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<td>Global Youth Connect January Delegation to Rwanda</td>
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<td>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:47:44 -0400</td>
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<td>Mac Hamilton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mackenziejhamilton@gmail.com"><mackenziejhamilton@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>Flavio Risech-Ozeguera <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:frisech@hampshire.edu"><frisech@hampshire.edu></a>,
Jesse Hawkes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jesse@globalyouthconnect.org"><jesse@globalyouthconnect.org></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Flavio,
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<div> I wanted to send you the announcement for Global Youth
Connect's January delegation to Rwanda, which is accepting
applications until Thursday, October 23. As I think you know,
I was a program assistant in Rwanda with GYC's human rights
program this past summer and currently serve on their Board of
Directors.</div>
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<div>If you could send this announcement out on any Hampshire
listservs or flag it for students you think would benefit from
the program, I would so appreciate it!</div>
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<div><b
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><span
style="font-size:13px">GYC's WINTER DELEGATION TO
RWANDA:</span><br style="font-size:13px">
</b><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dates
of Delegation: </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">December
28, 2014 – January 12, 2015</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Age
Range: 18-35 (Student/Professional)</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Program
tuition: $2,250</span><br
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Application
Deadline: </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">October
23, 2014 at 5pm EST</span><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">20
years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the country has
undergone a remarkable transformation. Yet critical human
rights questions remain. During this GYC delegation,
international participants will join with young Rwandan
human rights activists to learn about human rights
achievements and challenges in Rwanda, and to take
concrete action steps together to support current and
future efforts for human rights protection and promotion,
both in Rwanda and abroad.</span><br
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Through
a combination of workshops, site visits, advocacy
meetings, and volunteer service with grassroots NGOs, we
will learn about and act on numerous key human rights
issues in Rwanda, including (but not limited to): gender
and human rights, human rights of children, LGBTI
populations, historically marginalized indigenous groups,
refugees, domestic workers, poverty reduction, public
health, juvenile justice, freedom of expression and the
arts. In advance of and during the delegation, all
participants will examine the roots of the 1994 Rwandan
genocide, and see how its legacy has impacted the country
and its people, and also how the country is attempting to
rebuild today.</span><br
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">More
information: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://globalyouthconnect.org/" target="_blank"
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://globalyouthconnect.org</a><br
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To
apply: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://globalyouthconnect.org/apply.html"
target="_blank"
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://globalyouthconnect.org/apply.html</a><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NOTE:
Rwanda is Ebola free, and working hard to keep it that
way. Rwanda's Ministry of Health, led by Dr. Agnes
Binagwaho (with whom GYC's groups have frequently met at
length), is exceedingly well organized and working day and
night to ensure the country remains Ebola free. GYC's
Executive Director can personally confirm that people
coming into the country are being treated as suspect, with
no-touch thermometers taking temperatures regardless of
which country passengers are coming from. Passengers must
fill-out a questionnaire as well. Several suspected cases
were reported and pro-actively isolated over the past two
months, but all proved to be something else (malaria,
etc). The last message from the US Embassy in Rwanda
concerning Ebola is here: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rwanda.usembassy.gov/sm_083114.html"
target="_blank"
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://rwanda.usembassy.gov/sm_083114.html</a><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> . The
US Embassy (with which GYC registers any and all
participants regardless of nationality), updates travelers
to Rwanda whenever necessary. Rwanda is over 2500 miles
from the West African countries which have been most
heavily impacted by Ebola.</span><br>
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<div>Wishing you all the best,</div>
<div>Mac Hamilton</div>
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<div>MacKenzie J. Hamilton</div>
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<div>Program Assistant, Rwanda Human Rights Delegation<br>
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<div>Global Youth Connect<br>
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<div>Smith College, '13<br>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mackenziejhamilton@gmail.com"
target="_blank">mackenziejhamilton@gmail.com</a></div>
<div>(774)722-2861<br>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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