Welcome to the 13th issue of the ICYE Federation’s Newsletter,
focussing on ”Youth Volunteering and Intercultural Dialogue”.
Volunteers’voices bring in a refreshing perspective on how dialogues
between cultures and the living together in “the spaces in between”
cultures can be a unique learning, eye-opening and life changing
experience. “I have wanted to be a sponge absorbing as much
information and perspective in the Moroccan way of life”says a British
volunteer; a Costa Rican volunteer in Finland realises that “it is in a
foreign country that you really start to value more your own culture,
and want to know more about it”. Or as put by a German volunteer in
Costa Rica, in a more introspective mode: “Intercultural learning is not
just related to particular cultural expressions, but more to oneself as
you go through the difficult learning process of adapting to a different
culture”
News from International Organisations features, among others: UNICEF
Voices of Youth on every girl’s right to be protected and empowered;
the new website for the “2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for
All”, and the UNESCO – Fight For Peace Dossier. NGOs News reports on
the: Peace It Together News by the United Network of Young
Peacebuilders; Small Grants for young people through the "Be the
Change!" Programme (BTC!) of Peace Child International; and CIVICUS
Youth Assembly 2007.
ICYE news reports on the participation of: ICYE Brazil at the ”World
Tourism Forum-Destinations 2006 “; ICYE Kenya at the World Social
Forum 2007; and of the ICYE International Office at the celebration of
EVS’10th Anniversary. These are followed by reports on Training
Courses on Active Citizenship in Youth Work, Volunteers Management
and Youth Against Violence, held respectively in Georgia, Moldova and
Guatemala. This issues ends with a tribute to the late Rev. Sim-Kian
Lim, founder of ICYE Taiwan.
In the hope that you will enjoy the reading, please note that the next
issue of “Worlds of Experience”, to be published at the end of June
2007, will focus on “Youth Active Citizenship”. Please email your
contributions, in form of articles/pictures, to icye@icye.org before 31
May 2007.
Warmest regards!
ICYE International Office
"Worlds of Experience" can be viewed and downloaded as a
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