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Development and Social Change: The Gold Coast

Location: Jukwa, Ghana
Course Begins Online: December 6, 2009
Travel Dates: December 26, 2009 – January 9, 2010
Coursework Completion Date: January 30, 2010
Faculty Leader: Mr. Brandon Cohen
Academic Credits: 3 Political Science
Service: Help complete construction of the first public library outside the capital city of Accra, additional opportunities may include tutoring local school children
Housing: Homestays with families or in a home provided for the Amizade group during Winter Break
Travel Highlights: Program includes travel to Accra, Ghanaian Beaches, Cape Coast Castle, Elmina Castle, and walking on rope bridges through a Rainforest Canopy

Program Description

Development and Social Change: The Gold Coast provides students with an academic and practical introduction to the realities of international development efforts. While working with Amizade’s Ghanaian site director and community contacts, you’ll also have the opportunity to learn about the last half century of successful and failed efforts to promote positive social change and development. The region is bursting with contemporary and historical lessons relating to oppression, development, and human rights. You’ll visit the first European Castle in The Tropics, Elmina Castle, as well as other disturbing sites essential to the Transatlantic Slave trade. You’ll learn from the museum and park honoring Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and an influential leader in Pan-Africanism. Throughout your experience in Ghana, you’ll have opportunities to listen to and learn from local people, community-based development organizations, and essential on-site experience and observation.

Program Fee: $2,550

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Program Tuition Includes:

• Course delivery and instruction accredited through West Virginia University
• Accommodations
• Three meals per day
• Multiple field trips and scheduled educational, cultural and service activities
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance

Additional Program Related Expenses:

• Airfare to Accra, Ghana and other travel related expenses
• Applicable passport or visa fees
• Course textbooks, course packet and materials
• Supplemental meals or snacks
• Personal spending money