Serving and Learning Together

Are you interested in living in another country?  Maybe learning another language?  Volunteering, eating new foods, meeting new people, having your mind and world blown wide open?  Do you want an education that you will never get in the classroom? A chance to grow spiritually that you won't get in a regular Sunday morning service? Interested?

I was too...  So in 2002 I moved to Haiti as part of the SALT program.

Current MCC Ontario staffperson, Ken Ogasawara, as a
SALTer in Uganda 2001-02.

SALT is a one-year program for 18 to 27 year-olds that will take you almost anywhere in the world.  Depending on where you go, you might be blazing a new trail by yourself or working and living near fellow SALTers.  What kind of assignments do you get? How about environmental program coordinator in Tanzania? Or science and math teacher in India? Or radio/recording technician in Burundi? The list goes on.  

I worked with a human rights organization in Port-au-Prince; learned Haititan Creole, lived with a family, traveled the country, and learned a whole lot about myself.  It was a hard year but a good year. And I recommend the program to young adults who want to grow.

Want learn more?

• Visit the SALT website
• Watch this video to give you an example of what your SALT experience could look like.
• In August, 60 SALTers were comissioned to serve as teachers, computer specialists, librarians, youth workers and many more professions around the world.  Check out the people, places, and positions of current SALTers.  >> mcc.org/stories/news/young-adults-serve-mcc
• And be sure to check out the blogs from current SALT participants from Ontario:

http://journeytojerusalem.wordpress.com/

http://undersouthafricanskies.wordpress.com/

http://alison-honduras.blogspot.com/
http://cfrey-salt.blogspot.com/
http://my.opera.com/Janzendaniel/blog/
http://dblocktalk.blogspot.com/

The SALT program seeks to further:

• International goodwill and understanding through experiencing life outside of one’s cultural, economic and social milieu
• International reconciliation and peace-building by encouraging participants to act as bridge-builders between their home and host communities
• Personal commitment to the world-wide church via participation and sharing in the life of Christian communities around the world
• Participants’ spiritual, personal and professional growth