While at the festival, you may also visit the ala-carte food centers or the World Gift Shop to purchase finger foods or unique items from other areas of the world. The new feature at this year's festival is an international buffet in the basement cafeteria. Reservations are appreciated. Global Festival '98 is sponsored by Community Volunteers for International Programs, Union Activities Board, Residence Life, International Studies and Programs, and the Office for International Students and Scholars. The program offers the candidates a unique opportunity to live and work in an African community while earning college credit.
Projects typically involve physical labor using indigenous resources.
All OCA projects are community-initiated and the applicant live and work with hosts who have designed the project. The project work may entail construction of a school, an inoculation drive, a tree-planting scheme or some other activity. Applications are received all year round but the deadline for 1999 is February 1, 1999. Presidents from more than twenty African countries are expected to attend the Summit. The focus of the Summit will be Education, Democracy, Business Investment and Economic Development, Health and Agriculture.