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CITIZEN EXCHANGES –
YOUTH PROGRAMS DIVISION
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Global Youth Service Day
 Youth
Programs Division joins Youth Service America in promoting Global
Youth Service Day, an annual international event to mobilize youth
and adults to meet the needs of their communities through volunteerism.
In 2005, 50 students participating in the Future
Leaders Exchange (FLEX), Youth
Exchange and Study (YES) and Congress-Bundestag
Exchange (CBYX) programs attended the National
Service Learning Conference in Long Beach, CA where they met service-learning
professionals, policymakers and American youth committed to helping
their communities. Upon their return to host communities in the U.S.,
they garnered support for volunteer activities they implemented with
the help of friends and other community members. Overseas, thanks to
small grants provided by American
Councils , FLEX alumni worked together to create numerous activities
throughout Eurasia. Global Connections programs in the Middle East,
Southeast Asia and Eurasia used Internet technology to facilitate hundreds
of activities in local communities.
Youth Programs Division and Youth Service America seek to strengthen
their collaboration by providing exchange program coordinators with
service-learning tools and resources and facilitating mutual dissemination
of program information. Information about Youth Service America can
be found at: www.ysa.org.
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During Global Youth Service Day 2005, Global Connections volunteers
in Bangladesh tell stories to communicate the importance of education.
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Global Connections Programs Celebrate GYSD
Visit the links below to learn about how other Global Connections Programs
celebrated Global Youth Service Day, 2005.
Armenia
Global Youth Service Day Project
Harmony
Azerbaijan
www.projectharmony.az/gysd.php
Bangladesh
www.connect-bangladesh.org/schools/newsevents.php
Middle East and Southeast Asia
www.iearn.org/projects/communityservice.html
Tajikistan
www.connect-tajikistan.org/en/gysd2005_web.html
Uzbekistan
http://www.connect.uz/news.php?newsid=599&PHPSESSID=f76e97c740f99a851d9ed291801c75a3
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FLEX Uzbekistani Shehroz Narzikulov, participates in GYSD activies
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FLEX Exchange Students and Alumni Participate in Global
Youth Service Day
United States of America
Florida
www.cci-exchange.com/flexpages/gysd_florida.htm
Hawaii
www.cci-exchange.com/flexpages/gysd_hi.htm
www.cci-exchange.com/flexpages/gysd_hi2.htm
Michigan
www.cci-exchange.com/flexpages/gysd_mi.htm
Washington, D.C.
www.cci-exchange.com/flexpages/gysd_cholpon.htm
Uzbekistan
Spring Swing Charity Ball Fundraiser
On April 9th, 189 members of the international community in Tashkent
attended the Spring Swing Charity Ball, organized by alumni of American
Councils’ Future Leaders Exchange Program
(FLEX) and sponsored by British Airways. The night of food, dancing,
live music and charity raffles raised over $3,000 for the Children’s
Ward of the Tashkent Cancer Hospital, and kicked off FLEX alumni’s efforts
to commemorate Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) in Uzbekistan.
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