CURRENT TRIP UPDATES

**The application deadline for the 2008 trip is October 19th**

See below for application information and a list of '08 internship opportunities.

2008 Application Information

Applications can be downloaded or obtained from Professor Robin Klay or the DEMA office in Van Zoren Hall. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until October 19th, after which Professor Klay will schedule interviews with applicants. Interviews include conversations in Spanish. Preference will be given to Juniors and Seniors. Those who are accepted into the program will be notified in time to register for the preparatory Spring Semester course.

***HOPE BLOOMS 2008 APPLICATION***

2008 Internship Projects

The following is a list of possible 2008 internship opportunities, which fall under a wide range of academic and professional fields. Opportunities are flexible and ever expanding. Possibilities will continue to evolve throughout the '07 - '08 school year, and even once in Puerto Escondido. Staff make their best efforts to match a student's interests/majors with his or her internship site. Specific sites cannot be promised although arrangements do get more concrete as the Spring Semester evolves. (Unless you are doing this as a required internship for your major, the credits may be assigned in a variety of ways, including Spanish). Feel free to contact Professor Klay with questions about the projects listed, or to inquire about the possibility of developing a new project.

2008 Internship Opportunities:

- Teaching ESL to kids (likely elementary and middle school) and/or adults (for Hope students who have any interest and/or experience in this area)

- Teaching in a Christian elementary school (for Hope students who are preparing to be teachers)

- Providing workshops and courses for public school students during the annual months-long teachers strike; could include a variety of subjects/skills: math, English, science, computer science, recreation, art, etc.

- Teaching in a music school

- Assisting in a health clinic and with health visits to teach and treat people in indigenous areas

- Working on a business plan to raise funds and bring skilled mentors to help trained men and women start up their own small businesses

- Assisting with various programs and needs in a center for physically and mentally handicapped children and youth, and with their community outreach.  The center's interests include everything from assistance with therapy to helping design activities for family camps, such as drama, art, and sports.

- Broadcasting English lessons at a local radio station while also helping with fundraising and interviewing locals

- Helping to introduce a new water filter program--in collaboration with the Puerto Habitat for Humanity and a Holland-based project aimed at meeting needs for potable water in the Third World.

- Assisting a local recycling plant, which is relatively new, develop and expand their recycling operations

- Researching alternatives in design and building materials for Habitat for Humanity houses.

- Assisting a church or mission in its worship, evangelization, etc.

- Working with a city government or local governor on some project.

IF YOU HAVE A DREAM FOR SOMETHING NOT LISTED HERE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO FIND YOU A NEW PARTNER OR DEVELOP A NEW PROJECT! Contact Professor Robin Klay.