YEO Preconvention - Making Rye Accessible to All
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- 2. 2019 YEO Preconvention Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All
- 3. 2019 YEO Preconvention Serdar Kelahmet, President of EEMA 2016-2018 Sabine Vergroesen, Coordinator Multi District D1550- 1610 The Netherlands Brent Sheppart, Chair,Central States Rotary Youth Exchange Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All
- 4. 2019 YEO Preconvention Are we, Rotarians, fair enough while presenting RYE Programme to youngsters ? Is it possible to state that we are reaching all layers of the society ? Do we give equal chances to all youngsters to participate RYE or do we only consider the applications that we find in front of us ? Do the youngsters living in the “other side of the city” know RYE ? Have we reached their community ? Do we have an action plan for the ones who donot have the financial means to participate ? How can we arrange to have participants from different casts ? “
- 5. 2019 YEO Preconvention Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent, being behind Asia in both categories. It covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area. Population : 1.216 billion (2016). This number accounts for 16% of the world’s population. 50 percent of the population is under 25 years of age. One-third of the world's spoken languages are spoken in the African continent.
- 6. 2019 YEO Preconvention Geographic Area 2016-17 Total Exchanges Reported 2016-17 Percentage of Total Exchanges 2015-16 Total Exchanges Reported 2015-16 Percentage of Total Exchanges Reported Africa 168 2% 117 1% Asia 693 8% 1,074 12% Europe 3,835 44% 3,704 43% North America 2,132 25% 2,225 25% Oceania 226 3% 276 3% South America 1,534 18% 1,299 15% Total 8,587 100% 8,695 100%
- 7. 2019 YEO Preconvention “If all 17-year-olds had a chance to be a Rotary Youth Exchange Student, there would be no more war.” Carl Wilhelm Stenhammar, president of Rotary International, 2005-06 “Someone should start the peace, as someone initiated the war” Stefan Zweig
- 9. 2019 YEO Preconvention Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All Multidistrict The Netherlands WHY ? Connecting young minds, “to share future beliefs” Develop international and intercultural understanding Build peace
- 10. 2019 YEO Preconvention Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All Multidistrict The Netherlands HOW? Identify candidates that may be good ambassadors, but who lack the means to participate Identify Clubs and/or Districts that want to support young people it this programme Bring these together : Inbound and/or Outbound
- 11. 2019 YEO Preconvention 2015 – Inbound student from D9400 – Difficulties 2017 – Outbound Student from Multidistrict The Netherlands to USA – Entirely sponsored by Rotary Club in D1590 2019 – Inbound student from South Africa Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All Multidistrict The Netherlands
- 12. 2019 YEO Preconvention Multidistrict The Netherlands Given the historical bonds between South Africa and our country, whe really want to make it possible for a student form that country to come to NL. But financial situation of south African families is often not sufficient to pay for visa, insurance and travelcosts So our Multidistict decided to fully finance all these costs for 1 student from them to come to NL. Their student arrived in january 2019 and is actually enjoying his exchange in the Netherlands. Making Rotary Youth Exchange Accessible to All
- 13. 2019 YEO Preconvention •Thoughts from CSRYE… • One way exchange from emerging countries •Don’t forget your own Country! • Many families in the USA cannot afford • Financial Requirement excludes all kinds. • Use Scholarships from Club, District, and CSRYE. Brent Sheppard, Chair Central States Rotary Youth Exchange (CSRYE)
- 14. 2019 YEO Preconvention Don’t Forget Physically Challenged Students Many Families that have physically challenged students are willing to be host families. They have the experience needed for proper care. And… Concerns about the expanding number of countries excluding students taking drugs for ADHD and other medication. Mental Illness is controllable and we should not be excluding students for a disability they are born with!
- 15. 2019 YEO Preconvention TIME TO TALK
- 16. 2019 YEO Preconvention Thank you For your attention !
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