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| Indigenous Human Rights Projects For updates on current projects please see the tab entitled: "News and Links" Beginning in 2008, there have been opportunities for students and KCC-graduates to travel to Nicaragua for volunteering with indigenous communities and territories. The majority of these opportunities focus on indigenous land demarcation projects in preparation for indigenous communities to receive legal land title to their ancestral/traditional lands, nursing activities, reforestation and agroforestry. Indigenous territories where these projects have occurred include: Miskitu Indian Tasbaika Kum (BOSAWAS) - child health monitoring, vaccinations, reforestation, agroforestry, planting of tubars (taro, dasheen, etc.) Kipla Sait Tasbaika (BOSAWAS) -projects developed wiith the woman's organization (Project in coordination with IMAPAKST) Li Lamni Tasbaika Kum (BOSAWAS) - child health monitoring, vaccinations, etc. (Project in coordination with the German government) Mayangna Sauni As, Mayangna Sauni Bu, Mayangna Sauni Bas previous land titling projects, participatory community development Awas Tingni (AMASAU) - reforestation, agroforestry, etc. (Project planning with the Norwegian Forestry Group) Mayangna Sauni Umani Arungka (MATUNGBAK) - land demarcation involving GIS/GPS mapping, coordinating socioeconomic household interviews, data entry, health study on status of health in community, volunteering with local health centers Other sites and volunteer opportunities will be in coordination with Alistar staff and fieldworkers in Nicaragua. Opportunities working in health related projects in other indigenous town centers, such as Waspam(ka) and Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas) are available. For other opportunities outside of Nicaragua, contact the professor. Travel from Kaua'i to Managua during August 2008 was approximately U$1,400. Several routes exist for travel. Obtaining a passport is necessary. Contact a trusted travel agent in making arrangements, as it is often difficult to making these connecting flights online. For medical questions, visit both the Center for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov) for Nicaragua, and a local doctor capable of providing preventative travel medicine for typical 3rd and 4th world diseases. For safety, S.O.S. International is the most recommeded travel insurance covering both medical emergency evacuation by helicopter and political emergecy evacuation by helicopter for various prices. Check the website: www.internationalsos.com for details on student pricing and variations in time-frames. Pre-requisites: Spanish 100; ANTH 200 Costs for additional in-country travel, housing and meals will be covered by the sponsoring organizations: Alistar Nicaragua, www.alistarnicaragua.org and Alistar International, www.alistarinternational.com. Additional monies may be desireable for personal gifts and recuerdos. Meals tend to be of the local affair. Recommended packing items: -waterproof dry bag large enough for your gear -backpack models are really nice -mosquito net/mosquitero (inexpensive models available in Managua) -hammock (inexpensive sack material models available in Managua) -air matress for camping/sleeping on bamboo/cedar -DEET! REI has "jungle juice" available at www.rei.com with 95% deet (while deet is not the best to apply to skin, malaria is worse) -baithing suit (for baithing in the river) -camara/journal/book/magazine -candles, headlamp w/extra batteries, lighter -photos of your family/home/things important to you to share with others -gifts (e.g. macnuts); crayons + drawing books; musical instrument..... Pre-trip activities for student or KCC graduate could include fundraising and soliciting for medical donations if time permits or if individual financial situations require such activities. | |
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