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Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 10th issue of the ICYE Federation’s Newsletter,
dedicated to the theme “Youth and Health”.
Following the positive accounts of the experiences of ICYE
volunteers working in health projects, most of the testimonials
of ICYE volunteers ( coincidentally all from German young
people) refer to peer health education, sensitisation campaigns
and support provided to staff and professionals (who volunteer)
within HIV-AIDS prevention and care projects in Nigeria,
Russia, and Uganda. It is encouraging to note that for all
volunteers, besides learning about the benefits of preventative
health care services, another crucial motivating factor, is to
know that their being involved brings an added value to the
work of their host projects.
That (foreign) volunteers can make a difference in the fight
against AIDS, in particular, and the provision of health services
in general, is further illustrated by: the reports from ICYE
Morocco on volunteers supporting hospitalised children in
Rabat: ICYE Uganda’s volunteers’ research of the state of
HIV/AIDS infection; and the recently created web site Health
Care Volunteers.
News from International Organisations features: the 2007 World
Bank Development Report on Youth; the Special 2006
Fellowship for Young People at the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA); and the preparations of the 2007 UNESCO
Youth Forum and of the Urban Forum & Youth Forum of UNHABITAT.
NGOs News features the Civil Society Observer, the
recently established Central American Coalition for the
Prevention of Youth Violence, and the Essay Contest of the Goi
Peace Foundation.
ICYE news (proudly) begins with the nomination of Sacha
llorenti, an ICYE and human rights activist, as new Bolivian
Ambassador in the USA, and reports on the recently held
training seminars on “The youth leader as Coach, Facilitator
and Mediator” and the EU - LA Seminar on youth participation,
active citizenship and local governance, respectively held in
Finland and Brazil. This section end with a brief account of the
XXIV ICYE General Assembly and the celebration of the
International Volunteer Day in Samara, Russia.
Wishing you an enjoyable reading, please note that the next
issue of “Worlds of Experience” , to be published at the end of
June 2006, will focus on ”Young Volunteers working with
Minority Groups and Migrants”. Please email your contributions,
in form of articles/pictures, to icye@icye.org before 31 May
2006.
Best regards!
ICYE International Office
"Worlds of Experience" can be viewed and downloaded as a
PDF
file.
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