Here is a greeting from some of the members of September Team 2010, who are already here in the Gaia Course. Soon they will be joined by people from Korea, Japan and Cyprus to start their Development Instructor training - and there is space for more!

From 1st July 2010 we are happy to offer you the possibility to achieve a level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership, in co-operation with Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Working in the Academy for Working Children, Jaipur, Malviya Nagar.

September team report

Julian, September Team 2008: In Bilibiza, a small village located inside the Quirimbas National Park, in the north side of Mozambique, life passes slowly although it is considerably short.

Gary Peatling, September team 2009: To develop leadership skills I need to take more initiative in organising people, and to set a better example. This should come through being positive and persistent....

We met in Tvind to organise the Olympic games with 50 different disciplines for 650 kids! Hana from May team reports

Baddi has more than 3000 companies. Many migrant workers are coming into the city for work from other places in all of India. I saw a tremendous gap between the rich and the poor.
Shinichi Aihara
Himachal Pradesh TCE in Baddi

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.

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.

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....

Students and teachers decided to organise an Open Day at CICD in order for people to know get to know what exactly we do at our school. It’s very important for all of us to have this contact with the communities surrounding us.

Quite often, sometimes several times a day, I see a woman coming to and from the well near where we live. She has only one leg and walks with a pair of crutches which occupy her hands.

In the scope of our Gaia program, we have been talking about climate changing and all the consequences that can arise if we continue and don't change our awareness and behavior towards the Mother Earth.

I went to Malawi, Africa, to work as a DI in August 2009. I had chosen to work as a Group Teacher at DAPP Chilangoma Teacher Training College, south region of Malawi.

By Janio Jaramillo Flechas: Today, we all know that water is the main natural resource, non-renewable, and, more importantly, meanwhile, increasingly scarce.

Pietro Piccini is from Brazil, and he was a DI in September team 2008 – working in TCE South Africa during his project period. Here he tells a little about his time as a “Gaia co-teacher” and his thoughts about the future.

Betuca is working at one of Humana People to People’s “Training Centre for Global Development” (TCGD) in Orissa, India

I learned to speak to people I did not know. This was very difficult for me in the beginning. And this I needed to do a lot in Africa, so it was a good thing.

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.