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- European Commission (program Erasmus +)
- Erzbistum Köln
- Katholisches Bildungswerk
- Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Jugendbegegnungen Bonn

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http://www.bonn.de/tourismus_kultur_sport_freizeit/tourist_information_aktuell/tourismus_und_hotels/13067/index.html?lang=en

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I am Polish. I live in the small village in southern Poland. I study law in Cracow  and I have been a Don Bosco Volunteer there since last year. I like mountain travells, hitchhiking and meeting new friends. I am full of enthusiasm connected with Don Bosco Exchange! ;). "Change in the World" reminds me of the words of my great countryman- pope John Paul II. He said to us- Youth:

"You are my Hope. You are the Hope of the Church. You are the Hope of the World".

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Hi I'm Khuong. One month ago I didn't know such an event exists.

Through my volunteer work in German Youth ministry and my origins, pater Nam Nguyen gives me the oppurtunity to meet all you wonderful people.

Were you able to find out my origins? Right. I Germasian. I was born in Germany but my parents fled from Vietnam to Germany 34 years ago.

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Change needs 3 D’s:         

DREAM                                     
DARE                         DETERMINATION

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Change needs 3 D’s:         

DREAM                                     
DARE                         DETERMINATION

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdM-J9Os9D8

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I am from the Czech republic.

This is going to be my first Don Bosco international youth exchange, so I'm pretty excited! :)

'The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.'

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I come from Montenegro and i am volonter in Don Bosco since 2011.

I most enjoy traveling and meeting new people. I am studying at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, and i am really excited about
meeting in Bonn.

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My name is Paulina and I am 22 years old. I am Law student.

I am volunteer at Don Bosco Center, like to work with youth. My ambitions are to finish College and travel the World, meet new people and cultures.

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"Be the salt of our earth."   
"You are important. Because everything on this earth is connected. You can decide what to do and what to change."

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"Be the salt of our earth."   
"You are important. Because everything on this earth is connected. You can decide what to do and what to change."

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“Youth are not asking for permission,” he said.  “They are asking for the space.  That’s why it is critical to involve in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and actions affecting their lives.”     
“You are in the driving seat of this change!”                           

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“Youth are not asking for permission,” he said.  “They are asking for the space.  That’s why it is critical to involve in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and actions affecting their lives.”     
“You are in the driving seat of this change!”                           

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http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11648.doc.

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Participation is not just waiting for what others tell you to do, participation is simply doing. Simply doing what you think is useful.
Simply doing - even if it seems useless to others. Simply doing - and you can change something in the world.

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Participation is not just waiting for what others tell you to do, participation is simply doing. Simply doing what you think is useful.
Simply doing - even if it seems useless to others. Simply doing - and you can change something in the world.

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(Antonia, Germany)

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Participation -  for me it's the engine that's allows us to change the world and develop our humaneness. Youth participation  - because it's our life and the legacy we leave to generations.

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Participation -  for me it's the engine that's allows us to change the world and develop our humaneness. Youth participation  - because it's our life and the legacy we leave to generations.

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(Alba, Spain)

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I'm from Montenegro, and I am a volunteer at the Don Bosco Center in Podgorica. I'm a person who is open, and also i always try to learn and discover something new about youth. For me, youth exchange is the exchange of experiences, opinions, culture, friendship, new possibilities for progress, new ideas, etc...so i'm really happy for this meeting. I want to contribute to the work, and I hope we will spend a nice work week with a lot of fun. See you soon.

"If you never try, you'll never know"

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I'm a member of the Salesian oratory in Bethlehem, Palestine. I am an ambitious girl who has many dreams and a passion for traveling and discovering the world from another perspective. I love making friends around the world and share my experience in life with them as well as learning from their experiences. I'm extremely happy and thankful to be part of this international youth exchange.

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”.

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I am a Palestinian, from Bethlehem, the place of the birth of OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Family is the first society. I will make the whole world my family.

