Cultures & Communities: Tanzania May 12 – June 21, 2014

Cultures & Communities: Tanzania

May 12 – June 21, 2014

Cultures & Communities: Tanzania

• What is the program about?• Coursework• Activities & Excursions• Accommodations• Program Fee/Finance Planning• Application process

What is the program about?

The group will partner with The Vijiji Foundation, a local non-profit organization to learn the principles and practices of Community Based Research and to work alongside community members to develop and implement a variety of sustainable VolunTourism programs in bio-intensive agriculture and the environment, education and English-language literacy, and sustainable community development.  

Coursework ANTH 409: Community-Based Research

The goal of CBR is to develop a process and a product that are useful to the community in creating positive social change

ANTH 490: Anthropological Perspectives on Voluntourism examines the potential and

pitfalls of Voluntourism through

both theoretical and applied

perspectives

Activities & ExcursionsOur days will be a mixture of classroom and “hands-on” experience, with the majority of the time spent working directly with the local Meru people. 

Activities & Excursions

Weekends are free to explore the many nearby attractions and will include a number of day trips to places such as Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park, Crater Lake Challa, and Maasai territory.  

Activities & ExcursionsOptional additional week at the end for a wildlife and culture safari to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge and the villages of the Datoga, Iraqw and Hadza of the Lake Eyasi region (if you choose this option, there is an additional cost)

AccommodationsWe will live and work in Nguruma Village, an agricultural community of about 4000 people situated on the lush, lower slopes of Mount Meru, just 10km east of Arusha, the largest city in the area. 

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Program Fee/Finance PlanningProgram Fee $3,300Includes:• Accommodations • All meals• Transportation to the village from Arusha• Any in-country transportation• Any cultural activities during the six weeks• Basic Swahili language training• $384.25 Go Global Fee

Program Fee/Finance PlanningProgram Fee $3,300Does not include:• Round-trip air tickets (Approx. $2,000) • UBC tuition for 2 courses• Immunizations (if necessary) • Visas (approx ??)• Health or travel insurance• Personal spending money • Weekend trips and recreation • Optional safari at the end of the program

(approx ??)

Program Fee/Finance PlanningGo Global Award of $1,000• 70% average in your best 24 credits

(8 courses)• Looking at your 2012-13 year – so

last year!• No Fails or Standing Defers• Deposited in March directly to your

SSC

Program Fee/Finance PlanningHow the Program Fee is paid1. Deposit in early December ($500)

1. - flight purchase ideally between Dec-Feb

2. Second payment in late January ($800)

3. Third payment in late February ($1000)

4. Fourth payment in mid March ($1000)

Application process

• Deadline: November 13th

• Application is 100% online• Respond to all questions on the

application• You may be asked for an interview• Students notified near the end of

November

Pre-departure

• At least two separate days on campus in Term 2

• Preparation for your six weeks in Tanzania

• Meet all other students in the program• Start Swahili training!

Questions?

Program Director• Sandra Peacock (sandra.peacock@ubc.ca)

Go Global Coordinator• Dana Lowton (dana.lowton@ubc.ca)