Volunteer Project

Service Project January 2014!

We will be volunteering with the United Africa American Community Center in Arusha, Tanzania, a community-based NGO founded by Pete O’Neal in 1991. It was founded for the purpose of providing programs and projects for the enrichment of the Arusha community, both urban and rural, and to promote closer cultural ties to communities in America and around the world. They currently have several ongoing, daily programs which target the youth in the community, including computer classes, art and craft classes, music, history, health and nutrition, sports and yoga, and English classes. There are also HIV/AIDS awareness and outreach programs that encourage expression through the arts such as Community Theater, song, and poetry. The UAACC is affiliated with the Cornell University Global Health Program in Tanzania. The second half of their 8-week program involves volunteering, which often takes place at the UAACC. After speaking with the UAACC leader and also with students who volunteered there last summer, we determined that this is a fantastic program to dedicate our volunteering time. For the three days we will be there, we will be structuring a camp itinerary for the children affiliated with the center. In the past, volunteers have taught English, music theory and flute, played games with the kids, and invented other fun activities - we can't wait to do what we can to create a fun program for the kids!