Project El Gusano is a summer community development experience for UNC undergraduates in Guanajuato, Mexico, started in 2007 by undergraduates who participated in the APPLES Global Course INTS 390, Latin American Immigration Perspectives. This project, now in its second year, is a collaborative effort between ISA's Latino Migration Project and the UNC chapter of Nourish International and the Mexican NGO Fundación Comunitaria del Bajio http://www.fcbajio.org. In the summer 2008, seven undergraduates spent one month working in the rural town of El Gusano in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico to help create a community center for residents. Student participants completed a community needs-assessment, taught English and recreation classes at the local school, and lived with families for one month. Like many rural Mexican communities, the town of El Gusano experiences high levels of emigration to the United States. The mission of the Fundación is to create viable economic and social opportunities to make communities places that people want to stay in http://nourishinternational.org/blog/mexico-08/. APPLY to become a member of the team! Deadline January 21, 2009, 7:00 PM. If you have any questions or concerns, contact group leaders Shaw Drake and Burcu Bozkurt at uncmexico@gmail.com. |
Mexico 2009 |