From idealist.org (action without borders) Newsletter Dec 2006:
'Seminar for INFO Nepal Volunteer program in UK Marina Velez has taken her INFO Nepal volunteer experience to the next level. After her return to the UK, she did not forget the lessons learned here, but rather has chosen to share them with other tourists and volunteers. Marina has developed a thought-provoking presentation, “Understand the ‘Other’”, in which she details the concept of ethical tourism. Through a vivid display in PowerPoint, she demonstrates how unsuspecting travellers affect and are affected by cultural relativism, climate change, cultural loss and local economies. Tourists do not have an inherent right to other cultures – it is a privilege. Travellers should always be mindful of the consequences (both direct and indirect) of their actions in addition to making the effort to understand local customs rather than condemn. “Ashirna wa akhabirna” Live with us and then judge us. We applaud her efforts to demonstrate the cultural and environmental costs behind package holidays and supply information about new ways of travelling.'
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Marina Velez
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
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