Since the establishment of the organisation in 2007, there was no membership fee applicable and the list kept on being populated with people who had shown their interest in becoming members of MUYA all throughout the past five years. On April 20th, the committee has decided to introduce a small annual membership of EUR 5. This was applicable as of the Annual General Meeting of 2012, held on May 2nd, 2012. The membership is to be renewed annually. Benefits of submitting/renewing your membership; - You will be given preference in participant selection for international projects
- Administration fee for international projects will be at a reduced price for members
- You will be informed on all activities of the organisations especially those that are open to members only
- Your participation in social events and other member activities organised by the organisation may be subsidized or free (depending on the nature of the activity)
How to submit/renew your membership;- Fill in the application in this link;
http://www.muya.info/uploads/5/3/4/5/5345324/2012_muya_membership_form.docx - If you wish to pay by cheque you can send the application form by post together with the cheque at the address provided in the application form.
- If you wish to pay by bank transfer, you can send the application form by email to info@muya.info and state in the email that a payment has been executed by bank transfer.
- For renewals only: On the 15th June, the current members list will be updated with the active members and those that have not renewed their details will be transferred to a subscribers mailing list.
- Those in the subscribers mailing list will still be sent information from MUYA however will not be eligible to members benefits and may not be informed of members only events unless the organisation decides otherwise.
Your membership in MUYA is of great importance to us and we hope to see you submitting/ renewing your membership in the organisation for the coming year.
Malta UNESCO Youth Association is looking for Maltese participants for this training course to be held in Malta.
“O.U.T – A Training Course on Outdoor Education” aims at exploring the concept, principles and practice of outdoor education and the way they can contribute to the efficiency of youth work and also to the development of healthy and pro-active lifestyles. It will be a situated learning opportunity since most of the working methods will be highly experiential and implemented in the outdoors.
The objectives that have been set for this training course are the following:
• To experience outdoor educational activities of a wide variety and diversity towards participants’
enhancement of personal and social-interaction capacities;
• To offer an interactive meeting space for youth workers working in the European context in order to
exchange good practice relevant to outdoor education;
• To explore the principles and practices of experiential learning and their implication in outdoor
education;
• To encourage participants to use and develop the practice of outdoor education according to their work
environments’ specificities;
• To offer a participatory programme of activities ensuring everyone’s active involvement in its evolution;
• To empower participants in acting as multipliers so that they build up to the experience gained during
the course and having it spread to relevant stakeholders;
• To stimulate participants interest in different, ecological, healthy and responsible lifestyles;
• To explore possibilities for future cooperation among participants namely in the field of outdoor
education but not exclusively.
Participating countries: AUT, ESP, EST, GRE, ITA, IRE, LTV, MTA, POL, POR, ROM, SVK
Age limit: 18+
Persons from Malta: 2
Total number of participants: 24
Dates: 23rd - 30th June, 2012
Place: Marsaxlokk, Malta
Venue: Marsaxlokk Youth Activity Centre
By sending an application for this Training Course, the Maltese applicants chosen commit themselves
to participate in every activity of the project. Furthermore, the stay at the venue throughout the project is
obligatory.
Accommodation and food covered by host organisation.
Kindly find Information Pack and Application Form below. Send application form ASAP to
info@muya.info.
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Amazing opportunity to enjoy and experience Malta's beautiful natural landscape in great company!
Date: Sunday 22 April, 2012
Meeting time: 9.30am - 9.45am
Meeting place: In front of Bahrija Primary School, St. Nicholas College, School Street, Bahrija.
Directions from Valletta to Bahrija: Map for meeting point: We shall meet at 9.30am in front of the Primary School in Bahrija. We will walk from Bahrija to Mtahleb (4km walk), stop for a picnic and then walk back to Bahrija (3km walk). It is important that those attending wear tracking or running shoes and get plenty of water & sun protection cream. For the picnic we invite anyone to get his/her own food and some to share. For logistical purposes we ask you to inform us if you will be joining us for this hike by sending an email to info@muya.info by 21 April, 2012 at 7pm with your name, mobile number and number of people. Feel free to invite your friends to join us too! The more the merrier! :) It is important to understand that whatever you get with you, you will have to carry so we suggest that you do not get un-necessary things.
