Wednesday, April 9, 2008The group arrived at Opportunity Partners in Minnetonka to learn more about vocational and residential services for people with disabilities. Opportunity Partners Job Developer Deborah Lawrence, who traveled to Zambia 10 years ago to help teach the deaf, connected with the group about her experience in Zambia and offered suggestions for grassroots job training. They also heard from guest Ruth Murphy, Executive Director of the Community Design Center for Minnesota, who shared her success in implementing gardening projects with immigrants in Minnesota.
The group also toured Opportunity Partners’ production facility to see examples of work being done here, and heard presentations on residential services and programs for youth. After a pizza lunch, the group visited two other Opportunity Partners locations: a work site and a group home, both in Bloomington. It was a full day of learning and exchanging ideas!
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Thanks for all who worked with the Zambia project. There is much to do there. My involvement with Zambia has been an ongoing project working with small holding farmers there who are newly aquiring dairy cattle. I have been there several times over the past few years. They are a country that welcomes assistance and a little bit can be so helpful. On behalf of all the people I work with there Thank You
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