Youth Leadership and Cross-Culture Program

Objectives:
By the end of the camp, participants will be able to:
1. Learn how to engage the skills learnt in planning for their personal life.
2. Plan, design, implement/lead and evaluate at least one activity.
3. Use basic knowledge and skills in English language to communicate their thoughts.
4. Learn at least 3 values from the other culture facilitate at least 3 values of her/his culture. And, recognizes differences and similarities of both cultures.
5. Appreciate other culture and understand that differences in cultures teaches the value of mutual respect and tolerance
6. Be engaged in at least one project or a research with a fellow from the other culture to plan for the next year camp.

Expected results:
We are expecting participants to get skills in planning for their personal projects. Using the English language and project planning skills, each group of 4 youth from different partner organizations will commit to a project to work on for the next summer camp. The daily contact of the youth will give them more opportunities to cross culture exchange and an advanced training of internet and research use. This year participants will lead the next year camp.

Monitoring and Evaluation
• Leaders and participants will meet every evening as the last activity of the day to discuss the achievements, elements of improvement and talk about the following day.
• Participants will have a daily note book to take notes of every activity of the day.
• A team of the participants will take the task of write a report in English and native languages.
• Leaders will meet separately with their citizen participants to assess youth needs are met and check any confusion, concerns or explanation the participants may need to address.
• At the end of the camp, participants will fill out evaluation form in their native language to provide feedback.
• Leaders will discuss the means of communication for a follow up on the youth projects (facebook group, email,…)
Sustainability:
Youth will be involved in developing small projects for the future camp. The now participants will be leaders of their communities in the next camp. Each participant, with his /her fellow from an organization will take lead of organizing a camp in their community with youth from their communities and others from abroad partners. This year, we will have one camp with 26 participants from Elmers, Latvia, Skoura, Boulemane, Oumjniba, and Imouzzer Mermoucha. Next year, our hope is that the now participants will be leaders of a camp in their communities. So, we will be having 6 camps in different locations with at least 20 participants in each camp with partners from other countries. Each year we will involve associations from other parts of Morocco. By 2016, we will be able to build a bridge that links the 5 continents, promote cultural understanding and mutual respect among youth from the continents and open more opportunities for youth to initiate new exchanging ideas.