IFM-SEI

Volunteering Against Poverty - VAP

Published: 28 Jun 2011, 14:06 | Author: The Administrator

We have made big plans for next year: A ‘European Voluntary Service’ (EVS) project between eight member organisations in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America and IFM-SEI.

Young volunteers from these organisations will work for one year in another member organisation, supporting them in their day-to-day work, getting to know their host community and learning a new language. All volunteers will also be involved in a common project: Volunteering against Poverty. They will receive training in documentary film making and together with local groups produce videos on youth poverty, unemployment and decent work. With these videos we will produce one common global documentary film on youth poverty. We have applied for a Youth in Action grant of the European Commission to fund the project. Let’s all hope that funding will be granted, so that the 16 young people involved can start their service in 2012.