Global Gateway
For many of the world’s people, cooking a meal is fairly simple. You take cooking tools out of the cabinet, fill pots with water from the sink, gather ingredients from the refrigerator and use a stove or microwave to cook the food. You can have a simple meal in 30 minutes or less. Most people give little thought to how the accessibility of these items affects their day to day life. But for the world’s poor, these conveniences are unavailable.
For one night, Global Gateway participants experience the daily struggles people in poverty face everyday to simply feed their family a meager meal. Participants are given little – just some rice, vegetables and eggs – and before they can eat, they must find a way to build a fire and cook their meal. The challenge continues on into the night as they sleep in simple housing, such as a bamboo Thailand home.
By living the lessons of poverty first-hand, participants come to understand the complications surrounding hunger and poverty and see their connection in creating change that brings possibility and hope to millions around the world.
Click here to view a powerful documentary on the Global Gateway experience.
Program Dates Available for Individuals:
Global Gateway: May 17-18, 2008: This program runs 1:30 p.m. Saturday – 1:00 p.m. Sunday. The program is open to youth 12 years and older (or 6th graders) with an accompanying adult chaperone. Each adult can bring up to five youth. Global Gateway tuition is $48 per person to include all Global Gateway programming (including preparing your own dinner and breakfast) and lunch in the dining hall on the day that you depart. Individuals are responsible for their own transportation to and from the Ranch. Register Now.
To register online for these programs...
1) You will need emergency contact information and an email address for all attendees (or you can repeat the adult chaperone’s email address if the youth does not have an email address).
2) When registering you must select "yes" for “Will you be registering more than one person for this event?” This enables an adult to register themselves and the youth they are chaperoning (up to 5 maximum) on the same registration.
3) Select "Adult Chaperone" as your first registration type to set the adult chaperone as the primary attendee. Registering for one person is not permitted as this is a youth program and youth must be accompanied by an adult.
4) The program’s per person fee will be added together and charged to the adult registrant.
5) You can view a complete program agenda prior to registering by clicking “Event Details” at the top the first page of the online registration and then clicking “Agenda and Fees.”
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