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YCG recruiting youths for human rights training in Romania
Aimed at bringing innovation to the field of human rights, Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) earlier this year embarked on a strategic project which embraces the notion of exchange and cooperation among organisations in a number of countries.
This development was recently highlighted by YCG’s Executive Director, Mr. Dmitri Nicholson, who said that through the venture, countries including France, Denmark, Italy, Peru and Guyana are expected to forge deliberate collaborations.
“The main aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations that work with young people to develop an effective, coherent, inclusive and sustainable framework for using human rights education,” Nicholson related.
The project, according to the YCG Director, is currently at a point where young Guyanese are being recruited to participate in a seven-month volunteer training programme in Romania.
During the training programme the youths from the targeted countries will be involved in sessions that focus on human rights, inclusion and equity, understanding minority, dealing with minorities and intercultural understanding.
YCG opted to be a part of this venture since according to Nicholson “for a number of years we (YCG) implemented programmes that bring international volunteers to Guyana and we have seen the kind of growth that it offers to persons who come to Guyana.
YCG Executive Director, Dmitri Nicholson
“So for us, providing this type of opportunity for Guyanese will strengthen the kind of youths that we have here as well.”
“It will provide exposure, help to build character and help to create a certain type of maturity that young people would need for problem solving in their daily lives. We think this type of opportunity will create a new way of helping Guyanese to achieve the type of development that we want to see,” Nicholson added.
Recruitment, according to Nicholson, started at the beginning of June and will end on June 30, 2016.
Already a total of 25 applications have reached YCG and some individuals have been shortlisted. Nicholson noted during a recent interview that “many people believe that something like this requires prolific academic skills but for us your academic skills is secondary to your commitment to the values that YCG and our partners have in this type of project.”
Three youths will be selected to attend the training programme which will span December 2016 to July 2017. According to Nicholson, all costs associated with the training programme will be sponsored.
“Their accommodation, food, training, preparation; all the logistics will be taken care of by Youth Challenge and our partners,” Nicholson related.
Once the three youths have been identified, Nicholson said that they will be required to undergo preparatory activities that will help them to navigate around the new culture in Romania.
“We will prepare them for the types of activities that they will be involved in once they are selected. It will prepare them for understanding human rights, it will expose them to some degree of community outreach. The main intention is that they will start preparing here for the programme and when they get there they will also receive further training,” Nicholson added.
But according to Nicholson, up to four more individuals who have the capacity to sponsor themselves could express interest to be a part of the training programme.
“The maximum that we can send overseas is seven but we can only sponsor three,” Nicholson noted.
Applicants, according to Nicholson, must be residents and citizens of Guyana between the ages of 18 and 30 and have a strong commitment for community development.
Those desirous of applying to be a part of the project can do so by requesting applications at email address [email protected].
Simultaneously, Nicholson said that young persons are also being encouraged to sign up to be part of YCG’s life skill mentoring programme in order to be life skills volunteers and mentors in their respective communities.
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