Dear all, I would kindly like to inform you that the next AGM of MUYA is going to be held on the 2nd of May 2012 at 19:00 at KSU Common Room, University of Malta. Kindly find the agenda of the AGM in link below. It would be great if you could inform the Secretary General about your attendance by 25th of April. There are two important procedures to be communicated prior to the AGM. 1. ElectionsThis year we will have four posts in the Committee up for elections: 1) President 2) International Officer 3) Member of Committee 4) Member of Committee All 'full members' (have been members at least one full year) of MUYA can contest for these posts. The nominations and applications for the vacant posts accompanied by a short motivation letter are to be sent to the President and the Secretary General by 23rd of April to info@muya.info. 2. MotionsEach member can propose motions to the Statute which you may find in the link below. These motions have to reach the Secretary General by 25th of April to birgit@muya.info. Should you require more information regarding the AGM or above mentioned procedures, kindly contact Birgit ( birgit@muya.info) for further information. Kind regards, Birgit Oidram Secretary General
This course, “Living Forward, Reflecting Afterwards”, is aimed at developing the competences of those youth workers involved in social inclusion activities with young prisoners. The objectives of this project are:
1. To provide a space for sharing experiences and best practices of those professionals working with young prisoners in several European countries and with special regard to those difficulties they normally have and how they overcome them;
2. To explore and learn about a new educational approach called DRAMA PRETEXT in order to improve the quality of the youth work done with this sensitive target group;
3. To develop the skills and attitudes of youth workers in Europe through non formal education methodologies in order to better face and solve interpersonal communication and interaction with young prisoners;
4. To give tools and methods to youth workers for better plan future social inclusion activities through YiA Programme such as Action 1.2 Group initiatives within the prisons;
5. To develop the competences of participants in developing their own drama pretexts adapted to the group of young people they work with; 6. To set the ground for future collaboration and joint projects among the group of participants.
Age limit: No age limit
Persons from Malta: 2
Total number of participants: 22
Dates: 2nd - 11th April, 2012
Place: Murcia, Spain
Venue: Casa del Trigo, Municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz
Accommodation and food covered by host organisation. Travel expenses refunded 70%
Information pack below. Send application form ASAP to info@muya.info.
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Malta UNESCO Youth Association is celebrating its 5th birthday! We thought this occasion would be a great opportunity to celebrate, reunite with all those who were involved or collaborated with MUYA during the past five years, and have a good night out! Join us at Tal-Villagg, Triq il-Forn, Lija on Saturday 25th February, 2012 at 20:30 till late. Welcome drink and nibbles will come your way. Drinks at reasonable prices at the bar. Looking forward to seeing you there! RSVP by 23.02.2012 by sending an email to info@muya.info or sms 79575789
Training Course: Youth Takes Action for EuropeMarch 30th - 6th April 2012, Arrouquelas, Portugal Description:The project “Youth Takes Action for Europe” will be organized for number youth workers from Youth in Action Programme Countries. The training aims to contribute to the ongoing European discussion on the borders of the European Union, its common European values and the possibility to create a working common civil society across the national borders in Europe. Various issues ranging from migration and integration to economic development and religious freedom are currently dominating political debates all across the European Union, while young people are mainly excluded from these debates they will have to live with the consequences of decisions made nowadays. The training course will provide a platform for youth workers from EU and other programme countries to learn how young people can take an active role on local and international level and to have their voice heard regarding current European challenges. Therefore, an exchange of tools and approaches for active participation of young people and means of influencing and creating youth policy on local and national level will be core elements of the training. Objectives:· To foster an understanding of the concept of European Citizenship · To empower young people to take an active role in society · To debate European values · To share methods and approaches of youth inclusion · To establish new partnerships and cooperation for the improvement of quality in international youth work Content:· European Citizenship · Active participation of young people · Volunteering · European values Duration:7 days (excluding arrival and departure) Participants:2 participants per organisation a total of 24 participants Conditions:As the project seeks funding by the Youth in Action Programme accommodation and food will be provided by the organizers. Travel costs to the venue and back will be covered 70%. Accomodation and food covered by host organisation. A 10 EUR administration donation is applicable to Malta UNESCO Youth Association for coordination of logistics & preparation. No participation fee. Application form: http://www.muya.info/uploads/5/3/4/5/5345324/participants_form.docx
- InformaGiovani office - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberThe office is the place where we organize all our projects and also run some activities, such as training courses, infoday, “fairs” of volunteering activities and internatinal co-operation organizations. Here volunteers will support the general running of the office and IG network all over Europe. This will give to interested volunteers the possibility to increase their knowledge about organizational management, project cicle and implementation, as well as learning about the local context and how European funding and initiatives can stimulate community development. - Centro TAU – Inventare insieme - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberYouth centre based in the poor area of “Zisa”, working with young people aged 12-18. Volunteers will support socio-cultural activities, run language courses, artistic workshop - Centro anch’io - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberCommunity house for disabled adults and young people. Volunteers will help local staff and volunteers to run daily activities and organize leisure time and workshops for hosts of the community - Apriti Cuore - 4 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberCommunity house managed by local social association, where kids from poor families or violent families live. Volunteers will help the daily running of activities, support educational activities, leisure time, etc. Due to the specific situation of kids, special motivation letter and reference letter is required. - Biblioteca dei bambini e delle bambine - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberBased in the poor area of “Albergheria”, the so called “Biblioteca of the girls and boys” is the only cultural free activity offered to the young people of the district and is managed by a group of local volunteers and by families. Volunteers will support daily activities and run artistic workshops for kids. - Isola delle Femmine - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of SeptemberSmall island close to Palermo’s shore, were InformaGiovani organizes environmental awareness activities for kids and organize environmental workshop and volunteering activities. EVS volunteers will work in supporting the organization of such activities, support the relation with local schools, associations and parishes in involving young people, will support the organization of short-term voluntary projects in the area. Project run in co-operation with LIPU, birds protection league. - Casa memoria “Peppino Impastato” - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September The house of memory was founded by relatives of Giuseppe Impastato, a young guy killed by mafia cause he was fighting against it using satire, irony and “new-media” channel as community radios were in 1979. Volunteers will support education activities for schools pupils and antimafia awareness raising campaigns. - Short term local international voluntary projects - 5 volunteers - 1 months, starting 10th of August Volunteers will be placed inside local international voluntary projects such as workcamps and other social projects. Main activities can be or in natural reserves or providing help in communities for disabled kids.
