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Dear Friends,
We have the pleasure to introduce the third issue of
"Worlds of Experiences", focussing on "Disability
and Youth".
We are very grateful to the ICYE and EVS
volunteers for their inspiring and eye-opening
testimonies about their past and current experiences
in working with and for persons with disabilities. In
spite of the different contexts in which they take
place, these experiences are equally intense and
enriching for all the persons and communities
involved.
"Volunteers Voices" is complemented with useful
references on 2003 The European Year of People
with Disability, the UN Persons with Disabilities
Web Site , and the Ecumenical Disability Advocates
Network (EDAN).
Following the highlights of the Newsletter of the UN
Year of Freshwater, information is provided about
the European Youth Week and the 3rd UNESCO
Youth Forum. A summary report of a Nigerian ICYE
volunteer on the 9th Council of Europe North-South
Training Course closes the section of news from
international organisations.
NGOs news, besides updates on NGOs activities
around the UN Year and the UN Decade for a
Culture of Peace, draws your attention to an
international research on volunteering recently
launched by Service Enquiry and the Global Service
Institute. Last but not least, the publication
"Volunteers over 55!" elaborates on the importance
to enhance a more all-age inclusive and intergenerational
approach to international volunteering.
After the first trial year, please note that "Worlds of
Experiences" will be published every four months,
the next issue being due on 27 February 2004. It will
dedicated to "The Elderly and Youth".
Please send your contributions to icye@icye.org
by the 31st of January 2004.
"Worlds of Experience" can also be found as a
PDF
file in the ICYE Federation's web site.
With best regards
ICYE International Office
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