Humana People
Humana People to People is the international organization that the IICD cooperates with about the Development Instructor program.
Humana People to People started its activities in 1977 and is today a federation of 31 national associations running more than 200 development projects in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.
The members are all nonprofit organizations working in the field of international development cooperation. They maintain Solidary Humanism as a basis for their international efforts.
More than 2.5 million people are directly involved in Humana People to People's projects.
27 projects are located in USA, Canada and Europe, and are engaged in raising funds for the projects in the poor parts of the world, typically through the collection, sorting and selling of second hand clothes.
163 projects are located in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, Brazil, Ecuador, India and China. The projects are within different sectors of activity. Education (teacher training colleges, vocational schools, schools for children), Child Aid, HOPE (projects to fight HIV/AIDS), TCE (Total Control of the Epidemic - a program to stop AIDS), fundraising and partnership, commercial companies, "From Communal to Commercial Farmer" and Farmers Club.
IICD and Humana People to People
The IICD has been training Development Instructors for Humana People to People projects since its start in 1989. At the moment, the IICD trains Development Instructors going to Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa, and typically the same projects, so when one Development Instructor leaves, the next will take over.
We have a good cooperation with the projects and their project leaders, through the contact with the Development Instructors in Africa and the school. There is a constant flow of information that can direct and guide the training. The staff from the IICD also travels to the projects from time to time in order to be able to improve the training. The cooperation between the IICD and other institutions training Development Instructors and the federation is described in "Directions Governing the Development Instructors at the DRH Schools and in the Federation".
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HOPE
The devastation of HIV/AIDS can be seen everywhere. The epidemic has torn the fabric of society. Members for the HOPE program will work with the people of Angola in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Project Escola de Professores do Futuro
Education is the key to development work, In order to create long-term benefits for the people of Angola, education must be a priority.
- What about my safety as a foreigner?
- How accepting is the community towards the volunteers?
- Are there moral and customs that we are trying to push on people to make them more "western"?
- No money – what can I do – can I still participate?
- Does Humana People to People work in unison with any other humanitarian organizations in Africa?
