Do you teach about Global Issues?  Have you dreamed of visiting Africa but wanted a more authentic experience than looking at it through the window of an air-conditioned bus?  Do you want to connect, one-on-one, with people who are actively working to lift themselves out of poverty and ask them what their lives are like?  Would you like to go on safari and then be able to talk to the locals about what the the park and wildlife conservation mean to them?  Do you want to see what "Global Issues" look like in the lives of Ugandans?

• Spend two weeks with other teachers who are passionate about global issues
• Visit the BeadforLife village to see the life-changing benefits of home ownership
• Explore environmental issues and their impacts on people's lives
• Visit an AIDS clinic and find out what living with HIV means in Africa
• Visit schools and spend time with Ugandan teachers
• View wildlife on a 4-day safari in Murchison Falls National Park
• Take time to develop curriculum that you can use and share when you return

"This will not be a "sugarcoated" experience." BeadforLife staff note. "These issues are complex, and that's what this trip is all about.  What if saving endangered wildlife means farmers can't feed their children?  What if free AIDS medications don't help because they make people who can't afford food hungrier than they already are?  Be ready to dive into the issues!"

This trip will be co-led by Mark Jordahl, owner of Conservation Concepts, and Wendy Ewbank, 2004 World Affairs Council World Educator Award recipient and current faculty at Seattle Girls' School.

Because of our commitment to the environment, the trip cost includes a carbon offset for your air travel.

Visit Conservation Concepts, the company working with BeadforLife to plan this visit, for more information.