Alternative Breaks @ the University of California, San Diego aims to cultivate socially active and globally conscious leaders through networking, developing, and expanding Alternative Break teams at UCSD who are centrally focused on international volunteerism. Alternative Breaks are national or international service learning trips that incorporate direct service, education, diversity, reflection, issues of social justice, and reorientation to have a LIFELONG impact on participants. Alternative Breaks @ UCSD is open to all students(undergraduate and graduate) and acts as a facilitator for all Alternative Breaks on campus.

This school year (07-08) we are volunteering in:
Guatemala(Quetzaltenango), Costa Rica(Puriscal), Peru( Ayacucho), Brazil(Salvador), Russia(Yaroslavl), National Parks(California), China(X'ian), India-Himalayas(Dharamsala), Thailand(Trang), & Ghana(Volta Region)

*****CCS volunteers work in the areas of Social Services, Education and Health:

Environmental Impact

Caring for infants & children

Teaching children

Teaching English

Assisting teachers

Observing and assisting local health professionals

Working with people affected by HIV/AIDS

Caring for the elderly

Caring for people with disabilities

Assisting teachers of Special Education

Working toward women's empowerment

Sharing your professional skills/experience

"Changing Lives One Alternative Break at a Time"

Website: http://ucsd.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2336898225
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