TYCEN Tanzania

TANZANIA YOUTH CULTURAL EXCHANGE NETWORK (TYCEN) has taken up the initiative to enhance the spirit of volunteerism in Africa and especially in Tanzania. This is because over the past few years we have noticed a high demand for Youth Service programmes in Tanzania and many local and international volunteers we met, expressed a continued interest in cultural exchange opportunities. We therefore decided to create an organization which would offer cultural learning, experiences and development education for Tanzanian youth, and give them the opportunity to interact further with volunteers from all over the world. We believe that volunteering in workcamps can help forge connections among youth from diverse backgrounds and create an atmosphere of cooperation and respect among people from different countries. By working together we can come up with innovative solutions to our shared challenges and make a difference in shaping our collective destinies.

TYCEN is an organization that believes strongly in the benefits of volunteering because the founding members have all served in this field for more than five years. For this reason we have chosen to start our own volunteer organization and devote our time to the promotion of voluntary projects in the local communities of Tanzania. These are a few among the many reasons that we believe you should join one of our workcamps in Tanzania:

- Participants have a rewarding experience by learning about new cultures, languages and people.
- Participants are given an opportunity to develop respect for other cultures and simultaneously reflect on their own cultural backgrounds.
- Participants learn new skills including practical, technical and social oriented skills (depending on the project they choose to join).
- Participants are exposed to new ideas and approaches to voluntary community development work.
- Participants learn how to prevent and resolve conflicts through mutual respect and cooperation in our increasingly globalized world.

For more information about the projects please visit our website: http://tycen.weebly.com

In 2012 VAP has:
member of:
Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Co-ordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the Volunteer International Network Exchange UK
with the support of:
Volunteer Action for Peace, member of the European «Youth in Action» Programme

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« The organisation of the camp community was fantastic! The group was great and we bonded quickly, language was always going to be a tricky one, but everyone attempted English and Indonesian so it made the whole experience fun and educational. »

Kirstin D. from Thirsk

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