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Light in Africa
www.lightinafrica.orgSome Women with Wings tour participants intend to volunteer prior to their safari for Light in Africa. For the past few months I have been communicating with Mama Lynn of Light in Africa. This is how she describes volunteer work with LIA:
"One day you might comfort a young baby, the next day take a group of youth on a field trip, while the next day you may sit with HIV positive children during their monthly check-ups. You could build a home for a widow and her children, or bag bags of rice and maize flour for families on outreach community programs. You could buy the supplies of fruits and vegetables from the local market for the children’s home, or put flowers in the rooms of terminally ill patients or just sit and hold their hands in comfort. You could partake in an arts and crafts lesson or the reading tuition program; or facilitate a seminar on HIV/AIDS prevention or on the importance of healthy nutrition for the nomadic Maasai people. The list goes on and on…
Tailor
made plans will be set in place for each volunteer on their arrival
in Tanzania, whether they are on their own,
are a couple or are in a group. You will only get out of your volunteer
service what you put into it, so our advice is to live every day doing
the most that you can do for everyone around you. Our aim is that you
will leave Tanzania feeling a sense of self-worth and with the knowledge
that you have made a difference in this small part of the world."
I meet with Mama Lynn when I am in
Tanzania in July. Please check the September newsletter for more on
LIA.
28-05-2007
