Neapolis Reborn Project Booklet
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ABOUT TUNISIA ABOUT AIESEC NABEL
ABOUT THE PROJECT
ABOUT TUNISIA • Tunisia is a safe and friendly country in North Africa. Millions of Europeans visit annually to enjoy the beaches along the Mediterranean and soak up some ancient culture amongst the well-preserved Roman ruins. The Sahara Desert attracts adventure seekers during the winter months. Southern Tunisia is where George Lucas filmed many of his Star Wars movies, he used the natural landscape and traditional Berber villages (some underground) to depict the Planet Tatooine.
Area:
163,610 sq km, (slightly larger than Georgia,
US). Location: Tunisia lies in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya, Capital City: Tunis Population: Just over 10 million people live in Tunisia. Language: Arabic (official) and French (widely understood and used in commerce). Berber dialects are also spoken, especially in the South. Religion: Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%. Climate: Tunisia has a temperate climate in the north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers especially in the desert in the south.
ABOUT AIESEC NABEL • AIESEC is an international non-governmental not-for-profit organization that provides young people with leadership development and cross-cultural global internship and volunteer exchange experiences across the globe, with a focus to empower young people so they can make a positive impact on society. The AIESEC network includes over 100,000 members in 133 countries and territories. It is the largest youth-run organization in the world • Nabeul: was founded in the 5th century BC by the Greeks of Cyrene, serving as a trade port. Its name is a tunisification of theGreek Neapolis 'new city' (an etymology it shares with Naples, Neapoli, and Nablus). • It is a popular tourist destination and the main centre of the Tunisian pottery industry.
ABOUT THE PROJECT Description: The project Neapolis Reborn will take place in different parts of the region of Cap Bon and it will impact the different strata of the society in Nabeul. Through this project, we aim at reconstructing the image that was perceived about Nabeul and Tunisia in general and assure the delivery of the message that our awesome Tunisia and Nabeul in particular are one of the best touristic destinations. The project objective is to implicate youth from around the globe to make reports and run a website about Nabeul to promote tourism and send a better image of Nabeul and Tunisia in general to the rest of the world and to make people across the earth aware of the various sides of Tunisia culture. The project will take place in the summer for a period of 6 weeks, and Ramadhan will be in this period so the participants will experience a very exceptional time during it. According to a detailed agenda we will be exploring different parts of the region of Cap Bon.
• Intern are asked to bring his/her own camera & Laptop for website purposes. • Intern will have to take pictures and write three articles weekly about places visited or activities done. • Intern will have to make videos during the circuit of the places visited and the culture aspects seen. • Intern will submit his best story in Nabeul to be shown in the Media channels and in the partners’ channels of the project. • Intern will have to attend the Global village to showcase the culture of his country. • Intern is asked to bring his/her national flag, know a traditional dance so he can show it to Tunisian. Intern can bring other traditional belongings. ( preferred) • Intern is asked to bring his / her traditional clothes because a defile will take place in Global Village. • Inters will cooperate to create an outstanding documentary.
Learning Points: The intern will learn to deal with many organizations , see how the toppic of this project is important, Learn how to co-operate with many interns and leaders of NGOs.
Expected Results: At the end of the internship the intern should have participated in all the projects activities and provides what he is asked to do.
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