SI MONTHLY NEWS June 2007 Youth Report
From SI Exco News
• World Peace Music CD
• With Magiari (Venezuela), Luciana (Argentina), Sonia (Canada), Tanveer (Pakistan) and others we have done an international compilation of peace music with a young profile to promote Servas, our aims and ideals.
• As a powerful tool of communication we are sure that this CD will be increase our outreach into the youth.
• The Languages, cultural and regional diversity of Servas are represented trough the 26 songs of this CD.
• This project will request some financial support to get into it’s second stage of distribution.
• Distant voting
• The first Distant Voting process will be celebrated soon. Please spend a minute or two reading the SERVAS YOUTH proposals.
• The voting will focus on “Budget” for the next year 2008, and on the Auditor's Report for 2004. Servas Youth will be asking for a proper budget to follow the action plan approved by the General Assembly in Latina’06.
• We do hope to count with your support.
• Yorkshire’07
• Ann Greenhough and Servas Britain have prepared everything for the second international Servas Youth Meeting, “Yorkshire’07”.
• More information on www.servasyouth.org under Events/ Yorkshire’07
• The “Youth Travel Award”, project that Servas Youth is running with a group of volunteers will let several young travelers join this meeting
• Contact Ann for booking and further info at dasher1949@aol.com
SERVAS YOUTH REPORT 1ST Term 2007 (January - June)
• Regional and Youth conference for Central America.
- During one week, at the Earth University of Costa Rica, we have celebrated “Youth and Leadership for Servas Central America”.
- Delegates from Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. The youth group, was the 50% of the people present.
- EXCO and DFC support were crucial to this action.
A detailed report was sent to EXCO, DFC, Regional Coord. of Central America and National Sec. Including a Summary, Agenda, Evaluations, Election Process, Minutes by sessions and List of assistants. Thanks for the local group, under Carmen Mora coordination, that helped me a lot.
• SYLE ’07 (Servas Youth Languages Experience)
• The program offers one month learning a foreign language abroad through the Servas network.
• The third edition of the program will be during the second term of 2007.
• During the first term the promotion, travelers selection and coordination with port cities were done. Reaching the record of “ 8 SYLE ” with the original goal of 5/6 for this year.
• Please go to servasyouth.org under the link SYLE.
PORTS CITIES’07-------YOUNG TRAVELERS’07
- Rosario(ARG)-----------------Zuzia (POLAND)
- SaoPablo(BRA)----------------Francisco (MEXICO)
- Mexico DF(MEX)---------------Fernanda (BRAZIL)
- Vancouver(CAN)-------------- Richard (ARGENTINA)
- Montevideo(URU)--------------Laura (ITALY)
- SanJosé(C.R.)----------------Cassandra (NEW ZEALAND)
- Rennes(FRA)------------------Magiari (VENEZUELA)
- Panama(PAN)------------------Stefan (GERMANY)
W W W . S E R VA S Y O U T H . O R G
SERVAS YOUTH REPORT 1ST Term 2007 (January - June)
• ServasYouth.org
• With all the information already posted we are working now on the image of the web. Go to www.servasyouth.org you’ll find all the information available about Servas Youth.
• Volunteers for working on the web with us are a crucial requirement for us to achieve our goal.
• Create a link to the new servasyouth.org from your national website
As you can see Servas Youth is a very dynamic area of our organization, so:
1. HELP US TO SPREAD THE NEWS OF SERVAS YOUTH !!! Send this news to all the members at your National Group!!!
2. Create a link from your Servas web site to the servasyouth.org
3. Look for candidates to SYLE, Working Group, Local Contact or any other youth action.
4. Get involved!!!
Please let me know that you have got this e-mail and what you think about it. Ok? Your opinion is not only a suggestion is also a way to start a new friendship that surely will be productive to Servas. I’ll be waiting.
Really…
Pablo Chufeni
Servas International Youth Coordinator
pablochufeni[at]yahoo.com.ar
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