In the City of Santos, Young People from Nine Countries Talk about Peace
an article by Helena Lourenço
ABrasOFFA

Young people representative from nine countries will be gathered in Santos, Brazil, next 7 to 10 August.

The World Young Volunteer’s Network for Culture of Peace will meet to discuss viable initiatives for peace to the young audience. The Young Volunteer’s Network is one of the well-successful projects promoted by the Non-Governmental Organization Brazilian Association of Organizers in Folk Festival and Craftwork - ABrasOFFA.

Until this month, young people from nine different nationalities already confirmed their presence. They are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Brazil. Each country will have a moment to hold a folk audio-visual presentation and to offer their typical food with tasting by selected audience.

The event will include the presentation of the Guri Project, Santos Municipality, in the opening and closing and a craftwork fair by regional artisans.

“All the programming will be dynamic and active. It’s a great opportunity to students to know other cultures”, guarantees Helena Lourenço, NGO ABrasOFFA’s president. The schools interested to participate, need to make application in ABrasOFFA by telephone 00.55.11.3227.5772 or via e-mail: abrasoffa@abrasoffa.org.br. The places are limited.

Further information about ABrasOFFA is available on their website..

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The Youth  for Culture of Peace Report was mentioned in the high-level report of the Alliance of Civilizations that was presented to the United Nations on 13 November 2006,  as its first recommendation of for its activities in relation to   youth.

The Global Youth Solidarity Fund formulated by the report is proposed in the form of a Global Youth Alliance:

"A Global Youth Alliance should be established as a mechanism through which youth can contribute to the implementation of all of the recommendations set forth in this report (not just those under the 'youth' theme)."

"Supported by a Global Youth Solidarity Fund, this initiative could begin with the convening and mobilization of various youth networks and associations to promote dialogue, alliance and a culture of peace. These organizations have already begun working together to organize meetings that would provide the opportunity for young people of diverse backgrounds to set an agenda for action which they can then present to global leaders to win their support and assistance. In addition, a survey has been conducted a survey has been conducted identifying 468 youth organizations from 125 countries that could be engaged as implementing partners."

The high-level report of the Alliance of Civilizations is available on the Internet at http://www.unaoc.org/repository/HLG_Report.pdf.

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