Signed, Sealed, Delivered.
IBERICO
ANZAC
NaJuWo
written by Spanish NJR
written by Rowan Presland
written by Hannes Podzun
This year Iberico (a workshop for juniors from Spain, Portugal, and a few international guests) was held in Madrid from December 8-11. The theme of the workshop was “breaking stereotypes”. During the workshop, we had so much fun. We held trainings and also some open spaces, where we started projects such as a new JB meeting, which we be held during the summer, and is for 16-17 year olds from Portugal and Spain! On the last night we had a great party (with a private CISV DJ!) and we completed a challenge sent to us by JB France!
ANZAC was filled with both educational & fun CISV activities all planned by juniors from the region. Everyday at ANZAC we would have around 5 planned activities, which included having to fill up a cup with water that had holes in it, introducing the basics of CISV and JB, learning how to use some of CISV’s resources, and getting familiar with next year’s new theme Sustainable Development. All the activities were planned with the workshops goal in mind, to help develop JBs in the Australia New Zealand neighborhood. The workshop finished with the formation of a very warm and friendly environment, one of the main objectives of this workshop. I think I can quite confidently say on behalf of all ANZAC 2011’s participants that it was an action packed four days that won’t be forgotten soon, and we can’t wait for next year!
On the first weekend of December it is always NaJuWo-time in Hamburg, Ger. This time 100 participants from 13 different countries came to participate in the workshop and gain knowledge about “Sustainable Development.” We had two guest speaker sessions. The first was Achim, who served in Afghanistan as a NATO Information Coordination Staff Officer. The second one was Alejandra and Juanma, who are both currently working in the “I have a Mango” team. Both workshops we very interesting and gave us a bigger picture of what sustainable development consists of – much more than ecologically thinking. We had a great party, awesome participants, a lot of fun, and at the same time learned a lot. Looking forward to 2012!