Youth Activities

In Victoria, The Circle K Club of the University of Victoria has contributed funds to cover the educational costs, (room and board, transportation, books, school fees and supplies) of an underprivileged child in the Philippines to attend school over the next four years.

Four co-op students from the University of Victoria and a First Nation's high school student raised funds to travel and spend several months in the Philippines as volunteers with IAT's program in 2004. They developed projects and assisted with research on alternative healing practices, genealogy studies, historical background, cultural practices as well as peace initiatives and conflict resolution amongst the Kalinga tribes people.

This past year, two co-op students from Simon Fraser University joined IAT's program as volunteers and conducted research and documented some aspects of the Kalilnga culture

Under the leadership of Jennifer Sault, the students of Sisler High School in Winnipeg have taken on a multi-year commitment to support a daycare facility for aboriginal children in a new settlement area in northern Luzon, Philippines.

Albert Keller, a grade eleven student has motivated students at Cahari High School in Campbell River, BC, to raise funds to support a student-initiated summer literacy program in several remote villages in Kalinga, northern Philippines.

Fred Roland, of the Cowichan Band is currently arranging for several First Nations youth from Vancouver Island to visit IAT's project area in the Philippines and to connect with the Kalinga Tribes people there in 2006.

Plans are underway to provide opportunities for Canadian youth, interested in a unique adventure, to spend part of their school year in Costa Rica at IAT's 200-acre eco-village site.

Anyone interested in IAT's programs or joining its youth division is encouraged to contact us at: iat@iatcan.org