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"Green Wave" unites 600 young people from Central and Eastern Europe
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30(256) 03.08.2004 More than 600 young people from Belarus, Germany, Latvia, Lithunia, Poland and Estonia participate in the international youth action "Green Wave" organized by the German Scout Union "Sankt-Georg". The purpose of the event is to boost friendly relations between the youth of the Central and Eastern Europe and to provide an opportunity to girls and boys to get acquainted with the culture of the participating countries. Within the framework of "Green Wave" Belarusian and German scouts are planned to visit historical places of Belarus. Another group of participants will be in Southern Poland in the National Park "Wysokie Tatry" where young people will clear the green zone. The last days of the action scouts will spend at a tent camp near Jaroslawiec till August 8.
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Rehabilitation Shelter for Victims of Women Trafficking Opens
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30(256) 03.08.2004 Establishing a shelter for victims of women trafficking is one of EU/UNDP project "Combating trafficking in women in Belarus". The main task of the shelter is to render timely and professional assistance to victims of trafficking in women by providing stopgap accommodation together with social and psychological services. European Commission will finance this work of the shelter for the victims of sexual slavery. The shelter's address is kept in secret
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"Support to Expanding Public Space for Women in Belarus" Starts New Educational Program
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30(256) 03.08.2004 July 29 UNDP project "Support to Expanding Public Space for Women in Belarus" starts new educational program 10-days summer school for young female leaders "It is always high time to be a leader!" The goal of the summer school is to promote formation of the new generation of women-leaders in social and political sphere. The curriculum of the summer school includes seminars, debates, games and trainings on different topics. The participation is open for girls-leaders aged 18-25. 88 girls from all over the Belarus applied for this educational program, but only 23 of them with pronounced leader potential were selected as participants of the school.
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