DSC students going overseas to teach rudimentary skills
Whitney Roberts
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: DSC News
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The chance to aid people in third world countries has hit the Dixie State College campus hard and has been well received by many students.
This summer five DSC students from different backgrounds are combining their dreams and goals to help the people of Thailand. Each student attending this humanitarian mission applied to a program called YouthLINC and were later accepted to go on the Thailand mission in June 2010.
BreeAnna Carver, a junior communication major from Kaysville, said humanitarian work is her passion.
"I love helping people," she said. "I went to Africa in July 2008 and it sparked my interest because I saw the huge need for help in third world countries. I am excited I have the chance to go to Thailand and help those people who aren't capable of helping themselves."
According to YouthLINC.org, this humanitarian organization is set out to connect the ideas of local service along with international service.
Pete Frost, alumni leader for the Thailand humanitarian mission, said this program is not one that just sends students out into a country with no training or experience.
"Each student has to complete 80 or more hours of community service before they can be a part of one of these missions," he said.
Josh Lane, a sophomore biology major from Salt Lake, said he likes that YouthLINC implements the idea that service starts at home.
"A lot of organizations take people to different countries and they don't even know what service is," Lane said. "I feel like we are being well prepared because of the service we have to do before we go."
Frost said all of the students who are going on the Thailand mission are involved in the planning process for six to eight months before they actually leave.
"They contribute their time, energy and ideas into the planning process of this mission," he added.
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