:Title:    Adult Life program development
:Author:   Evvy Bryning
:Date:     Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:22:59 PST
:Modified: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:07:37 PST
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/news/1/

**Adult Life** is a new program idea that addresses some of the needs that I personally have witnessed in the LiA communities. Though the desire for these activities wasn't *articulated* by the community, when the program idea was explained to the Kampala community a few days ago they burst into ululation and applause. 

Basically, Adult Life encourages adult members of Life in Africa to develop their talents and passions. Proposed activities include: 

    * Basic English, literacy and numeracy training

    * Community learning activities and events

    * Local & global action campaigns

    * Music, dance & drama

For the literacy training (a big winner with the community) we will need to recruit volunteers who I would hope would stay for a significant period of time (up to one year) to offer stable course instruction. As many of you know, we've had a real mixed bag of experiences with volunteers in the past that point to the need for a more diligent and selective application and screening process. 

Any further ideas on volunteer recruitment for this program would be greatly appreciated. I am wondering what folks would think about continuing the HDC2 fund for sponsoring volunteers from developing countries that David Bale started, particularly in the context of the Adult Life program. 

While the last two activities on the list don't cost very much, the community learning activities and events that members have loved participating in over the past 2 years are a big ticket item that we need to figure out funding for. We can do dropcash style fundraising to help cover the costs of each event planned in advance, or we can try to raise a budget that covers funding for periodic events to be held during a 1-2 year period.  

Comments from the community and global supporters welcome on this. Many thanks in advance for your thought time :)



[**Edited by group owner:** `Christina Jordan`_ on 27 Nov 2007 03:07 PST: .]

.. _`Christina Jordan`: http://www.ned.com/user/u607448711/