New Slovakia and Hungray Program

Some Exciting news, YAGM has added Hungary to list of Country sites. This will be part of a Slovakia and Hungary Program emphasizing the needs of the Roma-Gypsy population in the Regions.

Here is a full Description:
This program partners with the church and the Roma-Gadje Dialogue Through Service project that provide volunteers the opportunity to build inter-cultural awareness, understanding, sensitivity and solidarity among Roma communities in central Europe. These communities face persecution, forced assimilation, mistrust, fear and banishment from the dominant culture. Through their placements, Gadje (non-Roma) work alongside Roma in local community projects, particularly education, after-school activities, youth work and church-based programs. Volunteers engage in inter-cultural dialog and gain understanding of the social, cultural, political and religious issues affection Roma.

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Young Adults in Global Mission

Malaysia added to next year as placement

So,We have exciting news. Malaysia has been added to the list of countries that YAGMs can spend their year. This is an exciting development and we will keep you posted when we have more details. So tell your friends, tell everyone the exciting news!!!

Welcome to the YAGM 07-08 Blog

Hello all!
This is hopefully going to be another new format for keeping 07-08 YAGMs connected to one another during their year of service! My aim is post newsletters from the 40 YAGMs in service on this blog, as well as photos and possibly links so that you can find out what other YAGMs are up to. If you have questions, suggestions or comments, please send them my way at young.adults@elca.org . Otherwise, enjoy!
Vanessa



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