Our office keeps on growing!! I want to introduce three new faces to all of you: Sonya, Steve and Ben... Welcome to the team guys!
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Meet Sonya Silva... Sonya is our kickass summer student! She's only here for another month then she's off to Tanzania on a University of Toronto at Scarborough Co-op placement! We'll miss you Sonya! Sonya's bio... | |
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Meet Steve Sloot... Steve has recently been hired as the coordinator for volunteers going to Guyana and Costa Rica! He's fairly quirky and has lots of energy... Steve's bio... |
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Meet Ben Gibson... Ben has been around for a while now, but just become full-time staff here recently, working as the Country Program Coordinator! Ben's bio... |
Welcome to the August edition of the e-news. This month we are looking at Youth Leadership and Capacity Building.
August 12: International Youth Day
September 8: International Literacy Day
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Results are in! Shasta Grant wins the Youth Leadership Art Competition!! Read more...
YCI staff lead workshop at Global Youth Assembly in Edmonton! Read the blog... Where are you team "Vacuum" Guyana 1998?
Celebrate International Youth Day with YCI! Read more...
GAAP is hosting a free one-day conference at U of T titled "Branding AIDS" in October. Read more!
The 4th annual World Youth Congress will be next August in our own Quebec City! Read more...
Arden's written another article for the e-news about the power of Youth Leadership and Capacity Building in development around the world. Check it out!
When YCI was founded in 1990, we were guided by three key principles. First, we believed in the potential of youth to be leaders in international development... In essence YCI was founded as a youth leadership organization. Read more...
Mike Bravo (simply "Bravo") went to Costa Rica with YCI in 2005 - and has been around ever since! He volunteered at AIDS 2006 and is now working as our Finance Assistant this summer. Read more about Bravo's experience.
Andrew Macdonald has a long list of experiences with YCI, starting way back in 1993 with Project Guyana 2. Now Andrew is working with Eva's Phoenix in Toronto - Read on to see where alumni can land after 14 years!
Lindsay Core's been quite the active YCI'er in the past year. She's volunteered in Benin and has returned to be a GL in Ghana.
Check out a cool journal entry Lindsay shared with us about living in Benin.
This month we would like to highlight three organizations that are youth-led and youth-driven. Look how young people are changing the world:
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Global Youth Action Network is a worldwide youth-driven organization that is associated with the UN Economic and Social Council. There are thousands of member organizations and individuals who are contributing to this network. Visit the website and see for yourself... |
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Aboriginal Youth Network was founded and is and operated for and by aboriginal youth. Their aim is to "connect hearts and minds of aboriginal youth worldwide". You've got to visit their website to see what a great forum AYN is for change. |
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Environmental Youth Alliance is based out of Vancouver and has been a killer example of youth-led development since 1993. They've been the recipients of mulitple nominations and awards for the work they do. Check out the website to learn about their activities. |
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