Dear Elias,

Thank you for your response.
If you have an hour in the day somewhere,
that might be enough. The reimbursement would
be for transportation by bus or taxi or
for childcare and you would hand in a receipt
for that amount. This is a volunteer program;
there are no other payments. I am sorry.

Thanks for your interest,

Lisa Jiardini
At 09:14 AM 3/5/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Willing to, if I can find timeon my schedule. How much is the reimbursement,
>and in what form?
>Elias
>
>At 09:34 PM 3/4/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hello African Students at UW-Madison!
>>
>>My name is Lisa Jiardini and I am a
>>volunteer with Madison Friends of
>>International Students working
>>specifically with the International
>>Reach Program. This program was created
>>to bring international students in contact
>>with children from local schools so that
>>the two parties could learn more about
>>each other.
>>
>>How is works: A teacher calls me with a request
>>for international speakers and I find a speaker
>>from a list of volunteers I have to come and talk
>>to the class. The volunteer speaker goes to the
>>school (transportation can be arranged or
>>reimbursed) and talks to the children and
>>shows them things from their country. The children
>>in turn will ask questions and sometimes give
>>you information about themselves. The total time
>>could be 45 minutes to a few hours, depending on
>>the type of request.
>>
>>I have gotten a lot of requests for African
>>speakers and only have three volunteers to choose
>>from. I hope that some of you who read this, will
>>be interested in volunteering some time
>>to teach children  about their country and
>>culture. Meeting someone from another country can
>>really bring the children's studies alive and you may
>>correct some of the misconstrued ideas the children
>>might have gotten from TV or media about your country.
>>You also have the opportunity to meet American
>>children and experience a setting different from
>>your everyday life.
>>
>>I look forward to hearing from anyone who is
>>interested and am happy to answer any questions
>>you may have. You can reach me by email or
>>at 828-9944.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>
>>Lisa Jiardini
>>MFIS
>>
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