2. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

3. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

4. development project service learning experience

5. objectives : openmindedness to North- South relationship human, crosscultural and humanitarian experience

6. to reach the objectives… spend one month there With a spirit of openmindedness and service to the local population participate in local development projects

7. In India building small houses for destitute families

8. In Burkina Faso financing a micro-dam planting trees

9. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

10. ICHEC CLEMSON INDIAN PARTNERS BURKINABE PARTNERS PARTICIPANTS BENEFICIARIES DONATORS

11. 4 indian partners DHARMAPURI Most Rev. Joseph Antony Irudayaraj Bishop of Dharmapuri SALEM Most Rev. Dr. S. Singaroyan Bishop of Salem SEVAI Mr Govindaraju Director Sevaï TIRUNELVELI Sr Annamary Provincial

12. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

13. 10 Participants in each village The project takes place in South India

14. This is the kind of habitation the project replaces.

15. … the new home. … the beneficiaries… The present habitation…

16. Students are building houses

17. …with the help of Indian workers…

18. The aim is to build 9 to 10 houses per village. Houses are +/- 24 m2 and cost +/-700€ each.

19. During three weeks, students share their time between the construction work and ……

20. … the discovery of the Indian Villages…

21. … the experience of another culture…

22. …and the experience of living communally….

23. After three weeks…houses can be inaugurated !

24. By the workers and the families…

25. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

27. In India for 16 years 545 participants 544 houses 3 schools 1 dispensary In Burkina Faso for 8 years 90 participants 43.000€ given for micro-dams 38.500 trees

28. For three years now, Clemson students have joined the project. 20062007 2008

29. … those are houses built in 2001.

30. What is this? The partners What do we do? The achievements The challenge

31. one student = one house6000 trees - 1 micro-dam Humanitarian challenge Burkina FasoIndia

32. crosscultural challenge openmindedness to other culture human challenge openmindedness and service to local people and team members financial challenge fundraising : 1.700 € / participant

33. For more information: ICHEC Housing project Tel : 0032.2.778.03.07 http://housingproject.ichec.be vincent.huart@ichec.be

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