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Driving ChangeChange is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.Celerant Consulting changes business for good.Celerant employees can also change lives for good.Just like Pamela Griffin in Tanzania.Leaving my mark onve been asked many times by manyI’people why I keep going back toIpalamwa, Tanzania with GlobalVolunteers? My answer is thatthese pictures speak a thousand words.My answer is also in the words of Antoine DeSaint-Exupery: ‘A rock pile ceases to be a rockpile the moment a single man contemplates it,bearing within him the image of a cathedral.’I see more than a broken down school and avillage with none of the basic infrastructure thatwe take for granted. I see potential in every child,student, teacher and villager. They know educationwill help provide them with a better future andI want to be there side by side helping them tobuild their cathedral, just as I work side by sidewith my clients.My personal motto is ‘Everyone Reach the Moonand Stars.’ It’s about dreams and making them areality, similar to Global Volunteers motto ‘Leaveyour mark on the world.’ I love that everyoneI meet in Tanzania cherishes the moment wevolunteers arrive and are there teaching themEnglish, Math and Geography in the classroom,as well as providing our personal expertise. I usemy business planning skills to help the local GlobalVolunteer staff with their many projects: buildinga clean water system, reconstructing the schooldormitories, building a new out-house, cultivatingthe land to plant next year’s crops of maize andbeans, organizing donated books into a usablelibrary and so on.Besides the structured time, I cherish just walkingthrough the village talking to the students, sharingour beliefs, dreams, and fears. It’s amazing whatyou can learn sitting outside a little shop, drinkinga warm coca and talking with your rafiki (friends).So far, I have chosen Tanzania as my home awayfrom home, but Global Volunteers has programsall over the world. If you are interested, pleasevisit them at globalvolunteers.org or contact medirect: pamela.griffin@CelerantConsulting.com34CLOSEWORK® GLOBAL REVIEW 2012