Overseas Development
One of The Alliance Cultural Foundation’s (ACF) primary goal is to help the aborigine youth discover a constructive direction in life and to empower them with a skill, which can open opportunities to their future career enabling them to support themselves and eventually, their communities. Locally, ACF connects the youth with internship opportunities in homegrown businesses. Though opportunities offered domestically are paramount, ACF believes that overseas development in a global society is just as vital to one’s growth. ACF develops short-term as well as long-term overseas development programs for the aborigine youth to expand their horizons.
For short-term overseas development programs, ACF brings B&B managers and local craftsmen, for a period of five to seven days, to culturally rich slow travel destinations such as Bali and Phuket to observe its aborigine architecture, culture, arts and crafts. Furthermore, ACF brings selected students to participate in Hong Kong’s annual MaD (Make a Difference) conference, a conference aimed to inspire and empower youngsters all over Asia to create positive personal, economic, social and environmental change.
ACF’s long-term overseas development program involves a 10-month study in Hawaii’s Brigham Young University (BYU). BYU, located on the aborigine rich island, merges its curriculum with the Polynesian Cultural Center next door. In the curriculum, students are required to complete an internship at the cultural center. The internship includes participating in management-level meetings, where they are exposed to different management strategies, goals, and witness first-hand problems and how to resolve the problems. The experience not only develops a skill, but also builds character through interaction and experiential learning.
ACF hopes that its overseas development programs will enable the students to bring the knowledge they acquired back to their villages, and reteach their experiences to the village youth, and cultivate more ideas which can develop sustainable growth in their village.
For short-term overseas development programs, ACF brings B&B managers and local craftsmen, for a period of five to seven days, to culturally rich slow travel destinations such as Bali and Phuket to observe its aborigine architecture, culture, arts and crafts. Furthermore, ACF brings selected students to participate in Hong Kong’s annual MaD (Make a Difference) conference, a conference aimed to inspire and empower youngsters all over Asia to create positive personal, economic, social and environmental change.
ACF’s long-term overseas development program involves a 10-month study in Hawaii’s Brigham Young University (BYU). BYU, located on the aborigine rich island, merges its curriculum with the Polynesian Cultural Center next door. In the curriculum, students are required to complete an internship at the cultural center. The internship includes participating in management-level meetings, where they are exposed to different management strategies, goals, and witness first-hand problems and how to resolve the problems. The experience not only develops a skill, but also builds character through interaction and experiential learning.
ACF hopes that its overseas development programs will enable the students to bring the knowledge they acquired back to their villages, and reteach their experiences to the village youth, and cultivate more ideas which can develop sustainable growth in their village.
