Youth
volunteers from different countries show their faces and tell
their stories on International Red Cross and Red Crescent day
in Geneva.
Youth from more than ten countries in South and Central Europe
celebrated 8 May in Geneva, where they attended a seminar on
volunteer management for youth leaders, and participated in
a campaign to make the stories of Red Cross/Red Crescent volunteers
visible to the public. Their efforts clearly follow other initiatives
at the international level to collect volunteer stories and
profiles in order to build capacity to mobilize the power of
humanity and at the same time to celebrate and promote one of
the Movement’s Fundamental Principles: Voluntary Service.
These individual commitments show just one drop in the sea of
the 97 millions of volunteers and members worldwide!
The youth volunteers participated in a four day workshop arranged
by Geneva Red Cross Youth that culminated in the celebration
of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent day. One of the main
themes of the workshop was increasing visibility, focusing on
communicating key messages, taking photos and going public.
The youth interviewed each other, took photos and created posters,
which were displayed as part of the Geneva Red Cross stand by
Lake Geneva in arrangement with the Geneva Humanitarian Marathon
taking place on the same date. Thousands of people spent part
of their Sunday to cheer the runners, and many also took the
time to stop at the stand, read the individual stories and learn
more about the Red Cross.
During the seminar the youth leaders learned more about the
Movement and its communication strategy, and created the material
to go public. The following day, May 8, they could see the results
of their creativity on display on the streets of Geneva while
decorating the stand with their profiles and displaying informative
material, as well as handing out balloons and playing a human
version of a Red Cross/Red Crescent board game with the children.
The 20 participants were enthusiastic and involved, and appreciated
their newly acquired knowledge that enabled them to infect others
with their Red Cross spirit. Ending the day with a visit to
the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum, they could
return to their National Societies ensured that they had not
only made new friends and acquired new skills, but also created
an international network to share challenges and experiences
in their work; and transferred their knowledge into action!
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| The Geneva Humanitarian
Marathon was arranged on the same day as the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent day, and a lot of people came
to see the runners and learn more about the Red Cross. |
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| Included in the seminar
that the youth leaders attended, was a workshop on communication,
where, among other things, the youth created their own
profiles to use for the stand. |
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| Christian from Romania
and Nada from the Geneva Red Cross Youth were two of the
youth who created Red Cross visibility on May 8. |
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| In order to increase
the knowledge of the Red Cross, the youth played a Red
Cross knowledge board game with children and others passing
by. |
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