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Red Cross Youth Sharing Youth Leadership
Start date: Dec 1, 2013,
IIn this project, 8 young Red Cross volunteers will get the chance to go on an EVS exchange to another continent. First 4 Belgian volunteers will go to Uganda (06/01/2014 - 21/03/2014, hosted by Uganda Red Cross Society). Afterwards, 4 Ugandan volunteers will come to Belgium (09/07/2014 - 11/09/2014, hosted by Red Cross Youth Belgium-Flanders). The theme of this project is youth leadership.The objectives of the project are: exchanging best practices on youth leadership between youth movements - promoting of international understanding among young Red Cross volunteers - create and implement a platform of volunteers on international topics and creating international awareness within RCYB-F.The methods applied are: informal learning in the activities and leisure time: learning by doing - non-formal learning in the activities: learning by doing, reading and thinking and by observing. We want to stimulate youngsters to go into dialogue, share experiences and learn from each other. By getting to know another Red Cross Federation, and working with other volunteers on local, regional and national level, the volunteers will learn a lot of different lessons.The activities for the Belgian volunteers are: participating in the youth groups, organize activities for children and youngsters (music, dance, drama, games, sports,...), spread the Red Cross ideas amongst the local population, give first aid training, work on improving the skills of the leaders of the youth groups, work on specific projects concerning youth leadership and putting youth leadership into practice.The activities for the Ugandan volunteers are: participating in activities and camps of local branches, participate in a camp for children in asylum centers, preparing and participating in the annual kick-off event, contribute to starting up the platform of volunteers on international topics and awareness and by doing so showing youth leadership, participating in our training for youth leaders and first aid