Introduction

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Introduction

Campus California TG is a private non-profit organization located in the small town of Etna in

Northern California. The operations started in the final months of 2000 and has since then conquered a 12,000 sq ft building to house up tp 40 people at any time, including staff, volunteers and participants training to go abroad to work at humanitarian and environmental development projects. In 2002 Campus California TG started its first Development Instructor program preparing people from several parts of the world to volunteer in Mozambique. Later on Campus California TG started programs leaving for Zambia, Botswana, Nicaragua and Guatemala and has since its start trained and placed over 300 people from app. 25 different countries and all continents to work abroad. This is what is called the Development Instructor program, an activity that for many can turn out to be a life changing experience. In 2008 May we started with the new program called Fight Poverty where we send international volunteers - Poverty Fighters - to Central American countries.

Even though the focus of Campus California TG is of International character is it aiming to be part of creating positive development not only in what can be called the "third world" but any place where we are and where we can take action. Be it holding presentations at schools in Oregon, arranging cultural activities for people living in the surrounding areas, performing theatre, work with Street Children in Los Angeles, help at a local Hospice, teach at schools, speak to thousands of people during fundraising, making sports tournaments or simply just spreading a positive attitude. This is all Development work, and part of a series of activities aiming towards to create a good life for this planet, its people, all it's beings and for ourselves as activist promoting a positive change. One significant activity started in 2004 is the Clothes collection in the San Francisco Bay area where Campus California TG collect many, many lbs of clothing and shoes for re-use. Instead of a pair of unwanted trousers ends up in the landfills, can the same pair be of great use for another. At the same time as we raise some of our funds by the Clothes collection activity do we give people the opportunity to help the environment and recycle.

Campus California TG (or CCTG as we call it in the daily life) is a new international campus. It was started by the help of many volunteers from many places. A bunch of "dreamers and doers" wishing to show that we can achieve great results by putting our efforts and resources together towards a goal. We started it from scratch!

But CCTG is much more then a dream that has become reality. It is a concept based upon many years of experiences involving thousands of people who have and still are carrying out development and educational work worldwide. Although it was the first time for California to host the Development Instructor program it is not new in concept.

CCTG is a part of an international movement of institutes and colleges in Europe, Asia, Africa and USA that for years have been offering Development Instructor programs. It is a partner with the Humana People to People movement carrying out development work in 3 continents, and it also belongs to the family of private schools originated in Tvind, Denmark. These connections offer a great access to a very rich and resource-filled web of experiences.

Campus California TG - Why the name?

Campus – California – TG
3 words, 3 parts that each means something special.

Campus

The word “Campus” represents a place where we:
-Educate ourselves about the phenomena of the modern world and to understand and increase the potential of people in the developed and so called developing world.
-Nourish development and globalization for the sake of humanity in the name of the Solidary Humanism.
-Grow the good, instead of fighting the bad. We want to show that the environment and nature, includes mankind, and that we are an important part of the Web of life on this planet.
-Will demonstrate how to generate development. We will show that development is not created for us, but by us, in co-operative relations.. An idea based on the concept that the total sum of all the parts is bigger than all the entities simply added together.

California

The word “California” represents where the Campus is situated. California, chosen on behalf of its natural beauty, its diversity, and its geographic, and economic position in the world. A dynamic, multi-cultured center, facing the pacific rim and yet still a young state. Hosting environments from deserts to oceans, volcanoes to farmland, rivers to oceans, and our mountain where we will build up CCTG.

TG

The abbreviation “TG” are the initials for the Teachers Group. The Teachers Group is the group of people constituting the “back bone” of CCTG. People, who have decided to share life within the principles of joint economy, joint time and joint work.

Our vision for CCTG is:

• To run a lively, inspiring and contagious Campus in California in the spirit of the emerging global civilization for enhancing the lot of our planet with a large range of goals, people, and activities:
• The overall goal being in all possible ways to do good for people and for nature and all of its beings - and within this framework to spread knowledge, to organize people and ventures of multiple kinds, to start many different activities, to incorporate people of all walks of life wanting to work for this goal, to attract funds for this goal, to work together with school movements, developmental and environmental organizations and with humanizing enterprises of all sorts and to do all other things that are in any way connected to and furthering this overall goal and any of its specifications.
• The people being trained, seasoned and experienced in doing good for people and for all nature’s beings and through this training also get well versed in how to make life and work and passion intertwine so they all develop to be efficient. Interesting and fun and funny. The activities or entities being more specifically the ones mentioned below:

• To run a Center for Development, which invites people to participate in programs, courses and activities where they get the opportunity to take action as responsible world citizens and to learn about the phenomena of the modern world. The Center for Development is offering programs focusing upon International understanding, development and the improvement of the living conditions for many.
• It is a school for adults, training them to become Development Instructors and Poverty Fighters in Africa, Asia and Latin America for a 4 or 6 or 12 month period, thus doing it's bit to work for Solidary Humanism and thus creating development, where this is sorely needed in our present world.
• To run a center for combating AIDS, declaring war against the epidemic. A center working to unify all resources available in the battle toward total control of the epidemic and eventually its eradication. Activities comprising of the identification of and collection of funds for systematic programs of combating aids, included as essential elements herein the spreading of information, the systematic self defense organization of people hit by the epidemic, and the provision of the necessary medicines, practices and services for all the HIV positives in all stages.