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The 2006 Global Village Team has just returned from an amazingly successful trip down to Guatemala.  They worked hard to plan their trip and raise funds.  The money earned from fundraising helped to cover the costs of travel, as well as supplies for the houses they built.  The team hiked mountains, swam in waterfalls, helped build two different houses, painted and cleaned up a local school as well as experience the culture of Coban, Rabinal, and Antigua.
  -Applications will be available late Spring for the 2007 Global Village trip.

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Keene State College has participated in Global Village trips since 2001.  They have been to Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, and Guatemala.  A strong relationship was formed with the Habitat affiliate in Guatemala in 2004, and the hope is that they will now return to this country each year.  The group will spend 5 days learning the culture of Guatemala and 5 days working side by side with the families who will live in the homes.  Also, students will collect school supplies and distribute them to a school in the region that they will work in.  Houses built by Habitat in Latin America are built very simply, with cement blocks stacked on top of a foundation and filled in with a cement mixture.  The students will be exercised physically, mentally, and emotionally in this life-changing experience. 

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The 2006 Global Village Leadership Team:
  • Don Hayes - Director of Community Service at Keene State College and advisor to HFH campus chapter
  • Tripp Hutchins - Resident Director for Randall and Monadnock Halls 
  • Nicolle Candido - Junior, Biology
  • Jessica Duval - Senior, Geography and Elementary Education

The 2006 Global Village Team Members:

  • Chris Bartlett - Senior,  Communication and Spanish

  • Sarah Brubaker  - Junior, Social Sciences

  • Meredith Fitzgerald - Graduate, BA Graphic Design M.Ed. Elementary Ed.

  • Karalyn Gauvin - Senior, Geology

  • Kevin Gelinas  - Junior, Technology Education

  • Lindsay Gonzalez - Senior, Spanish and Elementary Education

  • Shawn Huckins - Senior, Studio Art

  • Tom Latoka  - Monadnock Affiliate Habitat for Humanity President

  • Kaitlyn McCrann - Junior, Safety Studies and Psychology

  • Kelly Mullane - Sophomore,  Communications and Film Studies

  • Kara Roach - Senior, Environmental Studies and History

  • Katelyn Sullivan - Sophomore, Undeclared

  • Mike Ward -  Administrative Assistant at Keene State College and advisor to HFH campus chapter

The participants were selected through precise process to ensure that there was a diverse range of personality, interest, background, and skill.  It will be a great year!

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"One of my most poignant memories is a conversation I had with Maria Elena, A Habitat volunteer and home recipient.  She spoke in length about how the town of Rabinal had lost hope.  Wounds of the recent civil war were still fresh in Rabinal, where over twenty percent of the population was massacred in the late 1980's and early 90's.  She then looked at me and said, 'Thank you for brining hope to our community.'"             ~Christine White  -  Global Village '04
 
 
 
 
 
"Through working with the masons in Rabinal, I realized that verbal communication is not necessary to complete a task, but with a patient heart and a persistent mind no seemingly impossible task is too difficult to successfully complete."          ~Andrew Leone    -   Global Village '04
 
 
 
 
 
"I remember on one of the job sites that a little girl had wandered over curiously to see what was going on.  We were using an old metal barrel to store very dirty water in order to mix the concrete.  While I was working I glanced up to see her cupping her hands and drinking from the barrel.  My first reaction was to tell her to stop, but as I began to explain this to her, she looked up at me, and I realized that it is very possible that these children are used to drinking water as dirty as that.  In that moment I stopped myself from scolding her and began to really understand."       ~Sarah Barkhouse   -    Global Village '04

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The 2006 Global Village team has been working hard to raise funds for the trip.  If you would like to make a donation, mail a check made out to "KSC Global Village" to:     
Office of Community Service
Mailstop 3003 Keene State College
229 Main Street
Keene, NH 03435-3003
 
For more information, call the Office of Community Service at 603-358-2665