Allen Co. 4-H Offers Global Experience
Published: Friday, September 20, 2019
Do you have an interest in learning about citizenship and the global hunger issue? There is an opportunity for Allen County 4-H members (grade 7-12) to get involved and learn more by attending the Global Gateway Experience at the Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Ark., April 16-20.
The Global Gateway Experience includes a Global Village in which youth will see recreated urban slums, bamboo huts, shanties, refugee camps and more. The Heifer Ranch creates an experience in which nothing-shelter, food, water or cooking fuel-can be taken for granted. Participants will understand global hunger through a number of exercises and prepare a meal with limited resources while staying in the Global Village.
Four-H members will stay in the Heifer Hilton for the first and third nights (bunk bed style housing in a barn with the animals below) and in one of the Global Villages houses on the second night.
The registration fee for the experience is $170, plus the cost of meals on the trip to and from Arkansas. Transportation by charter bus will be provided and is sponsored by the Indiana 4-H Youth Development.
Youth must submit an application as this trip is limited. Allen County can take a team of four youth and one adult on this trip. Applications are available from the Allen County Extension office are due by Dec. 1.
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