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Team Building Workshop at Heifer Project, Perryville Ark.
March 2003
  • All CBU MIRT participants attend the Team Building Workshop at Heifer Project.
  • Photos from 2003 are below on this page.
  • Photos from March 2002
  • Heifer International web site
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    • The next Team Building Workshop will be  March 2005 in Perryville, Arkansas.
    2003 Photos ~~~ Click to see a larger image
    Photos and narrative by Dr. Fitzgerald

    Heifer Project International is designed to teach people about the global community.  In addition, HPI teaches visitors about the  care and raising of a variety of farm animals. The purpose of this retreat was to educate students about the general housing conditions of most of the world.  Team building skills were also developed within the group.

    CBU MIRT 2003 Participants at the Heifer Project International Learning Center in Perryville, Arkansas

    A two week old foal
    Learning about animals

    We traveled to representative villages within the global village.  Each individual village represents the way a majority of people from a given country live. 

    Global Village: Africa

    Africa:  This round hut is built in the traditional style, because many natives believe evil spirits live in corners. 
    Inside a thatched hut. This hut had a concrete floor (in country it would probably be dirt).

    Sunset: Beginning of a long night.

    Appalachia:  This wooden structure would be considered by many to be poor.  However, in the global community, it is one of the better homes. 
    It has a wood burning stove, a bed, a porch, and an outhouse.  The house was not airtight with spaces between the boards. 

    Water balloons were distributed to the group members as babies.

    Each village was given a commodity and participants had to work together to trade and obtain all things necessary to cook a meal.

    In the morning we had a debriefing session to share our impressions and then we started the team building events that included a series of exercises directed by the HPI facilitators.

    Team building

    The HPI facilitators who helped us.
    Heifer International’s Learning Center in Arkansas is a "hands-on campus that teach the public about world hunger. Through education that emphasizes experience, the centers’ outdoor 'living classrooms' acquaint visitors with Heifer's mission and the needs of those whom the organization serves. Guests learn about the root causes of hunger and poverty and the way animals — and people — can make a difference." .... "Heifer's learning centers demonstrate Heifer's environmentally sound farming practices and use techniques and resources similar to those employed by the low-income families who receive assistance from Heifer."
    "Heifer Ranch Global Village and Challenge Course:   Stay overnight in a typical international house, then test your group's communication skills and teamwork."  Source:  Heifer Project Web Site

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