Go Team Presentation
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Collaborate with People! Develop Communities ! Believe in Ideas!
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This is a completed powerpoint presentation about the organization Growing Opportunities International (GO!), the partnerships they have made, sustainable projects they have supported in developing countries and acts of displaying global citizenship they have accomplished!
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Collaborate with
People!
Develop Communities!
Believe in Ideas!
GO! Team Growing
Opportunities International (GO!) was founded by two very different individuals with one common goal and one common name!
“Growing Opportunities International (GO!) is led by the GO! Team which comprised of many dedicated individuals around the world who work tirelessly to make GO! a success.”
* If the presented idea will make a positive impact and bring inspiring change to the community, then GO works hand in hand with its Colleagues in the organizing, constructing and funding of each project.
Many conflicts currently existing in the rural areas of developing countries include lack of available health care, limited access to education, lack of parenting and support, and lack of activities for children.
GO doesn’t simply donate money to the project but helps out until the project is self-sufficient and sustainable.
The team works on a per-project basis with locals in the community closely developing and supporting the initial idea right through until a project is sustainable by itself!
Growing Opportunities International or GO is a non-profit organization whose mission is to work in partnership with individuals who have sustainable project ideas in developing countries!
GO Board of Directors!
Amanda LaBoucane
Executive Director and GO Cofounder
Born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Graduated from the University of Fraser Valley with her B.Sc. in Biology
She travelled to Tanzania for several months following graduation
There she discovered her new passion to want to create positive changes in developing countries
Upon returning she started a Masters in Public Health with a Global Health concentration
Paired up with Amanda Furst to create Growing Opportunities International (GO!)
Amanda FurstExecutive Director and GO Cofounder
Born in Winnipeg, ManitobaGraduated from the University of Winnipeg with her BA and B.Ed.Following graduation Amanda volunteered in Tanzanian refugee camps through the Canadian based NGO, Right To PlayAfter her placement in Tanzania, she was accepted to Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)She spent two years volunteering as a math and science teacher in rural RwandaAfter her work with VSO-Rwanda she completed two short-term internships:In Zanzibar, Tanzania with Youth Challenge International (YCI)In Butare, Rwanda with Friends of Rwandan Rugby (FORR)After completion of her work with FORR Furst returned to Tanzanian villages She focused on collaborating with individuals in these areas by volunteering with a local bread baker and seller, jewellery maker, night street-food vendor etc.
Through Furst’s various travels and
experiences she learned about East African culture and
way of life. This reinforced her
belief in the power of partnerships!
Amanda Furst and Amanda LaBoucane first met in Zanzibar, Tanzania,. They soon discovered their common vision to help bring positive change to communities in developing countries.
Upon Furst’s return to Canada, the two formed a partnership and collaborated together not only their experience, but motivation, knowledge and drive to lay the foundation for GO!
Bringing them together to establish growth and development in rural areas led them to create Growing Opportunities International GO!)
Where they are now..
Past Events & Fundraisers!
EPIC Bocce Ball Tournamentand Raffle
Sunday, August 15, 20102:00-6:00pm
Woodhaven Park (St. James)$5/person. sign up in pairs or as individuals.
Theme: Famous Duos!
1st Annual Growing Opportunities
International Charity Dodgeball TournamentSponsored by RedBull
Saturday, June 12th 2010
*Recent
Fundraiser!
GO! Christmas Card Campaign
Make a donation towards the new construction of Hero Home in a friend’s name and they will receive a handmade photographic GO greeting card!
*GO’s first completed project and current partnerships has included Rwandan nursery school teacher, Marceline Nierere and the St. Laurent Nursery School that was built in Rwanda in 2009. The two-classroom school house is now providing education for than 150 children.
*The nursery school used to consist of Marceline’s front porch where as many children as possible could gather. She offered free nursery school five years prior to the children of her village.
St. Lauren
t Nurser
y School Founder: Nirere Marceline
Location: Musha, RwandaStarted: October 2008Status: Currently in its second year of operation with two teachers and over 150 students.
Marceline pictured here with her four children.
Hero Home will also have a recreation field and sports program since Tabitha is a dedicated athlete herself.
Hero
Home Tabitha Martin pictured here with
her son.
Founder: Tabitha MartinLocation: Mwanza, TanzaniaStarted: February 2010Status: Acquiring title deeds to 20 acres of land
GO’s current project is Youth Sport and Recreation Academy (YOSRA) first started in Tanzania in 2009 and is continuing to be built. It also is referred to a Nyumba ya Mashujaa meaning “Hero Home” and is to provide a home for street children and orphans (20 acres of land to construct on). Tabitha Martain, a Tanzanian single-mother, first presented her vision for it and has been in partnership with GO for two years now.
Tabitha has worked with many NGOs and various orphanages around Tanzania.
-The service work and volunteer leadership group in our school, had Amanda come into present and share her experience -We also learned a lot from her about what it takes to find the support to work on these projects and establish independent sustainability for a community- We held a mass Halloween bake sale supporting the Rwanda nursery school and raised more then $200-Key Club also supported the GO Christmas card campaign, and assisted in collecting donations for the construction of GO’s new project Hero Home at the jazz band concert
VMC Key Club
support:
JOIN THE GO TEAM!
GO is always interested in hearing why or how you support their organization and are always looking to expand their Team! By contacting them by email with a short description of how you're supporting GO they will feature you as a part of the GO team on their site! They are always looking for Winnipeg based volunteer and school groups who would like to be involved.
Want to get involved?
Email (Questions or Comments)-
Works Cited
Websites:
Furst, Amanda and LaBoucane, Amanda. Growing Opportunities International.
Blogspot.,17 July. 2010. Web. 17. Jan. 2011.http://growingopportunitiesinternational.blogspot.com/
Pictures:
Images of children and partnerships involved with GO. Photographs by The GO Team from “Growing Opportunities International,” by N/A Blog Spot, Feb. 2009- Feb.2010. Web. 17. Jan. 2011.
Boys running on Rwandan pathway. Photographs by UNICEF in Rwanda from “Unicef United States Fund,” by N/A Field Notes,16 Nov. 2009; Web. 17. Jan. 2011.
Children standing by fruit trays in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Photograph by Oliviers, from “Oliviers Travel Profile,” by N/A Travel Pod, 24 Dec.2005; Web. 17. Jan. 2011.
Rural village in Sierre Leone. Photograph by N/A, from “Xinhua’s TV Channel To Reach Africa” by N/A World News, 12 Oct. 2010; Web. 17. Jan. 2011.
