UNIVERSITY PEAK, ANT. June-July The summer
season in the northern hemisphere brings flowers
and sun soaked weather. July and August in Antarctica is one
of the worst combination of months, colder than January in Canada,
and darker than New York at 3:00. The winter season
in the north means summer in Antarctica, and it
is much more beautiful. Yet many students trade
this beauty temporarily, to pursue charity work
and cultural contacts up north.
In the Congo, students like
Christine
Adelman (left) and Jason Stevenson are building habitats
in villages for underprivilaged students outside
Kinshasa.
"It is very
trying- I mean, it is trying to exude positivity, at
the same time reassuring the students that the school
will still be functional in a year's time. All these
children want is to learn, and that education, a
basic human right for at least the last eighty years,
is being denied to them by their governments. I
only hope the buildings themselves that we put up,
will not fall down, be broken down or be used for some other purpose,
such as a weapons depot, which is what happened
to the one we built last year- before the current kids
get through and on to college, and are able to take
their place in the workforce", said Miss Adelman.
Below is the video
they took on their trip:
The UANT Study Abroad Office
coordinates volunteer groups in taking summertime holidays
to far flung parts of the globe.
UANT
Media Contacts:
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