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Spring Semester in East Africa
Go beyond abroad in East Africa!

We begin our program with a five day orientation program at Heifer International’s Overlook Farm in the rural town of Rutland, Massachusetts. We will discover Heifer International’s work in Massachusetts and around the world to end hunger and poverty, participate in a variety of team-building activities, have an orientation to East African culture, history, language, as well as an overview of the semester program.

Following our orientation, we will fly from Boston to Nairobi, Kenya where we will spend several days getting acquainted with our host country, including meeting with politicians and policy makers and visiting museums.

We will also visit and learn from Ashoka Fellows, an internationally recognized organization building a critical mass of social entrepreneurs who are creating a vibrant, prosperous African continent. Ashoka Fellows in Africa are empowering people to create their own economic and civic opportunities, addressing the pandemic of HIV/AIDS and other devastating health concerns, implementing transformative education systems, protecting their environments and natural resources, and introducing effective methods of conflict resolution. With the help of Ashoka’s global initiatives, Ashoka Africa is uniquely placed to identify and spread the best ideas for social, economic, and political change.

Next, we will travel to Ole Morombi’s Eco-lodge where we will learn about community conservation and the intersection of livestock with wildlife, native medicinal plants, be introduced to CELL’s course work,be  introduced to the language and culture of the region, take nature walks, etc.

Then, we will travel to Amboseli National Park and surrounding communities. We will meet with the Maasai Community Partnership Project (MCPP) where we will learn about the collaboration between CELL, Prescott College in Arizona, and the Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition (MERC), a grassroots umbrella organization of Maasai human rights and conservation efforts. We will be learning, living, and participating in service-learning projects with the Maasai Community Partnership for eight (8) weeks.

If time permits, we will travel to Rusinga Island for a week where we learn about the work being done at the Badilisha Eco-village promoting permaculture farm design techniques and ethics. This small, fledgling eco-village is establishing itself as a model farm, or epicenter, for both sustainable agriculture and holistic community development.

During the final week of the semester, we finalize and present our community research projects, post-program leadership action plans, our visions of sustainability, debrief our take-aways and set goals for the future.

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