http://www.yearcourse.org start painting your future today Sun, 13 May 2012 06:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/first-week-in-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/first-week-in-rwanda/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:37:03 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=6222 Tikkun Olam track  … Read more‘s one-month visit to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village. After arriving at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village last Sunday evening, we have settled in and have already begun our volunteer service and learned a lot about the village and Rwanda. Monday]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/first-week-in-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/beautiful-words-2/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/beautiful-words-2/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:27:11 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4880 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/beautiful-words-2/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/kate-nachman-assistant-director-visits-year-course-in-rwanda-2/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/kate-nachman-assistant-director-visits-year-course-in-rwanda-2/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:25:45 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4877   … Read more When I told my friends and family I was going to Rwanda for a weekend, they thought I was kidding. “You are going to Africa?” “Yes, to Rwanda, for 4 days.” I landed on Friday, early enough in the afternoon to get a brief tour of the capital city and visit to the Genocide Museum before heading to]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/kate-nachman-assistant-director-visits-year-course-in-rwanda-2/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/wrapping-things-up-in-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/wrapping-things-up-in-rwanda/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:57:05 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4847 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/wrapping-things-up-in-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/seeing-the-rwanda-genocide-up-close/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/seeing-the-rwanda-genocide-up-close/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:21:24 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4836 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/seeing-the-rwanda-genocide-up-close/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/if-i-had-a-hammer/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/if-i-had-a-hammer/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:32:01 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4801 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/if-i-had-a-hammer/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/words-to-live-by/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/words-to-live-by/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:10:00 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4794 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/words-to-live-by/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:37:02 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4767 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/press/sharing-is-caring/ http://www.yearcourse.org/press/sharing-is-caring/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:41:20 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4758 the Huffington Post ran a piece  … Read more written by the Director of Volunteer Services at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda.  This is where our volunteers are working!  Enjoy this piece to get a different perspective on the type of important work these chanichim are doing.  The author also graduated from a Masa Israel program. And now, for another update from our group. Jenna Merrin,]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/press/sharing-is-caring/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/tough-images-outside-our-village/ http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/tough-images-outside-our-village/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:40:30 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4738 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/uncategorized/tough-images-outside-our-village/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:59:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4685 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/volunteering/starting-to-pick-up-on-differences-in-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/religion-around-the-world/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/religion-around-the-world/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:55:36 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4675 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/religion-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-lets-get-to-work/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-lets-get-to-work/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:10:04 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4666 Today was the first day of our service project at the village. We started at 8:00 AM with a briefing from Ido, a long-term volunteer who oversees construction at the village. When we arrived at the building site, we saw what we would be working on. Our group, working side by side with locals, is constructing a new building  … Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-lets-get-to-work/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-exploring-the-genocide/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-exploring-the-genocide/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:56:03 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4643 Kigali Memorial museum  … Read more. The brilliantly presented museum caused us all to reflect and learn more about the traumatic event of the Rwandan genocide. It brought the history of Rwanda to]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-exploring-the-genocide/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/arrival-to-rwanda-the-incredible-adventure-begins/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/arrival-to-rwanda-the-incredible-adventure-begins/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:31:18 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4638   … Read more Stepping off of the plane,]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/arrival-to-rwanda-the-incredible-adventure-begins/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/how-do-you-say-year-course-in-rwandan/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/how-do-you-say-year-course-in-rwandan/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:53:40 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4614 website… The Social Action Rwanda program combines study of Rwanda, its history and its culture; exploration of the cultural and natural reserves within the African nation; fundraising projects on behalf of the community which will house Year Course participants; work with students at the Agahozo   … Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/staff-contributions/how-do-you-say-year-course-in-rwandan/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-we-can-almost-taste-it/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-we-can-almost-taste-it/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:17:47 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4528 Read more]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/rwanda/rwanda-we-can-almost-taste-it/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:41:55 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=4033 we wrote about the tragic fire  … Read more in the Carmel and how both Israeli society and Year Course would be sure to rally to support the victims of its destruction. We most definitely did not speak too soon.  Just one of the Year Course groups which quickly mobilized was the Social Action: Rwanda track.  As you may have read, this group]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/carmel-aftermath-rallying-to-help-yemin-orde/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/raising-money-for-rwanda/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/raising-money-for-rwanda/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:06:12 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=3934 A couple of weeks ago, we began to detail the upcoming trip to Rwanda  … Read more for some of our chanichim.   Last week, our social action track held a fundraiser in Bat Yam to raise money for the trip.  We sold baked goods made by our chanichim, along with t-shirts and Lance Armstrong-styled bracelets with many members of]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/bat-yam/raising-money-for-rwanda/feed/ 0 http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/rwanda-social-action-preparing-to-make-a-difference/ http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/rwanda-social-action-preparing-to-make-a-difference/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:17:52 +0000 BenjiLovitt http://www.yearcourse.org/?p=3674 traveling to Rwanda  … Read more to live in a youth village for one month and lend a hand.  The preparations have already begun!  Keep reading…. Jenna Basman, Golden Valley, MN So today I had a Rwandan seminar from 9-4!  It was long but vital and interesting; we were already aware that we’d have to devote some time]]> http://www.yearcourse.org/2010-2011/participant-stories/rwanda-social-action-preparing-to-make-a-difference/feed/ 0