Contact info@muya.info now for more information!
The type of project:
Training Course, Action 3.1
Title of project
“Youth Photo Games“
From 1st to 9th June 2012, Novi Sad, Serbia
Training Course is about promotion of voluntarism using creative photography as a method for social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities.
Who we are:
The training course will be organized by Association iNSomnia, who will do Training Course using non-formal way of learning – through working on creative artistic methods. Members of iNSomnia are experts in management in culture and art. iNSomnia works on organizing fun and culture activities for young people: youth info work, organizing volunteers, organizing fun and culture activities for youth, organizing all activities which improve quality of youth life;
Trainers:
Boris Radivojkov – expert for photography and educator
http://www.borisradivojkov.com
Nebojsa Djeric – experienced Salto trainer
http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/experts/ndjeric/ndjeric.html
About the Project:
Training Course is about promotion of voluntarism using creative photography as a method for social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities.
The main goal of our training course “Youth Photo Games“ is to offer to participants new art techniques and learning methods for improving inclusion of excluded groups of youth
with psychological problems – mental health problems. Also by promotion youth volunterism and photo activities, as a result of our TC participants will use those learning methods in everyday work with excluded youth including them in active local community life. Idea is to show that there is possibility to solve certain mental health problem caused by stress through application of photography action. This art activity can lead to solution or point out a problem that can be resolved by working on it afterwards.Activities on our training course: making photographies, photography games, making video from photo materials, drawing with photo chemistry, spending time in nature and contact with nature. Target group on our training course are people actively involved in work with social excluded youth with psychological problems – caused by stress (youth workers, youth leaders, play workers, NGO activists, school teachers, social workers, volunteers). (We would like to get participants already with knowledge about photography)
Objectives:
- to promote voluntarism and inclusion as a most significant value working with youth with fewer opportunities – youth with health psychological problems.
- to increase awareness of the value and importance of volunteering as a form of active engagement and as a tool to develop and improve competences for personal, social and professional development.
- to encourage excluded young people with fewer opportunities – youth with mental health problems to play an active role in their communities
- to contribute participants development of creative capabilities and skills in youth work using learning and creative methods (photography techniques)
- promotion of volunteering as a way of active social participation, and a way to acquire knowledge and skills useful for persons' professional development.
Working language:
English – all participants must be able to actively communicate using English language
Funding:
100% for accommodation will be covered and 70% of travel cost (Apex tickets) will be reimbursed after receiving original receipts.
No. of participants from Malta:2
Application form to be sent to info@muya.info ASAP
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The Malta UNESCO Youth Association, today launched the children’s book ‘Eleo and the Bubble Planet’, a book based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December, 1948.
The event was held this morning at De La Salle College under the patronage of Hon. Minister Dolores Cristina.
This book tells the story of Eleo, a young boy who lives in the ideal planet of Bubble-onia where the people have managed to live in harmony with each other for many, many years. However, unfortunately, the planet does have other problems and together with Eleo and his grandfather Bobbla, we will find out how they live on the planet and what the people of Bubble-onia intend to do to overcome their challenges.
The project saw the group, all volunteers, go beyond what they thought they were capable of. A creative process that was time and energy consuming. Coming up with the character, the story and putting it down on paper was the most challenging part of all. However through several workshops and endless meetings, Eleo and the Bubble Planet was born.
The project received funding by the European Youth Fund, Council of Europe and the Malta UNESCO Youth Association has worked with international partners from Estonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria in the implementation of this project.
During her address during the event, The Hon. Minister Dolores Cristina praised this initiative and the efforts of the volunteers to create a simple story that is accessible to the young citizens of today. She also mentioned the draft national children’s policy that was launched last November and stressed the importance of the protection of young children and the accessibility of emotional support for young children.
“We look forward to seeing this book becoming popular with the children in the school library. We encourage educators to allow this book to assist them when discussing human rights with their young students. We hope that all the concepts that one finds in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be understood, internalised and practiced in real life by our young citizens who in just a few years will be themselves the backbone of our society and the drivers
of change with their well being and courageous behaviour” said Sarah Suda, President of the Malta UNESCO Youth Association.
During the launch three copies of the book was distributed to each primary school in Malta and Gozo. H.E Maltese Ambassador for UNESCO Mr. Ray Bondin and the Commissioner for Children Helen D’Amato were also present for the book launch event.
The book launch was proudly supported by; Kristal Fine Table Water, Cappy Juices, Nestle Nesquik Cereal and Ftira Cafe.
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