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Opportunity to participate in Guatemalan Mayan Bean Project

Dear UCD community,

I am proud to announce that the second volun-tourism trip to Guatemala to work on the agricultural education initiative the "Guatemalan Mayan Bean Project" is scheduled for June 15-22, 2012 (just after finals and back in time for summer session I) and we are now accepting applications.

Details about the trip and applications are attached.  If you are
interested, please contact me at clspurlock@ucdavis.edu.

We will be holding a fundraiser to help pay for the students to go on
the trip at a lunch of beef or veggie stew over pasta at Little Prague
Restaurant @ 330 G St, Davis on Thursday, May 17th any time from 12 PM - 4 PM (so any office staff can come during lunch!). The cost is $15/ ticket.



Please contact me if you would be willing to help sell tickets
or if you would like to buy a ticket. There are also other fundraising
opportunities for students.

Alma Cautiva NGO is also looking for a motivated volunteer(s) to help
with social media and other administrative work here in Davis. This
would be a great opportunity to learn about NGOs and to work with
people committed to helping others.

An information meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 15th from
5:00-6:00 PM at PES 3009.

Thanks,
Colleen Spurlock
UC-Davis Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group

Comments

  1. Colleen SpurlockMay 2, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    Hi all,

    The fund-raiser is going to be postponed to a later date. Also, this is a great opportunity for an international experience that you can add to you resume/cv, and the NGO is interested in helping students to work on their own development research as well. This trip can serve to get primary sources for research and to conduct surveys.

    Thanks!
    -Colleen

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