2011 International Mission Trips
Coordinator: Peter Grames Email: NISMOffice@messiah.edu
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Spring Break Mission Trips:
El Salvador: This team will be learning and serving alongside Marta Benevides, a remarkable El Salvadoran woman who worked with Archbishop Romero before his assassination. Marta is a Salvadoran activist, theologian and educator. She is the Founder of Ecohouse and the International Institute for Cooperation Amongst Peoples-IICP. Marta has developed ecological programs at the local, regional and national levels, teaching permaculture and soil and water conservation and management to rural and indigenous communities with emphasis on women and youth. She works on environmental issues at the regional and global levels with the UN processes and other concerned groups. March 13-21, 2011
Northern Ireland: The Northern Ireland team serves in the local school district to build relationships with youth in an area greatly divided by Protestant and Catholic rivalries. Messiah College students model Christ's love and reconciliation. March 13-21, 2011
Summer Mission Trips (in partnership with Food for the Hungry):Nicaragua: This team partners with FH in their mission "to walk with churches, leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation." This trip wil explore sustainable agriculture projects and economic justice issues in the community. June 19-July 2, 2011 Est. Cost: $2,100 Bolivia: Students serve and learn in Rodeo, Bolivia, the site of Messiah College's Community to Community (C2C) partner. Participants may have an opportunity to meet their sponsor child, and continue several water and library projects that past teams have begun. A second team will serve during the same time period in Toro Toro, Bolivia with FH. July 18-29, 2011 Est. Cost: $2,500
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