Applications closed
Applications for this year's Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba are now closed. Thanks for your interest, the program for next year's Brigade will be available in May next year. Please complete the web form to receive details.
Bob Briton
National Coordinator
26th Southern Cross Brigade
Visit Cuba for the 50th anniversary of the revolution! 27 December 2008 to 21 January 2009
Join the Southern Cross work/study tour and support Cuba in the most direct manner by working for a few days picking fruit or pruning fruit trees and then visiting schools, hospitals, urban agriculture projects, etc You will experience at first hand the cultural, political and social conditions in revolutionary Cuba.
This year we will be having a closer look at Cuba’s innovative approaches to the environment and climate change. Children are welcome on this tour as are older participants. Our Cuban hosts take great care of visitors of all ages. The main features of the Brigade include:
Contact us in your State or New Zealand
Other overseas enquiries welcome!
For further information: Bob Briton
National Coordinator bobbrit@planetmail.com
or phone:
Adelaide- Bob Briton 0418 894 366; Albury - Peter Hood 02) 6021 3520
Brisbane - Jorge Rico 0433 171 656; Canberra - Robert Cooper 0408 624 629
Melbourne - Maree Dellora 03) 9478 9473; Newcastle - Kate Ferguson 02) 4969 3898
Perth - Vinnie Molina 0419 812 872; Sydney - Chela Weitzel 0422 665 099
Sydney West - Hugo Nardini 02) 9822 5891; Tasmania - Ro Dallow 03) 6234 6068
New Zealand - Ina Lawrence 09) 303 1755; Paul Maunder 03) 732 4010
Program of the 26th Southern Cross Brigade
26th Southern Cross Brigade
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution
Program
Instituto Cubano para la Amistad entre los Pueblos (ICAP)
(Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples)
27/12/2008 - 21/01/2009
Saturday 27/12/08
Afternoon Arrival at Jose Marti International Airport.
Transfer to accommodation Julio Antonio Mella International Camp (Campamento Internacional Julio Antonio Mella, CIJAM). Afternoon tea. Rest.
18:30 Dinner.
Evening free.
Sunday 28/12/08
08:00 Breakfast.
Snapshot – sample of a day's activities
Tuesday 13/01/09
07:30 Breakfast.
08:30 Meeting place.
09:00 Visit to a childcare centre.
10:30 Visit to an art teachers college. Welcome and cultural presentation.
12:30 Lunch (venue TBA).
15:00 Visit to Camilo Cienfuegos University.
Welcome by staff. Meeting with foreign and Cuban students. Visit to
Solidarity Hall.
17:30 Return to homestay.
19:00 Dinner.
