Youth exchange

languages and life within Canada and internationally and the opportunity to share the experience with students in Canada and Nicaragua. We joined together with the YMCA of Montreal and our International Program partner, the YMCA of Nicaragua in a unique partnership of exchange between our 3 communities.

Goals

• To create a program for youth to exchange ideas and experiences, reflect upon the experience, develop a bond and team with peers and learn to approach differences in others with an open mind

• To foster in youth a sense of potential as social actors in their world and to encourage awareness and understanding of their future impact on their society

• To contribute to the development and enrichment of the partnership between YMCA Northumberland and the YMCA of Nicaragua and to further develop relations with the YMCA of Montreal - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Westmount branches and to begin an exchange of expertise, ideas and resources between our three centres.

• Develop in youth the values of volunteerism, leadership, responsibility, respect for others and gender equity

• Develop and deepen participants’ knowledge of the politics, economics and social issues concerning Cobourg, the two diverse neighbourhoods in Montreal, and Nicaragua

• Facilitate a local, national and international exchange that will permit participants to develop and awareness of the value and richness of differences amongst people.

For more information, please contact the Volunteer Leadership Coordinator



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				Northumberland-Montreal-Nicaragua YMCA Youth Exchange In 2002, the Cobourg YMCA’s International Program embarked on a program to give young people in our community a chance to experience different cultures,





				languages and life within Canada and internationally and the opportunity to share the experience with students in Canada and Nicaragua. We joined together with the YMCA of Montreal and our International Program partner, the YMCA of Nicaragua in a unique partnership of exchange between our 3 communities. Goals • To create a program for youth to exchange ideas and experiences, reflect upon the experience, develop a bond and team with peers and learn to approach differences in others with an open mind • To foster in youth a sense of potential as social actors in their world and to encourage awareness and understanding of their future impact on their society • To contribute to the development and enrichment of the partnership between YMCA Northumberland and the YMCA of Nicaragua and to further develop relations with the YMCA of Montreal - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Westmount branches and to begin an exchange of expertise, ideas and resources between our three centres. • Develop in youth the values of volunteerism, leadership, responsibility, respect for others and gender equity • Develop and deepen participants’ knowledge of the politics, economics and social issues concerning Cobourg, the two diverse neighbourhoods in Montreal, and Nicaragua • Facilitate a local, national and international exchange that will permit participants to develop and awareness of the value and richness of differences amongst people. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Leadership Coordinator