Future Projects

Stay tuned for more information about our future projects as they evolve and expand. In the next coming years we hope to integrate a new program spanning a period of eight months, travelling to four countries around the world. Check back soon for more information about this exciting venture!

The Power of One

• This program serves student ambassadors, age 18-25.
  
  
• Students will be selected from all over the world, representing many nations, races and religions. The pilot program will be 30 students from 4 different countries; USA, Jordan, Ukraine and Cambodia. In the future, this program will be replicated in other countries and the number of student ambassadors will be increased.
  
  
• By living and working together for 8 months, (2 months in each of the respective countries) in service to local villages, the students will research, participate in and explore solutions to global/local issues. Places, people, and situations become real and not just an abstract place on the globe.
  
  
• Collaborating with other NGO’s (Non-governmental organizations) Blue Star will utilize their projects as service learning, while in the various countries. These projects will be a platform for hands on experience, awareness and education in our host countries, advancing personal development and global perspectives. Our student ambassadors will volunteer for such projects as building schools, literacy projects, building wells for local families, environmental projects or working with animal sanctuaries. Learning and working together through service to the local community, creates and strengthens the connections between people, cultures, and religions.
  
  
• Students will work with our curriculum throughout the experience, exploring such topics as creatorship skills, non-violent communication, leadership skills, conflict resolution, behavioral/ cultural differences, ecological sustainability, exposure to world situations and alternatives. They will combine a “hands on” experience with a rigorous academic program.
  
  
• Blue Star will introduce and involve other inspirational people we encounter during our stays in the 4 countries: Nobel prize winners, professionals in the fields of interest for our ambassadors and other remarkable individuals who can mentor our students.
  
  
• Our students will develop and present school assembly programs to local school children, in the USA and in our host countries as outreach projects. These programs are for the purpose of educating and fostering global awareness and will call upon the various experiences of our student ambassadors.
  
  
• The program will involve younger students in the USA and our other host countries, in various components of the projects, such as fund raising for elephant sanctuaries, collecting used text books useful to our experience and participating in specific educational projects.
  
  
• We will evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program and make any necessary adjustments to the next program, to better serve the students and the communities involved.
  
  
• Follow-up activities will be designed to support our student ambassadors once they have returned to their home countries.
  
  
• Blue Star student ambassadors will have an opportunity to recognize that their own unique skills and contributions could have global impact, hence, “The Power of One.”
  
  

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