2009 Africa Summer Study Tour

In 2009, Dr. Robert Miller and students from the UAlbany School of Social Welfare traveled to urban and rural areas in Ethiopia and South Africa to examine gender rights, child welfare, capacity building, HIV, and community development from an international perspective. This was the 10th study tour.

The Summer Study Tour to Africa with Dr. Miller is strategically designed to offer 'hands on' opportunities for participants to learn about culture, history, difference, strength, survival, leadership planning, and policy. Visits to villages, cultural markets, and meetings with local community members are used to provide experiential learning. Arranged visits to public and private agencies enable participants to examine delivery of services as well as exchange and share ideas with community based practitioners. The tour was founded in 2000 by Distinguished Professor Shirley Jones.

The 2010 tour dates are July 17 - August 14, 2010, subject to change, and the itinerary includes Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zanzibar.

The deadline to register for the 2011 tour is March 15, 2011.

Washington D.C. – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

	2009 Scheduled Time	2009 Free Time
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia	U.S. Embassy Trampled Rose Residence (Social Agency) Fistula Hospital University of Addis Ababa Historical Museum	Open Markets Textile Shops Restaurants Cultural Centers
JOHANNESBURG South Africa	Soweto and Johannesburg Hani Baragwanath Hospital Former home of Nelson Mandela Hector Peterson Museum
CAPE TOWN South Africa	Tour City of Cape Town University of Cape Town Meet with activists in community development A critical and historical perspective through the living museum in District Six Weltevreden Housing Development Take a gift to the Sakhumz Children’s Orphanage Robben Island and cell of Nelson Mandela	Greenmarket Square Restaurants
DURBAN South Africa		The “fun never sets”

Johannesburg, South Africa – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Washington, D.C.

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Summer Study program and financial information
[click on “U.S.- African Partnership” then “Summer – Faculty Led”]

 

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