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Global Youths meet in city
Post Report
KATHMANDU, April 26:Third Global Youth Service
Day (GYSD) being observed in Nepal from 26 to 28 April is expected to be participated in
by youths from nearly 150 countries.
GYSD is being celebrated in Nepal this year with
the theme " Role and Responsibility of Peace Keeping and HIV-AIDS Presentation".
A national seminar will be organized in the city and many constructive activities will be
carried out in Bhaktpur, Kaski, Ilam, Dang, Kanchanpur and Kailali districts.
According to a press release issued here today
from the Nepal Volunteers’ Association, the youths forum has been working towards the
implementation of community services, AIDS control, healthy environment and in the fight
against homelessness and hunger. GYSD was launched in the US in the year 2000 and is
coordinated by Global Youth Action Network.
GYSD is a public education campaign that
highlights the contributions made by youths the whole year to their community through
voluntery services." The United Nations can never succeed alone and volunteers are
the most valued partners and GYSD celebrates the efforts of the youngest of them,"
said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a message on the occasion of GYSD.
Steven A. Culberston, President and CEO of Youth
Service America has said," With terrorism placed at the forefront of the global
issue, young volunteers from different geographic, socio-economic, ethnic and religious
background are organisiging service,projects,public awareness campaigns and forums that
tackle some of the society’s most intractable problems while promoting dialogue and
tolerance.
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