The Adventure Begins

I found my self in the Ganges Community Library last Friday, staring at an e-mail from Canada World Youth informing that I will be starting the Canadian phase of my Canada World Youth project on the 17th of July. I was pretty stunned and after wandering around Ganges with a shocked look on my face and after I was told repeatedly by my encouraging friend Graeme "You have to go! I'm so jealous, you have to go!" I decided that I had to go.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the program, check out the website at www.cwy-jcm.org. There is a tonne of information there but I can give you the quick run-down of the program as it pertains to me.
My group will be made up of around 10 Canadians and 10 Bolivians between the ages of 17 and 24. The participants come from all over Canada and Bolivia and we will meet up somewhere in Alberta for our orientation camp. We will be paired up (Canadian with Bolivian) and assigned a host family in our host community (Cochrane, Alberta.) We will then have interviews with various work placements. We will live in Cochrane for 3 1/2 months before we leave to do the same thing in Bolivia. There are other components but I won't get into that.

So now I commence fundraising! Part of the requirements for the program is for each participant to raise $2100 for Canada World Youth through their community. I have various fundraising ideas swimming around in my head and will keep you all informed of those. If you would like to make a donation or have any ideas for fundraisers, please e-mail or phone me. Also if you have been to or have any stories about Bolivia or Canada World Youth please let me know, I would love to hear them!

Love and hugs,
Anna