Part I:

SOW will select a cohort from submitted applications to travel abroad to a predetermined orphanage, school, or other facility and conduct seminars, camps, activities, teachings, etc.

The group will immerse into a new culture, which will enable them to learn about differences, diversity, and tolerance through education, raised awareness, and a variety of other activities while catering to and experiencing a developing rural community.

Part II:

While abroad, SOW will distribute paper applications as well as provide access to an online application to the surrounding community. SOW will select a cohort from abroad to immerse into a new culture -- the United States culture.

SOW will provide the visitors with a welcome package and invite them into a host-family house where they will follow the Part II curriculum, including trips to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and other northeast attractions.

Global Facts & Possible SOW Interventions:

• Adults above the age of 15 in Tanzania read at a 69.4% literacy rate. In 2003, Tanzania reported a 30% rate of malaria and currently reports 1.6 million residents living with HIV/AIDS.


• Brazil is 73.6% Roman Catholic, is the second largest consumer of cocaine in the world, and has an education expectancy average age of 14 years.


• In Colombia, insurgents continue attacks against civilians, large parts of the country are under guerrilla influence, and there is an education expectancy average age of 12 years.


• 21.5% of South Africa lives with HIV/AIDS, the average life expectancy is 48.9 years, and reports a 24.3% unemployment rate.



 

Data:www.cia.gov