I am part of an NGO called Avanoa Tutusa (Equal Opportunities) a group of Peace Corps volunteers started a few years ago with the aim to hold an annual career day for the students of Samoa. We raised funds through selling funnel cakes during the Teuila Festival (cultural event) and through donations from private companies and from the Ministry of Women division of youth. This year was by far the biggest career day to date and we got a lot of good press for it. We coordinated 1,500 students, 50 businesses, and several ministries. We worked together with the National University of Samoa to hold both the career day and their open day in unison, which showed not only job but also higher education opportunities. The response from students was really encouraging. We wanted to show them that there is a future for them to be successful in Samoa without having to go overseas, which is a commonly held belief.
This is an example of one of the booths. Students seemed to be really attracted to idea of being a Police officer.
2 comments:
Neato... and Samoan culture parallels American culture, because the latest reality show is called "Bingo Night" or something dumb like that. I think I might move to Samoa.
Happy Birthday Dane!
OMG!! you were at our career day haha ... i was a Art student at NUS 2007 and it was packed couldnt concerntrate on our test from all the noise as we needed the windows open.
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