APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR SUMMER TRIP!

Dear potential Alternative Breaker,

If you missed the deadline, or even if you have already submitted your application(s), you have yet another opportunity to apply for our program! The Building Empowerment in the Philippines Summer Break trip has reopened its application process. The deadline to submit your paper application is Thursday, November 3 at 9am and the Site Leaders will be holding rolling interviews throughout the whole week.

If you are interested, here are the steps to take:

1. Turn in a paper application (download from abatucsd.wordpress.com) to the Alternative Breaks@UCSD mailbox on the 3rd floor of Price Center, directly behind One Stop.

2a. If this is your FIRST or SECOND application, please email abphilippines22012@gmail.com with your availability for an interview between today and Thursday at 4pm.

2b. If this is your THIRD application, you will only be considered for this trip if you are not selected for the two trips you have already applied to. Your interview will take place this Friday, so please email abphilippines22012@gmail.com with your availability to interview on Friday, November 4th.

Here is some information about the AB Philippines Summer Trip from the Site Leaders:

Building Empowerment in the Philippines 

Host organization: Gawad Kalinga

Length/date: 2 weeks/ leaving 4 days after graduation

Cost: ~$2,000 (all inclusive – airfare and program fee)

Gawad Kalinga is all about building empowered communities. It is driven by a culture of caring and sharing, dedicated to eradicate poverty and restore human dignity. Its mission is to end poverty for 5 million families by 2024.

Our mission will be to work along side communities to promote a culture of empowerment. We will serve the community members by helping them with the construction of houses that will be given to families suffering from poverty (currently 4.5 million people are homeless in the Philippines). We will also get involved in projects to develop these community members into leaders, equipping them with the skills and power to work towards their mission of ending poverty.

Please feel free to contact the Site Leaders, Spencer & Abby, if you have any questions at abphilippines22012@gmail.com. Thank you. We look forward to receiving more applications!

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