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Training
and developing young people to be actively involved
in caring for the poor and needy in their communities,
Samoa
Who's
involved:
Project leader: Enele Westerlund
Main partner: CFC-Youth
for Christ, Lepea Chapter
Other organisations:
- American Samoa CFC -Youth for Christ
- Lepea Catholic Church Youth
- Mulivai Cathedral Youth
- Couples for Christ
- Singles for Christ
- Lepea Catholic Church 7:00 AM Community
- Lepea Catholic Church 8:30 AM Community
- Archdiocese of Samoa & Tokelau
Timeframe:
July 2006 - January 2007
Theme:
Life and love in islands - island lifestyle of
the youth
Background:
Exposing youth to a
lifestyle characterized by love, care, warmth
and faith as opposed to the prevailing lifestyle
of drugs, sex and materialism. Our goals is to
develop youth who are a source of unity for the
family, a model of excellence, a champion of the
poor, and patriotic
Objectives:
- To be leaders in their family, school and community
- To encourage young people to build friendships
with like-minded youth
- To provide for the youth's social, cultural,
recreational, and spiritual development
Activities:
- Plan, organize and hold a Family Night of games
and entertainment where donations of used clothing
and food items will be collected;
- Plan, organize
and undertake visits to 12 needy families in nearby
villages to deliver food and clothing and discuss
the needs of the families, in cooperation with
the St Vincent de Paul Society;
- Plan, organize
and undertake a visit to the Mapuifagalele Home
for the Aged where the youth will present food
donations and organize entertaining activities;
- Plan, organize
and undertake a visit to the Vailoa Home for the
Elderly and Sick Nuns to present food donations,
organize entertainment activities and clean-up
the outside area;
- Organize
a short follow-up youth camp at the end of the
volunteering activities to evaluate the success
of the activities and plan future events; report
on volunteer commitments made at this youth camp;
- Evaluate
the impact of the project by conducting a questionnaire/survey
among the youth participating in the activities
and repeating it at the end of the project to
see how their attitudes toward volunteering have
changed; analyse the results;
- Undertake
publicity and promotional activities to include
newspapers, radio and television;
Progress
Reports:
15 October 2006
"In preparing for
a big event like Family Night, we learned many
skills like how to organize, how to work together,
and how to make use of our different talents to
achieve success. I think Family Night was a success
because we discovered talents we didn't know we
had, we enjoyed ourselves and we met and made
new friends."
- Maggie Kiel
"Visiting the homes
of those who are poor and physically handicapped
broadened my horizons. I am grateful for the chance
to be of help to the community. It made me feel
good inside. The more needy families we visited,
the more I wanted to be of help to others."
- Rowena Peters
26 September
2006
We had a very successful FAMILY NIGHT last Friday.
Next on our list of activities is a visit to Mapuifagalele
Home for the Elderly, visits to the village poor
& needy and the camp. For the visits to the villages,
we need to visit 1 more family to fulfill our
quota but we will go beyond our quota.
- Elita
22 September
2006
The Lepea Catholic Parish Youth For Christ
is holding a FAMILY NIGHT for all members of the
Parish. Families are invited to this night of
fun and entertainment. A talent quest and games
will be held for all, and the Lepea YFC will provide
entertainment. All family members are asked to
participate. <<
Download
flyer
Downloads:
Final Report [PDF 21.2 KB]
Project
proposal
Family
Night flyer
For more information:
Enele Westerlund can be contacted via
Elita Garin-Aloaina:
alloweira@samoa.ws
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