Sweden’s invited to SWY23
The 23rd Ship for World Youth Program will be held from Jan. 11 – March 2, 2011.
News
Two Aussie’s, the Swedish delegation and bread that cracks
We knew it was going to be fun but we could not have imagined food as amazing or company so great!
Two very weary travellers got off the 6am plane to the waiting arms of Jenny – 3 years had changed nothing! And this first meeting set the tone for the rest of our stay.
The Japanese embassy in Stockholm presents Japanese movies weekend
The Japanese embassy is arranging a movie weekend february 13th-15th. It’s for free and you are welcome.
Education; symbiosis between individuals and societies
Annelie Gustavsson will be advisor for the course discussion group ”education”: “Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.” This proverb illustrates a core concept in education, namely the importance of involving the learner. In this course, the learner will be encouraged to participate actively in …
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A report and greetings to everyone from Ulrika Johansson, SWY 18 (2006), G-group.
It was a wonderful experience to participate in SWY! I have been working in different countries before and I was so pleased to meet so many nice and interesting people from all around the world. Before my participation I was studying political science and languages and I had been working with different projects financed by …
A report and greetings to everyone from Ulrika Johansson, SWY 18 (2006), G-group. Läs mer »
SWYAA-SE Annual report 2007
As a relatively young member of the SWYAA family (SWYAA-SE was established in May 2006) our emphasis during 2007 was to further develop our domestic and international networks. Through widening and deepening our contacts with other AAs and ExPYs we aim to play a more active role in the extensive SWY network. In 2007 we …
A short update from Sara
Since returning from SWY 18 in March 2006 Sara continued studying Peace- and Development at university in Sweden. She participated in several youth projects set in Brussels, and unexpectedly had a mini-reunion with Ethemcan from SWY 17 (Turkey delegation) – small world! In June 2006 she participated in an exchange program with Universidad Ibero Americana …
Update: Fredrik back from El Salvador
After almost two years in El Salvador, the heart of Central America, Fredrik Quistbergh (Ex PY, SWY 10) is back at Södermalm, Sweden. In El Salvador he was working for the swedish NGO UBV/Latinamerika as a correspondent. To work in a totally new language and new cultural context was a nice challenge for Fredrik. The …
Update: Gigi in Thailand
This winter we, Gigi Lönn Stråle, SWY4, REN02 and family will live in Thailand, Koh Lanta, and have of course contacted our sisterorganisation in Thailand, SSEAP, to get in contact with fun and interesting peoples. Just out of coincidence some people from their ship 1977 ( ! ) had a reunion and a 30-year anniversary …
Update. Helena in South Africa
After the fantastic SWY18 experience Helena moved to Brussels for five months and worked in the EU-capital as an intern for the UN. Thereafter she spent 6 months in Madrid, studying Spanish. Since April 2007, Helena has been participating in a Master Programme called The Global Studies Programme, which is a Master degree taking …
Update. Gustaf moved to Uppsala.
After coming back from the reunion trip, Gustaf settled down in Sweden again. For two months. Then the active young man from the picturesque city of Örebro went to Belarus, ”the last dictatorship in Europe”, to participate in a ”culture programme”. A month later Gustaf went to another post-Soviet country – beautiful Lithuania. Once again …
Equipment to Thailand
In March 2007 Gigi Lönn Stråle, SWY4, REN01 with family went to Thailand for a vacation. Before going there, we contacted our “sisterorganisation” of Nippon Maru, SSEAP, and got in contact with an ex-PY who could help us to donate some handicap equipment to children in Thailand. It´s quite easy for us to get this …
A new member of the family
Now it’s official since the 6th of May SWYAA-SE (Sweden) is up and running. During a hectic spring weekend in Stockholm our first meeting was held. We discussed the charter of the association and our future tasks within the extensive network that is SWYAA. Of course Sweden’s part taking in SWY18 was a well needed …