Help me make a difference

Jasmine Carter Start Date: Aug 20, 2019 - End Date: Aug 19, 2020
  • Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • Jambiani, Tanzania

My Travel Story

by: Jasmine Carter Start Date: Aug 20, 2019 - End Date: Aug 19, 2020
Hello,


I hope you're well. My name is Jasmine Carter, and I am a 19-year-old female conducting my undergraduate degree in psychology with the aspiration to become a Child Psychologist. Currently, I work as a Behaviour Interventionist teaching social skills to children on the spectrum through programs created by a Behaviour Consultant. I have a true love for Psychology, as well as children, and am a firm believer that whether recognized consciously or unconsciously, many of your childhood experiences shape and mould you as you progress into and within adulthood.

On top of my love for Psychology and Children, my passions go above this. As I progress into my degree, and as a young woman, I feel that this trip is something that is important to me, my morals, and career. Additionally, since 2016, I have struggled with feeling that I was at a loss of time and that I wanted to make every second of my life count as that year I had realized how short life was. 

To continue, throughout the course of my education, and never concluding evolving experiences, I have realized how much this world needs to change. Within the context of our speech, we continue to imply that what we’re saying towards each other is inhumane.  However, do we as a society know what’s inhumane? The amount of food we waste each year could circle around the globe to potentially end hunger and poverty. Did you know 1 in 8 individuals within British Columbia struggle to put food on the table? As I have become aware of how the desperately the world needs change, I want to make my own life as meaningful as possible within our humanity by contributing as much as I can during my time here on earth. 

Moreover, I will be travelling with the company, Global Work and Travel Co to Zanzibar, Tanzania within a little town called Jambiani in October 2020, for one and a half month(s) with my boyfriend Jake Loenen to help volunteer within their community. Our core duties within our volunteer trip will be childcare within the orphanage, assisting with teaching, teaching English preschool students and ESL to adults. If the time in our day prohibits it, and work needs to be done we will additionally be helping with any updates the community may need such as repainting buildings, fixing roofs, cleaning the beach and more. Over and above this, Jamiabini is a tiny little village south-east of Africa, and their educational facilities are ill-equipt to educate students and as a result in only 20% of students passing their government exam. Additionally, those who go past their third year of high school must go out of the village to obtain further education. Our contribution to teaching the community English skills will heavily benefit them. As mentioned before, I am a firm believer that whether recognized consciously or unconsciously, many of your childhood experiences shape and mould you as you progress into and within adulthood. These children are the faces of the next or current generation and deserve a fair shot at life. As my mom once told me "the only thing they can't take away from you is your education," I am in hopes to contribute whatever possible in order to help these individuals. For more information about our upcoming experience view here: https://globalworkandtravel.com/volunteer/africa/zanzibar-community 

The goal of volunteering within the Zanzibar community doesn't just meet my passions of psychology and children, but it also lives up to my own genuine morals of helping those in need in which I hope that I can obtain by truly doing my part to make a difference within these individual's lives. 

As I work as much as I can while taking 5 courses per semester, and helping my mom at home, I do not want my busy life to be able to stop me from making a difference, especially while I am young and capable of doing so. With this being said, any funds donated will go towards vaccinations, airfare, local travel expenses, medical insurance and most importantly, items for the community of Zanzibar including drinking water, food, toys, clothes and more. Additionally, since we are only allowed to carry so much within one piece of luggage, I will also be attempting to bring another large piece of luggage with us which would contain clothing.

To raise funds for this volunteer trip I will be:
-Selling old clothes bags and shoes (which may not fit the needs of individuals in the Zanzibar community). 
-Using the money I have earned from my behaviour interventionist job
-Taking on sideline jobs from my Mom 
- Heavily budgeting, and maximizing profits for the next 14 months


Thank you in advance for your donation. Any contribution big or small in which you contribute will help make a difference to those in need. I will continue to keep you updated about my experience and fundraising. Thank you again!


Warm Regards,




Jasmine Carter.
  • Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • Jambiani, Tanzania