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Written by Character Education
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 01:31 |
UPF’s Peer Educator program began in 2007 with young adults traveling to Pohnpei, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Gambia.
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Written by Remy Taupier, UPF-St. Lucia
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Friday, 08 August 2008 02:09 |
"Should we have sex before marriage?" was the topic one day at a camp in the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia. This question opened a lively and heated debate.
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Written by Sally Sayre, Director of Peer Educators, UPF
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Monday, 30 June 2008 02:25 |
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On my last full day in Jamaica, I was chatting with a lady seated on the bus. We struck up a conversation as I stood over her, hanging onto the overhead strap. |
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Written by Office of Character Education
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Friday, 20 June 2008 20:04 |
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Team Nepal, consisting of Laura Hinkle, Teddy Sylte, and Rita Asaoka, discovered as they left teeming Kathmandu that the countryside of Nepal was "soooooo beautiful!" It was full of green mountains and valleys and fresh with unspoiled air. The interns did a lot of teaching in classrooms at four different schools, all of which begged them to return. |
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Written by Office of Character Education
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Friday, 20 June 2008 14:18 |
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Interns Lily Jones, Lisa Degoede, and Joyce Payer, the interns of Team India, were thrilled upon arrival in the Indian city of Chennai The whole plane had been populated with Indian men, and, as three white women, they felt they stood out quite a bit. However, on the plane and in country, they felt a strong sense of safety, because they found that women were treated with a great deal of respect. |
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Written by Sally Sayre, Director of Peer Educators, UPF
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:01 |
Natoria, a slender and pretty, somewhat quiet girl of thirteen years, was nearly always waiting at the school almost an hour before it was time for the first session of our day camp to begin.
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Written by Marty
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 02:12 |
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Our team was sent to Trinidad and Tobago for our character education internship with the UPF. |
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Written by Office of Character Education
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Friday, 20 June 2008 20:05 |
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Interns Ana Reid, Manae Pisano, and Heung Kook Stephens were assigned to Bangladesh. They conducted an eight-day workshop with Dhaka University students. They also met Ambassadors for Peace, including the presidents of branches of the Universal Peace Federation, Women's Federation for World Peace, representatives from the media, university professors and teachers, and leaders from various NGOs and other organizations. |
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Written by Office of Character Education
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Friday, 20 June 2008 14:20 |
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Team Thailand stayed in the country the work began and ended. Interns Hannah Boyd, Jacob Shaw, and Justin Frisk worked in Songkla in the south of Thailand where they taught character education at an orphanage for children who had lost their parents or been displaced by war. The orphanage is in a safe area away from the conflict. |
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Written by Office of Character Education
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Friday, 20 June 2008 14:14 |
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Interns Elysa Thalheimer, Tesia Bobrycki, and Audrey Martin were struck by the war-like aspects of Sri Lanka. Everywhere they went, they saw officers with rifles stopping cars and checking everything. They learned that if you are Tamil, it is especially difficult (the Tamil Tigers are a terrorist group). Tamil students said that just walking through the streets could be challenging for them. |
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UPF has sent several college-aged young adults to different parts of the world in the last three years. In 2008, interns volunteered in summer camps and community-based programs in Asia, the Caribbean, and Africa. These youth educators are profoundly effective in reaching children and youth in different countries, and these educational initiatives give them life-changing experiences. In 2009, plans are being implemented for programs in Eastern Africa, in the Caribbean, and in other parts of the world. For more information about this program, contact Sally Sayre at
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