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BTCV Partner Exchange Program

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The Partner Exchange Program aims to support a community partner’s visit to one of the other BTCV project sites.  Typically, the community partner would be part of a project team although other arrangements are possible.  The main goal is to provide a learning experience and collaboration that helps build promising projects. The essence of this “on-the-job training” is to learn first-hand: 
  • How other sites manage their projects
  • What led to their success
  • How to identify specific strengths and challenges
  • How to develop a more sustainable outcome for their own project, and
  • Thereby help to broaden a global perspective.
 
There are of course additional collateral benefits:
  • Recognizing exceptional community partners
  • Facilitating cultural exchange, inter-project communication and network expansion.
  • Building financial security through targeted fund raising.
 
Program participants are nominated by members of BTCV leadership.  Nominations are made to the Board of Directors, who in turn select someone or refer the nomination to a selection committee.  Nominees will be vetted by the Board or selection committee.
 
Program participants may be funded to visit sites located within their home country, home continent or elsewhere that BTCV operates.  Participation in a team project is highly encouraged although there may be special site visits for certain program participants.
 
Program participants are expected to provide a summary of their experience, which may be published in the BTCV Newsletter and/or posted on the BTCV website.
 
We need your help to fund this project and make it sustainable. You currently have the opportunity to double your donation with a generous match of up to $5,000 being offered to get this program off the ground. 

Please donate to: Be the Change Volunteers at https://donorbox.org/btcv-donate-button and specify your gift for the Partner Exchange Program.


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First community Partner Exchange Program grant recipient announced:
Plans are in the works for our first grant recipient, Claudio Huayllahua Sanchez (pictured on the left).  Claudio is a local guide and facilitator from El Chino Village, Peru in the Amazon rainforest where he has actively supported the ongoing work of BTCV over many years. He’ll be traveling to Makumba Village School in Malawi, as part of an initial work team of the Joe Ford memorial project.  He and Joe are pictured Below in the video clip exchanging “hog calls.”

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