CA backs Global volunteer scheme

A NEW Government backed global volunteering scheme for 18 to 25 year olds will offer young adults
from less-advantaged backgrounds the opportunity to live, work and learn about life in poorer
countries while making a real difference to people's lives.

Over the next three years, 2,500 young adults will be sponsored to do voluntary work in a developing country and raise awareness of development issues in the UK.

The £10million scheme is backed by the Department for International Development and will be run in partnership by Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and British Universities North America Club.

Starting this summer 2008 with placements to Ghana and South Africa, the volunteers will be:
● Spending 10 weeks in a developing country working on local community development projects
such as environmental conservation or HIV / Aids awareness;
● Designing personal activity plans with other volunteers during a residential weekend on their
return to the UK; and
● Building understanding about the world back home through road shows and activities in their local
communities and encouraging their peers to join the fight against global poverty.

Christian Aid's Director Daleep Mukarji said: "We are
delighted to take a lead in this venture, which is the first of its kind. Christian Aid's
mission is to expose the scandal of poverty and together with Islamic Relief and BUNAC we will
be able to directly engage young adults with the issues surrounding poverty, and give them an
opportunity to make a real difference."

Find out more about the scheme at www.dfid.gov.uk

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