HUMANA People to People
Development Instructor Programs


Since 1980, 6000 Development Instructors have participated at the HUMANA Projects.


Handing out emergency packets in Mozambique during the flooding


Building schools in Nicaragua


Building latrines in refugee
Camps in Angola


Teaching Street Children to build their own schools


Teaching poor families in Guatemala how to improve the families income


Building dish racks in Malawi to prevent spreading of diseases


Starting local brick production to build schools in Namibia


Organizing health campaigns to prevent malaria


Teaching women how to stop spreading of HIV / AIDS.


Increasing cashew nut production in Guinea Bissau

Right now we need extra  volunteers to start in July at the TCE Team, organising information campaigns and starting up mobile HIV testing centres in Botswana - fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS! (Also programs starting in August)

In this information I will explain the background of the Development Instructor Program, the importance they have on HUMANA People to Peoples Projects and how you can become one.

The International HUMANA People to People movement is currently running over 150 projects in Africa, Central America and Asia, involving more than 1 000.000 people.

Silence the very foundation of Humana People to People, the Development Instructor Program has played an important role in the development of the movement. More than 6,000 Development Instructors have implemented the work over the last 23 years.

The Development Instructor is a person who believes in the fact that individuals can make a difference - if they join hands in their endeavour to fulfil their dreams.

As the world develops and mankind is able to go into the far corners of space to search for extraterrestrial life, our dreams of making the Earth a prosperous and a better place for all of its creatures could very well be a goal within reach. However there is still a long way to go.

Looking at the world today, we find the gap between rich and poor widening, hundreds of millions of people are still living under unworthy and inhuman conditions, human rights are being roughly neglected in some places of the world.

In order to contribute to the improvement of the conditions in the developing countries – it is important to unite the efforts - to take action.

An organized and united effort is needed, because by acting alone, you might only be seen as a drop in the ocean, whereas acting united and with a common goal, can have an effect and a substantial influence.

Every achievement counts, because it sets the example for others to do the same.

The Development Instructor is typically a young and grown up person living in a country belonging to the developed part of the world, who wants to participate in the efforts to improve the living conditions for people in the poor part of the world. His most important qualification is his will to place himself shoulder by shoulder with the people in need, concentrating all efforts to carry out actions to improve the situation where it is most needed. He embodies through his own person the significance of "People to People".

The Development Instructors are trained in one of the international DRH-schools before working on a development project.

A typical program looks like this:

4-6 months intensive training in Europe, USA, Africa or Asia

6-12 months of volunteer work at a HUMANA project in Africa, Central America or India

1-2 months Follow Up Period

The Development Instructors work within one of the following areas:

Social work with Street Children / AIDS Orphans

- Teaching street children reading, writing, carpentry and masonry.
- Find foster care families to AIDS orphans.
- Start up sport, scout and culture clubs.
- Build street children schools.

Teach in Teacher Training Colleges

- Teach business, health and management skills.
- Give computer courses.
- Organize College Students to build primary schools in rural areas.
- Encourage coming teachers to start up local productions at primary schools to raise money for educational materials.

Fight the spread of HIV / AIDS in a HOPE or TCE Project

- Teach in village schools and train peer educators.
- Teach in villages and working places.
- Encourage people to take a HIV test.
- Make condoms available “everywhere”.
- Start up productions of fruits and vegetables to improve nutrition and the immunity system.
- Start Anti AIDS Clubs – Teachers Against AIDS, Mine workers against AIDS.

Helping poor families get out of poverty

- Build latrines, wells and water cleaning systems.
- Teach how to prevent malaria, diarrhoea, cholera and the importance of vaccinations.
- Start local productions of tomatoes, baskets, chicken, eggs or bricks.
- Teach women how to read and write and start small businesses.
- Selling Second Hand Clothes to raise money for construction of local clinics and schools.

How to enrol

Call me at 00 45 29 279 584 or e-mail at Armando@humana.org -  together we find out how you   can finance the programme. You are hereby invited to a  preparatory weekend in Denmark - the next ones will be:  14-16th e 28-30th of June at one of the DRH schools in Denmark.

Please fill in the application form below and return it to me.
Next starting dates are July and August.

Costs

The programme costs are from 1000 – 3000 USD, depending on  which school . Funds can be raised with NetUp

and there are scholarships available. The programme fees include food, accommodation, education and travel expenses to the project country .

Contacts:
Armando Reixa 
Promotion Manager
Development Instructor Programmes
Armando@humana.org  
Phone +00 45 29 279 584
www.humana-portugal.org

Name:  
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Citizenship:
Date of birth:
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Preferred country to work in:
 

Preferred starting date for the program:

How did you hear about the program:

Please answer the following questions:

1.What are you currently doing?

2.Why would you like to become a development instructor?

3.What would you like to accomplish?

4.Please list your experiences and any skills, which you think could be utilized and developed in the program.

5.What questions do you have about the work in Africa?

6.What questions do you have about the education to become a
development instructor?

7.Do you have or have you had any health problems?

8.For some the initial challenge is to raise money to pay the course and travel fees. What are your plans for saving and how can we be of assistance?