Youth exchange program launched

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Canada World Youth launched its 1988 recruitment campaign with the news that 378 Canadians would be participating in this coming year's youth exchange program with developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Canada World Youth, funded in part by the Canadian International Agency (CIDS), is at present accepting applications from young people between the ages of 17 and 20 who are interested in learned about development and inter-cultural communication in both Canada and the Third World.

These young people will be joined by an equal number of exchange country counterparts and will spend seven months living and working in vastly different cultures and communities. Small teams of Canada World Youth participants, each with a Canadian and exchange country group leader, integrate themselves into communities in Canada for three and a half months, and then overseas for the remaining three and a half months of the program. Participants work on volunteer projects in areas such as agriculture, co-operatives, the environment, social services, community groups, and small businesses. They live with local families in order to facilitate integration into the community and learning of technical and social knowledge.

All costs during the program ? food, lodging and transportation ? are covered by Canada World Youth.

Canada World Youth offers exchange programs that start in June, July and September. The deadline for receipt of applications for all programs is Jan. 22, 1988, and for September programs only is March 18, 1988.

Application forms and information on the programs have been distributed to Canada Employment Centres, schools and offices across the country. They are also available from the Canada World Youth Prairies Regional Office at: 10765 ? 98 St., Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2P2, or by telephoning (403) 424-6411.