tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74086999601705220752011-04-22T00:41:00.885-04:00ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408699960170522075.post-32989683861133026672008-09-01T03:20:00.000-04:002008-09-05T03:33:02.146-04:00<img src="https://ec48200680-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1220599706/ba209932ab/MAP.jpg" alt="MAP.jpg" mce_src="https://ec48200680-custmedia.vresp.com/library/1220599706/ba209932ab/MAP.jpg" align="left" height="129" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="190" />ProWorld's road warriors are hitting the pavement this fall! Adam, Anna, Erin, Julie, Kate and Keith will be visiting campuses across the country, from New York to California. Watch for us on your campus and check back for updates from all of our reps on their travels.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Want us to come to your campus? Let us know! Email us at</span> <a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="mailto:info@myproworld.org">info@myproworld.org</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> or call 877.429.6753.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408699960170522075-3298968386113302667?l=myproworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408699960170522075.post-41147550234662480422008-04-08T16:54:00.006-04:002008-04-08T17:05:57.160-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R_vd3b_3w5I/AAAAAAAAAFU/AJworkMr9B4/s1600-h/announcement_clip_art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 152px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R_vd3b_3w5I/AAAAAAAAAFU/AJworkMr9B4/s320/announcement_clip_art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186983340325454738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">We would like to Thank everyone we met on our recruitment trip. All of your enthusiasm and dedication is amazing and we want to give out a hearty ProWorld SHOUT OUT to all those amazing volunteers out there.</span><br /><br />Remember that even though we are not in your area, we are available to offer placement advice and international travel support. We are just an email or phone call away! Please contact us at 877-42-WORLD or email us at info@myproworld.org<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408699960170522075-4114755023466248042?l=myproworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408699960170522075.post-42461270288080577782008-01-24T10:59:00.000-05:002008-01-24T11:15:15.562-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R5i44vMyPFI/AAAAAAAAAEM/f35CbS3qSGY/s1600-h/Road+Trip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R5i44vMyPFI/AAAAAAAAAEM/f35CbS3qSGY/s320/Road+Trip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159076658035178578" border="0" /></a>ProWorld Reps from the main site office in Cusco, Peru are Road Trippin' it!! They will be holding "office hours" for interested individuals that would like to sit down Face-to-Face and ask questions, look at pictures of project sites, and just hang out to talk about traveling and living abroad.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interested??</span> -- Contact your regional Rep!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Central USA - Erin McIntee</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">erin@myproworld.org</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Coast USA - Autumn DiGaetano-Fedoruk</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">autumn@myproworld.org</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">East Coast USA - Adam Saks</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Adam will not be doing regional visits this time around.</span><br />If you live in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">D.C. or NYC areas</span> please <span style="font-weight: bold;">contact Autumn</span> - The West Coast Rep<br />If you live in <span style="font-weight: bold;">North Carolina</span> please <span style="font-weight: bold;">contact Erin</span> - Central USA Rep<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408699960170522075-4246127028808057778?l=myproworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408699960170522075.post-50662533531244737602007-11-19T11:00:00.000-05:002007-11-26T18:01:08.208-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R0tNWlpG1rI/AAAAAAAAAD0/rPmgnOBsjnI/s1600-h/map-thailand.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R0tNWlpG1rI/AAAAAAAAAD0/rPmgnOBsjnI/s320/map-thailand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137284850403169970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">We would like to <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >introduce</span> and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >welcome</span> the new on-site director <span style="font-weight: bold;">Andy Northrop</span>, who will be paving the way for the new ProThailand site in Chiang Mai. </span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">We are excited with the skills and experience An</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">dy brings to the position, as he has recently finished a graduate degree at SIT as well as having spent time on group management and project development in Chiang Mai, Thailand already. In his charismatic voice and passionate description he would like to personally addres</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">s t</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">he ProWorld community.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R0tMZVpG1qI/AAAAAAAAADs/MTZ9QtPQfJQ/s1600-h/Andy+-+Thailand.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 325px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9l3xhe-XoPI/R0tMZVpG1qI/AAAAAAAAADs/MTZ9QtPQfJQ/s320/Andy+-+Thailand.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137283798136182434" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">" There is not a</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">da</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">y that goes by where the Thais do not represent their country as it is known for: "the land of</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"> s</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">miles". The warm and hospitable culture of Thailand, not to mention the food, has brought </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">m</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">e back to visit several times, live and embrace Thai culture, conduct</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">research, work tow</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">a</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">rds sustainable development, and now to establish ProThailand. As an advocate for cross-c</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">ultural understanding, social change, and sustainable development, I ambitiously strive </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">t</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">o educate volunteers on the rich cultural dynamics of Thailand via exposure to experie</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">ntial sustainable development project initiatives with the leadership and kin</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">dness of partner</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">ed organizations. This communal process could not be successful without the communities, people, and organizations ProThailand seeks to work with." -- Andy Northrop</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Be looking for updates about this new site, as Andy is getting geared up for volunteers in 2008!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span> </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408699960170522075-5066253353124473760?l=myproworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408699960170522075.post-70256506626139462302007-11-19T10:48:00.000-05:002007-11-26T18:02:30.243-05:00<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">... a personal message from co-founder Richard Webb.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">~ ProIndia ~</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">I will be accompanied by Scott Leroy, experienced site director in Peru and Mexico, on a scouting trip to southern India in December. We plan to visit a number of cities in states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. With heavy monsoon seasons and many parts of India averaging over 40 degrees Celsius in the summer months, it turns out that climate has been one a most powerful determinate of our location opportunities.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" > ~ </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >ProThailand ~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">From India, I will fly on Chiang Mai, Thailand to meet our new site director there, Andy Northrop. One of our focuses will be the hill communities, as they are known, in and around Chiang Mai. These rural communities promise to offer rich and profound project and cultural opportunities for staff and volunteers alike.</span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"I look forward to our growing the ProWorld community and hope you all will welcome the increasing richness of our community."</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7408699960170522075-7025650662613946230?l=myproworld.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ProWorld Service Corpsnoreply@blogger.com0