Disney grant

YSA (Youth Service America), together with Disney, will provide Disney Friends for Change Grants. The grants fund youth-led service projects to support public education and social campaigns around environmental protection and sustainability, while increasing young people’s commitment to conservation, volunteering and innovation on Global Youth Service Day. The Disney Friends for Change program awards $1,000 grants to youth-led service projects around the world that demonstrate youth leadership, creativity, compassion and the commitment to making a positive impact on the environment.

Disney's Friends for Change is about taking steps together with your friends and family to make a positive impact on people, communities and the planet.

If you are interested, let me know: szucs.anna@i-dia.org. Official details will be provided until the end of this year.

About DIA

The Foundation for Democratic Youth (DIA) is a Hungarian public benefit not-for-profit, non-governmental, nonpolitical organization, whose mission is to create opportunities for youth to develop democratic values and skills through experiential learning. In order to achieve this, DIA is developing young people’s citizenship skills through community-based learning in Hungary.

What happenned last year?

Last year more than 70 000 young people from 8 countries participated in EYSD. It was also our goal to create international synergies, and to identify partners who would be open for future cooperation with each other. Thus, European Youth Service Day is more than just an event in mid-April, it is a network of European organizations open to celebrate the work of their volunteers, as well as to share their experiences in youth service in Europe. That is why it is worthwile to build on the networking and sharing aspects of EYSD, and organize preparatory meetings if possible.

Quick guidelines for beginners

How to plan a project? Part I.

GYSD 2011 photos - Hungary

Here is an unofficial selection of the hundreds of pictures from Hungary. We will soon have more pictures, so make sure to check back later.

Global Youth Service Day 2011 Summary

We are happy to report that this year’s GYSD was the biggest success in Hungarian GYSD history. We had 31000 registered volunteers who participated in 211 projects. These projects focused mostly on the following issues: environment protection and sustainability, healthy lifestyle, spring cleaning of parks, public places, playgrounds, inside/outside renovation of buildings, planting, gardening, visiting the elderly, children, and animal shelters.

Culver meets Karinthy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MIBrSERKU&feature=player_embedded

Students from Culver Academies (USA.) participated in a joint service programme with students from Karinthy Frigyes Bilingual Secondary Grammar School in Budapest (Hungary) between March 29 and April 1st, 2011.
Activities included volunteering in Karinthy's backyard, volunteering in SOFI, a school for children and youth with special needs and making furniture from pet bottles.
The program was organised by Egyesek Youth Association (http://www.egyesek.hu) and DIA (http://www.i-dia.org).