What can we accomplish?

In our day of hype, you have to ask: “So just what can I accomplish in a few weeks? Save the world?” But before you get too cynical, stop for a moment to ask yourself this question: “If I put myself to work, what would I expect of myself? Half-baked silliness or some pretty serious work?”

OK, now remember that you are going to be one of those on your Global PACT team and ask yourself: “What quality work am I capable of? Am I going to let myself down by doing less than my best in this effort to improve people’s lives?”

Right. Global PACT is a self-selecting sort of program. Slaggards don’t apply. You’re the kind of person who goes: committed, self-starting and goal oriented. The others are, too. So let’s be clear about one thing: thirty smart, hard working people can do just about anything in ten days.

Now, what are you going to accomplish?

The projects that you work on are very, very important. You could develop clean water projects for communities that suffer high rates of infant mortality from water borne diseases, and Gardacil inoculation programs for teenage girls in an area where cervical cancer is the third highest cause of death among women. By the time your program is done, you and your local partners will have developed your project plan to the point where it can – and could – be implemented in the months after you leave. You will confront what every group in the world asks "can I really do this?"

Take a look at some of the projects which have started at Global PACT Trainings.