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YMCA - YWCA Journey for Justice Youth Program
23rd July - 1st August 2010
Palestine
Remarks, application forms and contact details are available at the end of the page
Youth leaders from YMCA and YWCA movements around the world are invited to join the annual Journey for Justice Program in Palestine and Israel.
The challenging program aims to witness and accompany Palestinian youth in their daily life, which includes:
- Stories / experiences / dreams and daily life sharing
- Devotions and reflections
- Home stays with Palestinian host families
- Passing through checkpoints and roadblocks together
- Visiting their universities and realize Palestinian students' difficulties
- Joining a local youth work camp, where youth come from all over Palestine.
It also includes:
- Witnessing the various EJ YMCA and YWCA of Palestine programs in action and during activities in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, and Jerusalem.
- Meetings and discussions with Palestinians and Israelis: Political and religious leaders, Israeli groups and settlers, grass root Palestinians including farmers, refugees, students...etc.
- Presentations and discussions with specialists on issues of: children, refugees, academics, media, international work...etc.
- Visiting various sites including old cities of Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, Church of Nativity, Holy Sepulcher, Al-Aqsa Mosque, swimming at the Dead Sea...etc.
- Building coalitions of YMCA-YWCA committed youth leaders and set advocacy plans together.
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Remarks (read carefully):
- Participants ages should be between 17 and 25 (up to 30 could be allowed for special cases).
- No limited number of participants from one movement.
- Participants should represent or be delegated by their YMCA-YWCA movements, hence, each participant should attach an official letter from his/her respective movement with the application, or his/her application to be sent by his/her movement.
- Participation fees are 400 Euros, which include transportation from and to Tel-Aviv airport, local transportation during the program, accommodation, meals, and all extra guiding and entrance fees during the program. This amount is to be paid in advance, or soon as the participant arrives.
- Limited subsidies are available for in need participants from dependent movements. Accepted subsidies could contribute to but not cover all expenses. Each case requesting a subsidy will be studied individually upon request and responded on accordingly.
- Each participant, or his/her respective movement, covers his/her air ticket. Tickets should be reserved so as to arrive on the 23rd of July and departure on the 1st of August.
- Participants of nationalities that need a VISA to Israel in advance they, or their respective movements, are in charge of obtaining and managing their own VISAs.
- Deadline for filled applications submission is the end of June.
Application is available online
Otherwise, you can download the application form: [doc], [pdf]
and send the filled application to:
E-mail: advocacy@jai-pal.org
Tel / Fax: + 970 2 2774540
Ibrahim Hannouneh
Media & Exchange Programs Coordinator
YMCA - YWCA Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI)
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