2010.04.23: Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize
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2010.04.23: Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize
Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize
Szymanski, along with Peace Corps volunteers in more than 60 posts worldwide are empowering young women by organizing Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) programs that encourage self confidence, challenge campers to think beyond traditional gender roles, and address the unique societal and health issues that young women face in their communities.
Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize
Menomonie Peace Corps volunteer leads camps for girls in Belize
Peace Corps Volunteer Olivia Szymanski of Menomonie poses with children in Belize. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Friday, April 23, 2010 5:19 PM CDT
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CHICAGO - Olivia Szymanski, of Menomonie, is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize.
Szymanski, along with Peace Corps volunteers in more than 60 posts worldwide are empowering young women by organizing Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) programs that encourage self confidence, challenge campers to think beyond traditional gender roles, and address the unique societal and health issues that young women face in their communities.
Every Camp GLOW empowers young women to embrace leadership roles, develop relevant skills, and aspire to achieve their dreams. Many camps aim to connect girls with successful host country female role models. GLOW Camps also provide a structured environment for cultural exchange, mutual sharing and fun. Individual Camp GLOW programs are unique and allow Peace Corps volunteer organizers to shape the program to addresses the specific challenges that the young women face in their local communities.
Camp GLOW
Over the last two years, Szymanski, along with fellow Belize Peace Corps volunteers, has helped organize a Camp GLOW. The camp addressed healthy relationships, gender issues, nutrition, body image, self esteem, team leadership, arts, and HIV awareness. Once the four day camp was completed, the girls were encouraged to apply their leadership skills and Camp GLOW programming to create "Club GLOWs" in their local communities upon their return home.
The first Camp GLOW was established in 1995 when Peace Corps/Romania volunteers and the Romanian teachers they worked with came together to address the unique challenges that local young women faced.
Over the last 15 years, Peace Corps volunteers worldwide have since seized on the successful Camp GLOW model and implemented their own programs.
Szymanski is one of the 207 Wisconsin residents currently serving in the Peace Corps. More than 5,552 Wisconsin residents have served as Peace Corps volunteers since the agency's inception in 1961.
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