Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program

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Template:Project HELP Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program Project Type(s): Project Sector(s): Environment
Community Name:	Albania
Country:	Albania
Volunteer(s) Name:	A Zaretsky
Volunteer(s) Homestate:	New_York
Funds community contributed:	$3417.21
Percentage community contributed:	26%
Funds needed were:	$9350.73
Funds requested were:	$9350.73
PPCP #:	304-012
Year of project approval:	2009
Projects started in Albania 2009 (3).
Hope for a Better Future - Youth Camp, Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program, and Summer Camp (Albania)
Other Projects in Albania (7).
Hope for a Better Future - Youth Camp, Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program, Peshkopi School Library Investment Project, Saranda Regional Directorate of Cultural Monuments, and Summer Camp (Albania)
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Other Environment Projects by Volunteers (98).
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Mapped Projects around Albania (2).

Info about the Outdoor Ambassadors Summer Program

Outdoor Ambassadors is a project that engages youth in environmental activities in communities around Albania. The environmental problems faced by the nation are acute. Unfettered logging threatens forest habitats and exacerbates soil erosion. Poaching and illegal wildlife trade have caused decline in species populations, and national parks remain unregulated against such threats. Air pollution is beginning to eclipse urban centers, and negligent waste management policies have intensified pollution of arable land. These trends threaten not only Albania’s natural ecology, but its future development. Environmental protection is fundamental to improving the quality of life in Albania, and youth will be the leaders at the crux of its protection for the future.

Outdoor Ambassadors will educate the new generation of Albanian youth about the environment and develop community leaders in conservation. Outdoor Ambassadors has currently established 10 Outdoor Ambassador clubs throughout the country. These clubs meet weekly, are led by Peace Corps volunteers and their Albanian counterparts, and involve over 150 high school students. Outdoor Ambassadors is seeking funding for club materials and a three day spring camp in the mountains for 50 youth. Students will raise their personal transportation costs, and camp trainers will donate their time and transport. Through regional clubs and the camp, youth will be challenged to identify the most pressing ecological concerns in their communities and plan, develop, and implement conservation projects that address these issues. They will acquire the knowledge, skills, and passion they need to begin to solve some of the deep-seated issues facing Albania today.