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Dear Friends,
Welcome to the sixth issue of “Worlds of Experience”, focussing
on “Youth and the Environment“.
As the volunteers’ contributions featuring in this issue illustrate,
more and more young people worldwide show a genuine
interest and involvement in environmental protection activities,
such as conservation of protected areas, promotion of
environmental friendly tourism, organic farming and wildlife
management. Young people from different walks of life manifest
their increasing environmental awareness by volunteering
locally or globally, i.e. by promoting reforestation activities in
Uganda, wildlife protection in Colombia, Costa Rica and
Croatia, or working in an organic farm in Switzerland. As one of
the volunteers puts it, to learn to appreciate and preserve the
beauty of this planet: “Just feel, see, save, taste, share and
most of all Enjoy!”
Volunteers’ voices is followed by examples of how NGOs, such
as ACI Costa Rica, as well as international organisations and
the private sector (see Bayer AG supports UNEP Youth
Programme) advocate and foster youth’s involvement in
environmental education and protection.
News from “Around The World” features articles, among others,
on: how youth can contribute to the eradication of poverty; the
World Bank’s commitment to support youth work; the EUCanada
seminar on youth mobility and voluntarism; publication
to promote youth participation in local development; world
campaign on children HIV-AIDS; and the 3rd Youth Festival in
Scotland – summer 2005.
Some of the ICYE programme news are: words of thanks for
successful fundraising for a Colombian organisation working
with children victims of sexual exploitation; the experience of a
Macedonian volunteer working with migrants and refugees in
Spain; and briefings on the latest ICYE multilateral project and
an international seminar on Youth Participation held in
Honduras.
While we wish you a good and interesting read, we would like to
encourage readers to send us their contributions, in form of
articles/pictures for the next issue of “Worlds of Experience”,
which will focus on „ Youth and the Homeless”, and will be
published at the end of February 2005.
Contributions should be sent to icye@icye.org before 31
January 2005.
Warmest regards!
ICYE International Office
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