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I am from Palestine. I am a student at the Salesian Technical School at Bethlehem. My specialization is in Electricity. Power saved is power produced. I love football. This is my second time abroad. I am eager to meet you all.

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Hi this is Vincent R. Bosco. I am a Salesian from India. I used to work for kids in the streets, homeless, orphans. I see them grown - I admire the change in their personality. I wait to learn from you in the forthcoming meeting. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God (Mt 5,9)

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I am a member of Salesian oratory at Bethlehem. I am doing my business administration at the Bethlehem University. I am a member of the salesian scout. This is my first time abroad.

an eye for an eye renders the

world blind - Mahatma Gandhi

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I´m a Don Bosco Volunteer in Benediktbeuern (Bavaria, Germany). To meet new people is one of my passions and so I really looking forward to see each of you. The time in Bonn will be great and full of discussions and new things to learn  - I´m sure.

"Simply doing"

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Hi! I'm María. I come from Spain. I volunteer in the NGO "Jovenes y Desarrollo" (Young and development) since 2011, when I first stayed in Benin. I loved It so much that I came back every summer! Reaching the fifth this time!!

I'm really happy to be part of the International Youth Exchange 2016!

See yo soon!!

will is power

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I'm 18, I attend a salesian social high school and I'm a children's entertainer at the Don Bosco's oratory in Macomer, a small town in Sardinia, more or less from 5 years.

I think this experience will be great because it can give us instruments and ideas to change our (big, but at the same time, small) world.

I am so excited to be part of the Forum! I'd like to know new people, new customs and culture.

'The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.' -Socrates

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I work as a volunteer in Don Bosco Podgorica. What I enjoy the most is meeting people and sharing ideas with them. There is always something new and amazing to learn and to experience so I am very happy to be a part of youth exchange in 2016.

See you soon!

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I'm a volunteer in Don Bosco Latina, near Rome but I'm studying economics in Milan. I took the challenge of Don Bosco exchange with curiosity because it's the first international experience with salesians (except the SYM 2015 in Turin ) and I would like to give my contirbution to the forum but also to comprehend how we can "change the world"

"Be the salt of the earth and light of the world"

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https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanYouthEU/videos/929055530463820/

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Interesting things & Facts about Germany

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Interesting things & Facts about Germany

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http://www.young-germany.de/

https://www.deutschland.de/en

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Human Rights Day - Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always.

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The street artist Banksy has depicted Apple Computers founder Steve Jobs as a Syrian migrant in a new work at the Jungle migrant camp in Calais, France. On Banksy’s website, the latest mural is presented with the caption: “the son of a migrant from Syria.” Jobs’s biological father was a Syrian immigrant, but he was adopted and raised by Paul and Clara Jobs.

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I'm working as a volunteer in Don Bosco Podgorica. I'm the individual who prefer to meet people in an open and trusting exchange where each of us make a sincere effort to understand and tolerate the other. My natural mode of socialization appears to be one of "live and let live" in which I seek harmony and empathy. I'm extremely happy to be part of youth exchange in 2016.

„Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

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My name is Johanna and
since I made a voluntary-service in 2008 in the north of Ethiopia I stayed in
contact with the Don Bosco family. Like Elias I am working as a trainer for the new
volunteers. Apart from that I´m working as a social worker with unaccompanied
minors. I live in Hamburg. I´m a creative person and like to find unusal
things to transport my vision of a better place to live. All further things we
will get to know from each other in January;-) I´m really happy and looking
forward to be part of the youth exchange in 2016.

If I can´t dance
to it, it´s not my revolution! (Emma Goldmann)

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spains-hologram-protest-thousands-join-virtual-march-in-madrid-against-new-gag-law-10170650.html

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Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings.

In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the world's first ever virtual political demonstration.

After months of massive flesh-and-blood protests against the so-called 'gag law', thousands of holograms last night marched in front of the Spanish parliament in Madrid.

