9/14/2007 - Global Leadership in the 21st Century
Yet another successful state-funded program…. bringing together young people from 12 different countries.
With AFS-USA, we organized a 10-day state-funded program called “Global Leadership in the 21st Century: Identity, Diversity, Respect and Opportunity”... GL21 to make it sound easier!
Participating on the program were 10 pax from USA, 20 Arab YES returnees from: Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen, and 10 Egyptian YES returnees. The program was designed to expose the participants to different realities of community service opportunities, to develop their leadership skills, and to prepare them to go to their home communities with a strong will to make a difference. The ten-day program was composed of three main parts: 1) homestay, 2) community service project, and 3) attending the International Youth Forum.
Here is a glimpse of this powerful experience….
1. Homestay
Participants were hosted in 6 cities: Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said and El Menya, where they stayed with host families. During their homestay, they met with AFS returnees from different parts of the country, and participated in a leadership workshop, where Egyptian returnees shared their experiences of volunteering and organizing community service projects. The participants then worked together on developing recommendations for future leadership endeavors, especially in the volunteering arena, and those recommendations will be compiled in a toolkit.
2. El Gammalyea Heritage Community Service Project
Talk about spirit, volunteering, making a difference and contributing to the community…. all this was done, and even more!!!!!!!!!
In collaboration with the Friends of the Environment Association, the group actively led a project to clean and decorate three of the most old schools in Cairo, located in the historical El Gammaleya district. With trees to be planted, paint buckets, and with paint brushes in their hands, our participants truly left their “prints” on the schools…. leaving a lovely gift for the students as they start their school year next week. Watch and be inspired!!!!!!!!!
3. International Youth Forum
For the last part of the program, the participants joined the International Youth Forum “The Power of Youth for Peace”, organized by the Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement… but that is a whole other announcement…...........stay tuned.
We are proud of our YES alumni and volunteers for making this program a successful one.
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