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Posted on June 9, 2010 - by marcob
Cancellation of Guatemala Project
The Global Peace Exchange has decided to suspend its Guatemala project due to the devastation caused by the recent Pacaya volcano eruption and passing of tropical storm Agatha through the country. The country is trying to recuperate from these events and it is not a good time for GPE volunteers to engage in a project of our nature. The needs are more immediate and our abilities are limited, therefore, we have concluded that we could be of more hindrance than help to the community of Chaquijyá. Just within the community we were going to be working in, 53 families were affected, out of which some houses were completely destroyed, semi-destroyed and others still remain at risk. The damages caused by tropical storm Agatha include affected houses, damaged water systems, destroyed local agriculture and disrupted transportation. The community is still trying to figure out how to deal with all of these problems and needs assistance that GPE cannot provide. We recognize our limitations at dealing with devastation of such magnitude. We will continue to collaborate with our partners to see how we can be of assistance from our respective locations. Our hearts are with Guatemalans and we hope to continue our collaboration in the future.
We welcome any suggestions or advice regarding ongoing humanitarian aid assistance within Guatemala, and information about how to best address helping the communities affected by the ongoing post-disaster environment
Posted on March 26, 2010 - by marcob
Global Peace Exchange’s Third Annual Peace Week!
Tuesday April 6: 7:30 pm Peace discussion meeting in Dunlap Success
Center, Rwanda Genocide vigil to follow on Landis Green around 8:30
Wednesday April 7: Tee Off For Toilets 10-2 on Union Green: Fundraiser for the new toilet sanitation project in Rwanda with games, an obstacle course, and bake sale.
Thursday April 8: Amnesty concert featuring Dave Tieff, Union Green
from 12pm- 1 pm
Saturday April 10: Beatles tribute concert with The Rent-A-Car 7 and
The Jacob Jeffries Band, Engine Room; doors open at 9
Sunday April 11: Peace in the Park 11am -6pm Railroad square
Posted on January 6, 2010 - by marcob
2010 GPE Summer Project Description!
There are now two separate components to the GPE project in Guatemala, each with its own goals and volunteers. The first of these consists of an exchange program for two FSU graduate students from the College of Education, who will spend a total of six months at the Proesur campus of Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala (UVG). Our goal here is to better English teaching both at a University and community level, while providing FSU graduate students with the opportunity to teach abroad. It is GPE’s intention to make this a long-term commitment, and continue to send interested grad students every semester. Within this component of this year’s Guatemala project, there has been no change from our previous application.
As a second component to the initiative in Guatemala, GPE will send a team of six undergraduate volunteers who will work directly with a non-profit named ASOATITLAN. This is a local organization of young professionals, whose vision is to better the quality of life of the Guatemalan people by promoting collaborative learning on issues relevant to their communities. This is done through workshops and trainings, which are held on issues relevant to each community. These include environmental issues, active citizenship, information technology, social health issues and many more topics that are based on demand from the each community. However, due to a small-unpaid staff, and an overall lack of funding, ASOTITLAN finds its impact limited. In hopes to expanding the reach of their message, they reached out to GPE to form a partnership for the summer of 2010.
In Rwanda the GPE team of 5-6 undergraduate students plans to return to the Bukomero Primary School in Byimana to establish an educational advancement center that will provide computers and educational software as well as curriculum development for a faculty that faces overcrowded classes and serious lack of teaching-related resources. By doing so, both teachers and students will be able to significantly improve their proficiency in English as well as their overall academic achievement and growth.
Posted on December 2, 2009 - by marcob
Project Applications Available
Project applications are now available for both the Rwanda and Guatemala Projects!
Summer 2010 Rwanda Application
Summer 2010 Guatemala Application
Applications are due to director@globalpeaceexchange.org or if printed, drop them off at GPE’s Dunlap office by Friday January 8th, 2010
Posted on September 21, 2009 - by Maria
GPE T-shirt Design Contest!
Help Global Peace Exchange design a new T-shirt!
The Grand Prize is 200 dollars!
The design guidelines are simple:
- A design that reflects our principles and ideals!
- we are a student run international development organization that works toward implementing sustainable development projects around the world.
- for more detailed information check the rest of the site!
- No white or black shirts
- Be as creative as you can, but try to limit the color range.
Please submit all designs to: director@globalpeaceexchange.org by October 19th at 5:00pm.
Join our Facebook group if you have more questions or email us!
We look forward to all of your designs and ideas!
Posted on August 8, 2009 - by Maria
GPE partners with Committee Entertainment for Rivalry Music Festival
GPE is proud to be the main charitable partner for the Rivarly Music Festival in Tallahassee,FL. Featuring some of the biggest DJs in the country and a target of 10,000 guests, it’s the biggest event of its kind to hit Tallahassee. GPE will receive a percentage of the profits and a fixed sum for every ticket buyer who mentions GPE.
All the promotion companies and Dj’s all got together and planned the biggest event for the UM vs FSU weekend. The Event is from 12pm- 2am and is a 14 hour music festival held at Floyds and the adjoining club (like the St. Patty setup)
LMFAO, George Acosta, Robbie Rivera, and DJ Irie will all be there as well as several other Dj’s, and performers, and over 10 live bands.
Website. http://www.rivalrymusicfestival.com
Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=137941094147&ref=ts
Posted on April 14, 2009 - by Maria
GPE co-founder wins Truman Scholarship
http://www.fsu.com/pages/2009/03/27/truman_scholar.html
Posted on February 18, 2009 - by Maria
GPE Returns from Rwanda!
Global Peace Exchange founders Nick Fiore, Maria Kuecken and Alex Merkovic returned from a visit to Rwanda that included a meeting with President Paul Kagame, the delivery of computers to our project site in Byimana and new agreements with the Ministry of Education to help ease Rwanda’s transition from French to English as the official language of instruction. Click here for more information!
Posted on February 17, 2009 - by Maria
Donate!
If you feel like supporting our projects, feel free to donate using our paypal! All of our donations go straight to the projects, not a cent to overhead!
If you would to receive a tax deduction for your donations, please mail us a check.
Posted on October 20, 2008 - by marcob
GPE Shirts!
One of the biggest problems in attempting any project is usually funding. In order to help our organization run, we’re selling GPE shirts.
Price is $26 with shipping. $20 without. Please be sure your address is correct when sending payment. If you do not require shipping, remove it from the total and include how you’d like to receive your shirt in the comments. Proceeds go towards our Rwanda project.