Support for International Change information session: Tuesday, Nov. 8 in CT462
Support for International Change was founded in 2002 with the dual mission to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities in Tanzania and to train future leaders in global health and development. SIC works in the most rural, hard to reach communities, where poor infrastructure and widespread poverty limit access to HIV testing and prevention services, leaving those living with HIV socially and physically isolated from care. SIC offers a comprehensive set of community based services to address this crisis.
The primary responsibility of volunteers is to run an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in assigned partner communities. During orientation, volunteers are divided into teams of 3 or 4 American volunteers with 2 Tanzanian counterparts. The majority of their time in Tanzania is spent teaching HIV/AIDS educational seminars, lesson planning, training peer educators and community leaders within the village, as well as organizing testing days. Volunteers are also involved in community assessment within the villages. Each team will work with several school and village groups. In addition to these responsibilities, SIC urges volunteers to take the lead on other projects related to their work.
We’ll be holding two information sessions for students who are interested in volunteering. They will be on:
Tuesday, November 8th, 1-1:50 in Crosstown 462
and
Monday, December 5th, 5-5:50 in Crosstown 462
Feel free to contact Chloe Auletta-Young at cauletta@bu.edu with any questions!
