Welcome to IINAIS Internationalism -
then and now
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UMMS
Insight
In Bolivia Kim Harris, an experienced speech and language
therapist, specialised in working with children with learning difficul
ties, joins the Centro de Rehabilitación in Cochabamba. Vanessa
Keegan, a designer, whose broad career has included exhibitions in
Paris and Tokyo as well as work with Oxfam Trading and Traidcraft,
joins Alpaca Worksa Cochabamba-based collective of women's knit
ting groups, which is aiming to be ecologically responsible from the
production of raw materials to the finished garment.
In Brazil: two dentists join the programme. Jo Rees, who has
accumulated many years of experience of working in remote areas
(as well as an MSc in environmental science) joins Projeto Mamiraud.
Based in an ecological reserve, Jo's role will be to help improve den
tal health standards amongst the communities living within it. Jill
Stewart from Glasgow will be working with Saude e Alegria, a dy
namic interdisciplinary community development project working with
riverside communities. In Amazonas, Andy Martin, a nurse from
Bolton, with previous overseas experience in Nigeria, Ethiopia and
India, joins the Alfredo da Matta leprosy control programme.
In Mali I Nick Hudson, a teacher/community education worker,
moves from his community school in Rochdale to join Association
Subaahi Gumo - "bright morning full of good hope" in the Malian
language Sonrhai. ASG is an NGO developing a wide range of edu
cation and literacy activities both in Bamako and rural areas.
In West Bank and Gaza: Stephen Craig joins the De
mocracy and Workers' Rights Centre in Ramallah in the role of trade
union educator. Stephen will be making use of his
extensive experience in the UK to help develop
workers' education programmes with a view to in
creasing the effectiveness of the activities of the
local unions.
Project Worker
Nationalities
January 1995 - March 1996
Photo of U.N.A. straat in the Netherlands. After
severe flooding in 1953, the United Nations Asso
ciation sent volunteers to help reconstruction on
the former Isle of Schou wen - Dui veland. This was
the start of International Service. Photo courtesy
of Streekarchivariaat Schouwen-Duiveland.
In our concentration on the coun
tries of the South that we work in, it
is important not to lose sight of the
crucial contribution of non-UK citi
zens to the work of UNAIS.
The article on the facing page shows
the contribution of two Dutch people
to UNAIS' brand of development
while the list below shows the breadth
of cultures represented by our project
workers. The photo below shows the
street named after the project where it
all started.
1-3 project workers:
Canadian, Chadian, Egyptian, Ger
man, Hungarian, Indian, Italian,
Polish, Somali, Spanish, Nigerian/
British, USA/British
4-10 project workers:
Australian. Dutch, French, Irish,
USA
65 project workers:
British