposed to the latest techniques for getting the job at hand done. 
Sandra in action
An important job in Africa is often that of the teacher rather than the do-er.  If we can teach 20 engineers a new technique for building safer bridges, we will have really made a difference - compare this to just building a bridge and not sharing our knowledge.  Pius works
Out of the poultry
at the Northern Uganda Youth Development Center.  It is a vocational school that trains the youth some skills such as carpentry, tailoring, catering, brick-making, metal fabrication, farming.
Martin, the one-legged volunteer
Hopefully, the youth will pick-up the skills and consequently engage in sustainable livelihood activities.
Vols at the Comboni Vocational School
VSO brings people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world.

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