Columbus
 Global Village
 Team

Botswana 2010

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Trip Overview

Young Batswana
Boy in a village outside of Mahalapye
Mahalapye, Botswana
Photo courtesy of Erika Heider

Pictures & Reports

Pictures -- 1,254 of them! -- are available at Flickr. You can also go directly to pictures for the Mahalapye Team, the Molepolole Team, and the Safari.

Kgosi meetings describes some very interesting and productive meetings with traditional tribal leaders.

Moiponi & Shale tells about the struggle of a daughter to help her mother buy a Habitat house.

Participants

Here is the roster of our team.

Background

Here are some of our original Trip Details and About Botswana links

Goals Accomplished

  1. Cultural exchange
  2. Educate, activate, & advocate for the HFHI mission
  3. Team cohesiveness
  4. Build houses
  5. Spiritual & personal growth

Trip Extension

Several team members participated in an optional Okavango Delta Safari after completion of the Habitat mission.

Trip Dates

Molepolole Team: July 23 through August 7
Mahalapye Team: August 13 through August 28.
See details on the daily itinerary.

Price

Total was about $1,850 to $2,320 plus airfare including donations, lodging, meals, immunizations, passports, R&R, etc. See tax deductibility and cancellation info