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We are going to celebrate!

The Sauder Africa Initiative keeps getting bigger and better!

To celebrate this evolution, we are hosting our inaugural event - Sauder Africa: Building Entrepreneurial Success to Kenyan' Slums - to bring you together with other individuals and groups that have made our growth possible. Please join us at 6.00 pm on November 9th, 2011 at Legacy Liqior Store to hear more about this year’s teaching expedition and our plans for the future. Connect with interesting guests and hear from our students.

While we encourage and welcome donations of any kind, we would prefer that you bring a ‘plus 1’ in an effort to spread the word about the Initiative’s work to empower young people with the entrepreneurial skills to develop their own businesses in the slums of Nairobi.

More information and registration site are coming soon! Visit our Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248452461869960

2012 Team Recruitment Infosession is happening on October 20th!

YES, it is that exciting time of the year again when Sauder Africa Initiative accepts applications for the 2012 Team!

Sauder Africa Initiative is entering its 7th successful year of operation and has started recruiting its 2012 team. Online applications for Sauder Africa Initiative - Kenya 2012 are now being accepted until October 28th 2011 (before midnight).

We are recruiting for two dedicated groups of students who want to change the lives of youth in the poorest parts of Nairobi, Kenya:

a) a Travelling team who will deliver a three-week prgram based in Nairobi, to help Kenyan youth develop business plans.

b) a Vancouver-based team who will help to support the travelling team through fundraising, curriculum development, mentoring, communications, and other tasks as needed;

We are opening the program to those of you who aren’t able to travel to Kenya because many of you have expressed a desire to contribute in some way to our project. We encourage you to consider this opportunity to join the team. You can read more about the project requirements by going to http://africa.sauder.ubc.ca/SE101_Kenya_2011.html.

The Info session for Sauder Africa Initiative will be held on

Thursday, October 20th 12.30 - 2 pm, in HA 237

The information session will provide an opportunity for you to learn more about this exciting project and meet some of the participants from previous years. If you have any questions about the program or the application procedure, please contact us at info@africa.sauder.ubc.ca

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOU AT THE INFOSESSION!!!