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).

European Youth Service Day Newsletter No. 3.

NEWS


10 Country Partners on board!

The Foundation for Democratic Youth welcomes our 10 European Country Partners from the following countries: Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, UK. Those organizations who still haven't applied should hurry up if they want to join this prominent group, because preparations will have to start soon. Youth Service America gave us very positive feedback about the quality of the applications.

European Youth Service Day Newsletter No. 2.

EYSD TIPS

Central event

At DIA, we have made it a tradition to - besides the regional programs on EYSD - organize a central event as well. The central event usually takes place in Budapest, and it is always a big hype with a lot of media attention, and of course some kind of volunteer action.

European Youth Service Day Newsletter No. 1.

This is the first edition of the bi-weekly newsletter of the European Youth Service Day project. We will provide you with all the information you need to be able to organize a successful EYSD event in your country.

Call for GYSD 2011 Country Partners!

Do you believe in the power of young people?

Do you agree that they are our future?

Do you think that their efforts deserve appreciation?

In that case, join Global Youth Service Day 2011, a day when youth service is celebrated all around the world!

DIA Starts Cooperation with Youth Service America (YSA) on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)

DIA has been selected as one of the European Regional Lead Agencies of GYSD 2011. DIA will cooperate wth NGO’s in the following European countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK in order to promote youth volunteering and active citizen particpation.

DIA Leads National Research on Global Education

DIA has been commissionned by Anthropolis Foundation to lead a national research on the state of arts on Global Education in Hungary. The study will be presented and discussed at the National Roundtable on Global Education in Hungary in September 2010 with government and NGO representatives and practitioners. The aim of the process is to create a multi-stakeholder dialogue in order to promote new ways of teaching and learning of global issues.