Georgia 4-H

4-H Global Ambassadors Program

Mission:The Georgia 4-H Ambassador Program, Global Awareness Track, assists youth in becoming more aware of global issues and service opportunities while developing cultural competence and leadership skills that they can apply in their communities.

Impact Statement

Actvity Guide

The Georgia 4-H Ambassador program was developed in 2005 as a tool to further educate Georgians on the issues while providing youth with the opportunity to develop skills in the areas of leadership, speaking, presentations and sharing. Workshops are prepared with 8 hours of educational content on specific content areas with additional training in how to teach, present and serve as an advocate or an ambassador. The newest group of 4-H Ambassadors met at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center on May 15-16, 2010. Fourteen 4-H’ers from eleven counties participated.

Following the training, ambassadors are assigned the responsibility of developing an individualized plan to include at least eight educational sharing experiences and six additional learning experiences in their content area. In addition to the Global Awareness Track, 4-H’ers may choose to address Healthy Lifestyles, Operation Military Kids or 4-H Science.

Educational activities are designed around the following content areas:

World Geography, Languages and Religions
Global Issues and Service Opportunities
Cultural Awareness and Competence
Program Planning and Evaluation

Georgia 4-H Global Ambassador Spotlight

Helen Clark, Camden County

4-H Global Awareness Ambassadors are charged with participating in 6 learning activities and 8 sharing/teaching activities within a year of completing the training. While final reports will not be due until summer of 2011, the newest batch of Global Awareness Ambassadors have already reached 230 local residents through articles and educational programs.

Helen Clark, a Camden County 4-H’er and 2009 Global Awareness Ambassador, organized the “World of Fun Lock - In and Medical Supply Collection” with the help of her County’s 4-H Leader, Amber Defore. The activity was based on activities she learned as a 4-H Ambassador, but also included a service project.

This program engaged 45 middle and high school students in the overnight lock-in. The medical supply collection was originally promoted to the participants of the lock in as the entry fee for attending. However, t he collection was expanded to all 32 fifth grade clubs totaling over 700 4-H’ers. Also involved in the collection were 20 members of the Camden County High School Interact Club, a youth division of Rotary Club, who assisted with delivery of the medical supplies. Camden County 4-H’ers gathered a van-load of supplies which Helen arranged to be delivered to Uganda through a connection she made through the Rotary Club.

Helen Clark went on to master at State 4-H Congress in the International Project, win the Dean’s Award for Citizenship and was selected to represent Georgia at the National 4-H Conference in 2010. She has continued to organize service projects with a global focus. She organized another medical supply drive for the 2010 Junior 4-H Conference which gathered over 24,000 medical supplies.