Organised by the group Holograms for Freedom, ghost-like figures holding placards took aim at the imminent draconian measures, arguing that holographic people are now afforded greater freedoms than their real-life counterparts.

The 'NoSomosDelito' (meaning: 'We are not crime') movement - composed of more than 100 different organisations - called upon sympathisers around the world to participate in the landmark even by simply webcamming their face via the campaign website.

More than 2,000 virtual images were sent and used in the hour-long hologram demonstration, El Pais reported.

The following video comes from Euronews.

Under the Citizens Safety Law, it is illegal to gather in front of government buildings without permission from authorities; this includes everything from universities to hospitals.

Organisers of unauthorised demonstrations could be fined up to €600,000, with further €600 fines for disrespecting police officers, and €30,000 for filming or photographing them.

In a video promoting the protest, a spokeswoman said: "With the passing of the Gag Law, you won't be allowed to assemble in public spaces without risking a fine.

"Ultimately, if you are a person, you won't be allowed to express yourself freely. You will only be able to do it if you are a hologram."

Spokesman Carlos Escano told Spanish newspaper El Mundo: "Our protest with holograms is ironic.

"With the restrictions we're suffering on our freedoms of association and peaceful assembly, the last options that will be left to use in the end will be to protest through our holograms."

In December, after the law was passed by the governing Popular Party, there were coordinated protests in 30 cities.

In February a large march in Madrid was held.

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The first hologram protest in history has just taken place

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Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the world's first ever virtual political demonstration.

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https://socialactive.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/homelessness-i-want-change/

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“When people decide they want to be free there is nothing that can stop them” 

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“When people decide they want to be free there is nothing that can stop them” 

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(Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

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http://www.dailygood.org/story/466/gandhi-s-10-rules-for-changing-the-world-henrik-edberg/

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Ela, Elias and Nashwa meet again after one year...for the preparation meeting in November @Don Bosco Bonn

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My Name is Nashwa and in Arabic this means the ''Ultimate Happiness'', quite difficult name to live up to as you can see. But, I never give up on trying ;)

I am happy to be part of the trainer's team again this year! I graduated last year and now in pursuit of my passion in life.

I am extremely excited to be part of this group, to discover and share together.

Don't worry be Happy!

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I started
my Voluntary Social Year in Bonn at Don Bosco Mission in September 2015,
so  I am very happy to be a part of the
international youth exchange for the first time.
If you can dream it, you can do it!

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I have been part of the Don Bosco family since my one-year volunteer service in Mumbai in 2010. For more than three years now I am working as a trainer in preparation-, midterm- and returning-seminars for Don Bosco Volunteers. Furthermore I am a professional social worker and much into political education. Last January I had the pleasure to spend my time together with Ela, Nashwa and many other inspiring young people at the youth-conference in Bonn and I am happy to be part of this great event again :)!

There is no revolution without high spirits!

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I am an individual with passion for groups, and I am driven by the idea of being part of processes where groups (and individuals in those groups!) develop and discover new possibilities. As I equally enjoy and suffer from global interdependencies, I happily engage in initiatives that allow me to work in this area in my capacity of trainer or facilitator. Having spent more than 10 years working and volunteering with Don Bosco organisations worldwide, I can with gratitute say, that this is where my heart belongs.
Count your blessings!

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Time for change, don't you think? What makes you angry?

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Time for change, don't you think? What makes you angry?

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- European politics on refugees

- 'there is no alternative'-politics

- racism

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12 Golden Lions and one Grand Prix for Sweetie campaign at Cannes Lions Festival:
https://www.terredeshommes.nl/en/sweetie-20-stop-webcam-childsex

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Please bring:

-warm clothes

-home shoes (clean+warm)

-instruments

-food and/or things that represent your culture or country

-information about your Don Bosco project or centre

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Nice to meet you! I am the coordinator of the international youth exchange