Global Potential, the program

www.global-potential.org

In short, the Global Potential runs as follows:

1)Training and recruiting: this phase runs between now and June next year. The aim is to get the students who are recruited for the program, to participate in several workshops where they will learn about social development, leadership, life skills, global awareness, civic participation and social entrepreneurship. Each of us school facilitators are responsible for running the workshops at a different school located around NYC (Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn). The training works towards preparing these kids to volunteer abroad over next summer.

2) (July 2011) - The kids will be taken by GP on a 6 week trip to either Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti and a new addition is to perhaps go to a reservation in South Dakota. During the trip, students will be team building, working in underprivileged communities themselves and learning about sustainable agriculture amongst other things

3)When these students return to NYC they are then considered GP LEADERS. Students are encouraged to start an entrepeunerial project of their own (with the help of GP) aswell as participate in social community work in their neighborhoods. Finally, GP leaders become GP Alumni, some joining the team as interns and staff.