FYI: Summer Living/Working/Traveling in Africa

[Application deadline-this month, end of March]

=>Both the ON-LINE BROCHURE and ON-LINE APPLICATION are now available.

=>These will be sent to you by E-Mail on request.

E-Mail your request to:

            "Africa Summer Info"<crw@loop.com>  or
            "VOLUNTEERS"<Xroads1996@aol.com>

Thank you,

LaVerne & Cecil

Operation Crossroads Africa
Phone: 212-870-2106
M-F 10am-4pm EST

-10,000 students, professionals and others working for a better world and stronger Africa since 1958 -Students usually arrange with their schools to receive credit (typically 5 to 10 units) for their summer experience

-Crossroads participants do not go to Africa to impose their own Western values, but to seek comprehension of African values; and they are challenged to adjust to local ways of doing many things

Operation Crossroads Africa sponsors several categories of projects:

1. community development;
2. agricultural/farming/reforestation;
3. archaeology/anthropology/art;
4. primary medicine/public health projects
5. wildlife/fisheries management [under development];
6. computer literacy program, aimed at providing young adults with hands-on exposure to computers, E-Mail and the Internet;
7. African music/musical instruments: the role of music in traditional and contemporary societies [under development]

All of our projects involve a component of physical work and most are located in rural areas. Tentative project sites for Summer '96 are:

1. Brazil (Portuguese) To be announced
2. Botswana - Construction / Community Development
3. Gambia - Construction / Community Development
4. Ghana [3 Groups]-(a) Computer Training (b) Medical (c) Construction
5. Eritrea - Reforestation/Tree Planting/Teaching English
6. Ivory Coast (French) To be announced
7. Kenya - Medical / Health
8. Senegal - Environmental / Irrigation / Agricultural
9. South Africa - Construction / Community Development
10. Tanzania - Art / Humanities
11. Uganda - Construction / Teaching English / Tutoring
12. Zimbabwe - Renovation / Teaching English / Tutoring

PROGRAM DATES: End of June through mid-August (approximate

dates/contact the office)

ORIENTATION: There will be a several-day Orientation in

New York prior to leaving.

-Crossroads staff and alumni will give a hand to help participants raise the necessary funds for travel and living expenses; the earlier one applies, the better

-This is an INTENSE living, work and learning experience at the grassroots level in Africa where some of the modern conveniences taken for granted in Western countries, may be non-existent

You will "...experience Africa from the inside out," as one participant described her experience

Project Director / Group Leader Positions:

If you are interested in applying as Project Director/Group Leader [minimum age: 26 years old, with relevant skills/expertise/group project work/travel in Africa; earlier deadlines] -- please MAIL a **very brief** statement about your interests and background to LaVerne Brown. A Leader application will be sent to you.

Printed Applications / Photo Brochures to distribute at your location For FAST responses to questions, or for photo brochures or printed applications, please contact the Main Office:

O P E R A T I O N C R O S S R O A D S A F R I C A

475 Riverside Dr., N.Y., N.Y. 10115-0050, Suite 831 212-870-2106 OFFICE / 212-870-2055 FAX / ocainc@aol.com