How sad, but strangely appropriate, that the end of 2006 should now be remembered most of all by a gruesome video depicting the violent death of Saddam? Three months before the outbreak of the war in Iraq one SCI volunteer wrote the following words: “I shall not support a Labour government whose Foreign Secretary continues his incessant war-mongering comments and lies on the issue of Iraq. Britain has nothing to gain from causing unpredictable suffering to the civilian population of Iraq or endangering the lives of our own soldiers, not to mention the damage that will be done to our country’s interests and image throughout the Muslim/Arabic world and beyond. On the contrary - it will feed more terrorist acts against our people. Details...

On December 31st, the last day of the year, a group of volunteers prepared some games and some presents (with donation of fruits from a local businessman), and went to the boarding school for mentally disabled children to visit 10 orphans. The legend was, that we met "Ded Moroz", as Santa Klaus is called here, and he asked us to congratulate the children on this special day. We had some funny masks and balloons to create festive atmosphere. The children turned out to be older than we expected, and were shy at the beginning, but still eager to play easy and funny games we prepared for them. Then we gave them presents, albums and water-color sets, fruits and sweets. We ended up playing football with balloons, they all exploded as a result, but it was fun. Details...

In the period 2nd to 7th of March, AVI-Moldova will organize a “Group Leadership Training” for 19 volunteers (14 YTNF+ 5 international) who will learn about the concepts of leadership. This training will take place within the framework of the Youth Transcending New Frontiers project (YTNF) - sponsored by the European Commission. For this training, “Group Leadership Training,” there are needed 14 YTNF volunteers, 3 from each country and 5 international volunteers. YTNF volunteers will be elected by their local organization and international volunteers will apply directly to us. The training will take place in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. Details...

The first International Feedback Seminar for YTNF will take place in Poznan, Poland between 23-28th January 2007. It will be attended by around 30 volunteers from Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Finnland & Poland. Besides evaluating the first year of the project, the seminar will elaborate an action plan for the coming year. There will also be opportunities for representatives of SCI branches to meet with volunteers of the project management teams, in order to discuss additional new projects & exchanges. Further details of the event are available from OWA Poland. Details...

The Study Camp on social inclusion topic in the frame of the project Youth Transcending New Frontiers 30.12.06 – 07.01.07 Number of vols: 8 - 12 GENERAL OVERVIEW: Project to take place in Minsk, organized by New Group in Belarus with support of SCI Germany. Details...

Work will hopefully commence in January 2007 to establish two new Coordinating Centres for the Promotion of Long-Term Volunteering(LTV) in Ukraine & Moldova under the aegis of SVIT and AVI. The main aim of the new Centres is to facilitate the creation of up to ten new volunteer posts for foreign volunteers in Moldova and Ukraine  by the end of 2008, as well as to train a pool of multiipliers in each country who will be responsible for implementing future LTV programs, also involving young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Details...

AVI Moldova is looking for two trainers for the group leadership seminar scheduled to take place from 02 - 07. March 2007 in Chisinau. Candidates should contact AVI for the application form. Details...

Chisinau, November 12th 2006, 18.04 The training took place at 11th of November, at AVI-Moldova’s office. It was facilitated by Alina Dabija, YTNF volunteer. The target group of the training where YTNF volunteers. During the 3 hours of the training, the participants where familiarized with the steps that should be taken in order to organize a Press Conference, to write a Press Release or a Newsletter. Details...

During the last week of the exhibition, the following activities took place: 2.11.06. – Documentary on the situation in Byelorussia 4.11.06 – Lecture “Human Rights Issues in Tibet” by Young Scholars 5.11.06 – Lecture “Human Rights in Buryatia: Past, Present, and Future” by Young Scholars On the 7th and 8th of November, a 5-minute program was shown several times on a local TV station. Details...

In the frame of the "All different - all equal" campaign of the Council of Europe, from 9-16th November activities against racism & xenophobia are planned throughout Europe. Several PMTs are planning to participate in this event. Details...

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