FWC “Make it Happen”: Friendly Football Match in Larnaca for Youth Ambassadors for MDGs

In the context of the European Union funded project called “Youth Ambassadors for the Millennium Development Goals”; Cypriot NGO Future Worlds Center sponsored young people in a ‘Make it Happen’ Football encounter in Larnaca on Saturday 19 December 2009. Football encounters are a fun and educational way to bring youth from Cyprus together so they can discuss ways Cypriot youth can work to achieve the MDGs among youths.

Over a period of two years, the project aims to raise awareness about the Millennium Development Goals both among young people and the public at large in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Cyprus. The project will focus on:
• Raising awareness about the Millennium Development Goals and the interdependence between the EU and developing world;
• Involving young citizens in actions related to development education;
• Introducing a Global Dimension into civic activities already taking place in the four participating countries.

More information and Materials about the MDGs are available on the http://cy.youth4world.com/ website.

Future Worlds Center’s 4th annual Holiday Gift Collection

In the Spirit of giving and the joy it brings, Future Worlds Center (FWC) is organising its 4th annual Holiday gift collection to support the families of refugees and asylum seekers in Cyprus. This Holiday season let us all give some joy to the children of these families by making sure they receive a gift to let them know they are valued and loved.

All gifts should be wrapped and the age and gender of the child for which the present is intended (ages 0-14) is indicated on the outside of the gift.

For further information please contact FWC at tel: 22 873820 or fax: 22 873821.

FWC offices are open Monday to Friday, 900-1700 and are situated at 5 Promitheos street, 1st floor, office 4 in Nicosia.

Future Worlds Center coordinates the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (URVT) which offers free social and psychological support to victims of torture and their families. FWC is also the implementing partner of “Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus” a project funded by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus. This project offers free legal advice and social support to refugees and asylum seekers.

Event Management Workshop on 12 December at the Goethe Centre

As part of the Youth Leader Programme of the 'Youth Activism' project, Future Worlds Center, Mediation Association and the Environmental Study Centre will organise a Workshop on Event Management, targeted at young leaders and active youth from all parts of the island.
The workshop will be held at the Goethe Centre in Nicosia from 9am until 4pm, lunch and coffee will be provided for the participants.
The Youth Activism project is implemented by the Cyprus Network for Youth Development and receives funding from UNDP-ACT. For more information about the network, please visit www.multiculturalcyprus.org. For more information on the Event Management Workshop, contact Thomael.