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Volunteers of Human Rights in Russia, Ukraine and Germany
On April 1 the International Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) started a new international project "Volunteers of Human Rights", which is intended for young Human Rights defenders and civil activists from Russia, Ukraine and Germany.
The project is aimed at creating informational and resource space for developing international youth solidarity and supporting networks using the tools of volunteer internships and study-visits.
Program team are going to set-up an international network of Human Rights and civil NGOs that are ready to send or to host volunteers on Human Rights issue, to conduct a series of enlightenment events on situation with Human Rights and civil freedoms in Europe, to arrange several exchanges and study-visits, etc. The themes that are supposed to deal with in this project are Human Rights and Human Dignity, defense of civil society in Newly Independent States (NIS), freedom of assembly and freedom of association, antiracism and tolerance, independent students' initiatives, etc.
This project is based on the idea that people (individuals, teams and groups) are really capable of changing reality in certain spots of the world, if they adhere to the same principles, have necessary skills and social links.
The "Volunteers of Human Rights" project is the part of the International Program "Action for Change" (www.afc.ynnet.org), which is carried out by the YHRM, the "Young Europe" international network and the Free University.
The project is supported by the German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" (http://www.stiftung-evz.de).
Irina Aksenova
International Service of the YHRM
int@yhrm.org