TakingITGlobal: Inspireer, Informeer, Involveer

Youth NGO Iskra is a young organisation created as a base for projects and ideas of a group of Ukrainian students, exchange programs' alumni, Peace Corps Volunteers, and university staff working together in Mykolayiv and across Ukraine since 2004.
Iskra strives to promote intercultural...
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Youth NGO Iskra is a young organisation created as a base for projects and ideas of a group of Ukrainian students, exchange programs' alumni, Peace Corps Volunteers, and university staff working together in Mykolayiv and across Ukraine since 2004.
Iskra strives to promote intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, tolerance and fighting stereotypes, to educate young people on the topic of minority rights, and to actively engage them in volunteering on local, national and international levels.
The aims of Youth NGO Iskra are to introduce the concept of multiculturalism in Ukrainian society; to transmit positive attitude to and acceptance of different minority groups, e.g. migrants; to involve youth into small-scale volunteer projects and to support them in joining international volunteer programs.
We see our general mission in participating in the building of a more tolerant and more accepting society in Ukraine.
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Current leaders and members of Iskra have worked closely on organising the International Outreach Camp, also called IOC (www.iocoalition.org) in 2005-2008 and the Youth Engaging Society which is an intensive after-camp program that helps camp alumni to start their first community service project....
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Current leaders and members of Iskra have worked closely on organising the International Outreach Camp, also called IOC (www.iocoalition.org) in 2005-2008 and the Youth Engaging Society which is an intensive after-camp program that helps camp alumni to start their first community service project.
Projects currently running are:
- a row of orphanage projects that teach life skills to parentless children.
- a Russian language discussion club for foreigners living in Mykolayiv to help them better integrate into the local community
- a movie club for students highlighting the best of foreign intellectual film
- a row of presentations in schools and universities about the Youth in Action Programme (European Voluntary Service and youth exchanges) and other academic & non-academic opportunities abroad.
- preparations for the next summer of camp. This time it will be named Camp CACTUS, and will teach civics and leadership skills to a group 100 Ukrainians and about 15 international students aged 16-22.
We are also acting as a Sending Organisation for Action 2 projects of the Youth in Action Programme (EVS). We are the only organization in our city of 500,000 inhabitants able to provide this service. We currently have 8 young people preparing for EVS.
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We work mainly with young people aged 16-30, involving them in learning experiences, camps, and volunteer projects. We offer training in project design and management and financial support for selected projects through grants and sponsorships.
We act as a Sending Organisation in the...
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We work mainly with young people aged 16-30, involving them in learning experiences, camps, and volunteer projects. We offer training in project design and management and financial support for selected projects through grants and sponsorships.
We act as a Sending Organisation in the framework of the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission and provide placement for young people wishing to become an EVS Volunteer.
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