Press Release
Date: December 28, 2006
Contact:
Jill Slutzker
Group News Coordinator, One World Youth Project
865-803-1594, jill@oneworldyouthproject.org
Youth in Ngaoundere participate in cultural exchange with youth in Pennsylvania, USA!
This academic year, The Cameroon Children's Environmental Forum(CCEF) participate in their second year of global service and cross-cultural communication through One World Youth Project- a global sister-school program connecting 44 schools in 17 countries. The Cameroon Children Environmental Forum is paired with YTeens youth group in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.
One World Youth Project (OWYP) is a unique educational program for middle and high school youth, linking schools in the US/Canada with groups from around the world together in learning partnerships. Youth work with their sister-school over the course of an academic year to explore and tackle the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). The eight goals, agreed upon by the world’s nations in 2000, are targeted to be achieved by 2015. The MDG’s address shared global challenges such as, HIV/AIDS, lack of education, or gender inequality. OWYP's philosophy is that through cultural exchange, youth are inspired to take positive action. One World Youth Project is run by youth for youth and includes an international volunteer staff of 22 -all are under the age of 24.
Youth of CCEF and YTeens communicate through online message-boards, email, letters, cultural exchange packages, and monthly curriculum assignments. Over the past four months, the youth have been learning about their focus UN Millennium Development Goal. The pair is learning about MDG 6, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases. In the coming months students will work with each other to design and implement local community service projects related to this goal.
For more information about the Cameroon Children's Environmental Forum - click here
For more information contact: Jill Slutzker, Group News Coordinator, One World Youth Project: 1-865-803-1594 (USA), Jill@oneworldyouthproject.org
Interviews with teacher and student leaders of Cameroon Children Environmental Forum and/or YTeens available upon request. Interviews with OWYP staff also available upon request. |
