In this article I am going to tell you the story of myself. I hope not a boring story, but an inspiring one!! I will tell some facts of my past and how 14 months volunteering program changed my life completely.

I personally find it interesting and challenging. DmM is designed in such a way that students will have a well- rounded learning that ranges from inter- personal skills to issues with huge social relevance such as AIDS, poverty, African and world history.

After 6 months in Mozambique, 9 students from our March team 2008 are back again for Camp Future - and they arrived just as we started the new March team 2009 and sent off the September team to the projects!

The September team 2008 of CICD took part in the Development Conference, in our sister school situated in Hornsjoe, Norway. All the schools from Europe were there to discuss about the important issues of the world nowadays.

Once a month, the Gaia students from all the satellites in England (Hull, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester) get together to study for 2 days, in an assembly called Residential School.

All DRH Schools use an innovative system, called Determination of modern Methods (DmM). This is a modern method of instruction which puts emphasis on the student’s responsibility for his or her own education.

Imagine ... all these people together, coming from different parts of the world and even though some of them came from the same country their experiences are totally unique! Imagine them enjoying one day out together and sharing experiences together.

Hi, there! Muli bwanji? Ndili bwino.
This is Masako from the May team 2008. I arrived in Amalika in Malawi and I’ve been here for about a week. It is rainy season but Amalika did not get much rain since I came.

5 New Schools for the Teachers of the Future in Mozambique. (Document in portuguese and English)

At the border we had to get off the bus, go to an office and pay the border fee. The change of the landscape was quite sharp between the 2 countries - in Mozambique, you can see the poverty on the people, the buildings and the roads.

We are many at CICD who are busy spreading the message - telling people about the DI program and the work of Humana People to People.

“Let’s together fight against sexual abuse of children, fight against child labour, fight against child violence, and fight against premature marriages.

I also worked with the Total Control of the Epidemic project with local extension workers. We went together to visit AIDS positive clubs, where I made presentations about natural medicine and we prepared the medicine together.

The World Water Crisis is one of the largest public health issues of our time. Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack access to safe drinking water. Here you can learn how to purify water and build a rope pump!

The launch of the first Brazilian Child Aid project took place 14th of January in Cancacao in Bahia.

Child Aid in Nhamatanda work with 2 programs: RITA (Reduced Impact and Transmission of HIV/AIDS) e AGSP (Ambassadors Girls Scholarship Program). Right now we are starting one more program about Tuberculosis, that it’s very similar to TCE.

DNS Tvind is an international teachers training college in Denmark, and one of CICD-s partner schools. The name DNS is short for (in Danish) “The Necessary Teachers Training College”.

This is the great and precious experience for me.

Katya from Russia was in Namibia as a DI in TCE, with the Passion for People movement. Here you can read about her experiences and see her film about the people and the beautiful country she will never forget....

See photos from 6 projects and from Development Marketplace in Washington.

In the latest Newsletter from Gaia Movement, you can read about how sustainable and simple techniques help to fight the poverty and improve the quality of life for people in the rural areas in Africa and India

Takeshi Inagawa was in Namibia last year, working with orphan programmes and environment and treeplanting projects in Omasati region.

Almost three months ago I arrived here in Bilibiza and since then I had a good and interesting time with my friends, the students of EPF, the students learning farming at the Vocational School and the local people.

Final report from Mariana Giraldi who was in Malawi for 6 months. Find out why people call Malawi - The Warm Heart of Africa!

As I'm sure you have heard things here in Mozambique are about expanding with a BIG BANG! We are going to open 6 more areas in 6 different provinces!!!

With this report we invite you to hear from some of the many thousands of people who every day act on the basis of solidary humanism in the Humana People to People movement.

The International DRH Movement in cooperation with Humana People to People. Read about the movement and all the DRH schools in our newspaper Get Involved!

Pavel Redkin is a school teacher from Russia, from CICD September team 2008. Now he is volunteering in TCE - Total Control of the Epidemic - in South Africa. Read more here!

Every morning, I attend a morning spot (our name for “morning assembly”!) which is my favourite time from at 8.15 with fluttering heart after sweet breakfast.

Tomoyo (Japan) is back at CICD for the Camp Future. In the past 6 months, she was working at the Teacher Training College (TTC) and pre- school projects in Bilibiza.

Every month, CICD hosts the Residential School where our teammates from Birmingham and Newcastle attend and participate in. This month’s Residential School theme is ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

This one of our old and cherished pedagogical principles.
Here you can read a report from a journey full of learning and investigations from a team from another school, DNS in Denmark, who practice the same pedagogy as CICD and the DRH-schools.

It was a very productive weekend with a lot of hard work, I think all of us made an outstanding job.

Welcome to our first Gaia Residential School of 2009. This month the main topic was the Carbon Footprint, which is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change

On saturday 4th of October, our College celebrated 10 years of life. It was 1998, when Karen Barsoe (our principal), and Rolf Jakobsson (Manager of the Clothes Collection) had this dream, of starting a school to send volunteers to work in poor countries.

Whenever we read, hear or speak about the struggle that we must fight against poverty, to fight for environment, or human rights, individual or collective, in the centre is the human value of responsibility. Assuming a responsibility for these struggles.

"All the different teams from the CICD go to an event in Denmark. The March team will set up a theater play"

That is hard to say! But I actually thought I would meet more problems than I did. It was a great experience not to do that, and to meet so many positive DI-s.

Child Aid is one of the areas you can work in as a Development Instructor (DI) .

Below you can read from John Luma, DI from September team 2007, who is right now in action in Child Aid in Nhamatanda in Mozambique.

AGSP is a program under the US government, called “African Education Initiative”. It is sponsored by the USAID.
The objective is to maintain vulnerable girls, 6-15 years of age, in school.
John Luma, September team 2007, reports from Lamego

In my opinion it is very important when we want to work or do anything we must to understand the life here as well as possible. We must pay attention to what the locals need and we should support them how they would like it.

It has become evident that more and more members of the international community realize the need for a one-on-one approach to conquer HIV.

Every year the March team from the CICD is responsible for arranging and presenting a play representing the school at the Summer Theatre Festival in Denmark. This year our Development Instructors presented a play called "Testing the Echo".

Here everything is all right, I really like the project even with many problems with different reasons.
Our project leader Erik is a nice person and is open to all the ideas that we can have.

A memory comes. Africa. A happening I never forgot.
I talk about it sometimes.

Golden Cut Report
Onerio Martins Peixoto Neto

May Team 2007 leaving 7th of November for Africa - and India!

TCE is expanding as fast as can be done to as many countries as possible…and our Development Instructors play an important part as Special Forces in this expansion.

Sille from Estonia, September 2006: My six month project period in India, to be more specific, South India, in Pondicherry is almost over.

I’m part of March Team 2007 and it`s established that March (and September) Team must go to Mozambique (or India)… so in 6 months you need also to learn Portuguese. Very big task!

Jiyoung Han shares her experiences on a Project called Child Aid in beautiful Mozambique.
She also put in detail the tasks she made during her six months stint and her personal
highs and lows.

Celebrated on 8 March, International Women's Day is the global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential.

Humana People to People have just received a grant from the EU to start a Post Tsunami Green Action Programme, and a grant from Humana People to People to start the third Training Centre for Global Development in India.

The first International Culture Festival was held on the 12th of February 2007 at the University of Lincoln. Members of September team from our College were working together with the University of Lincoln Student’s Union to hold this festival.

We just received very good news from TCE Mozambique - read here about the latest developments: a report from our Development Instructor Chris Tena from the Phillipines and TCE April Newsletter!