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Report of the Green Ambassadors Training
Last Updated (Wednesday, 06 June 2012 11:32)
A Brief Report of the Green Ambassadors Training
held on 21- 25 May 2012, Chiangmai,Thailand
The Green Ambassadors Training, held during 21-25 May 2012, in Chiangmai Thailand organized by the APAY Green Team was a grand success. Fifteen participants representing National Movements of Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka & Thailand attended the Training Workshop.
The Training Workshop started with an Opening Worship lead by Dr. Hope Antone, a Faculty Member of Payap University, Chiangmai. In her reflection she related to the Creation Story in Genesis and explained how we have misinterpreted it to plunder the earth and other living beings.
Assistant for Alternative Tourism & Youth Empowerment
Last Updated (Wednesday, 09 May 2012 11:39)
Greetings from APAY.
We are seeking applications from potential candidates from our region for the position of an Assistant for Alternative Tourism and Youth Work, for our secretariat in Hong Kong.
We request you to recommend eligible candidates for this position, details of the position are enclosed herewith. As we need to appoint the person within a short time, in case you have any potential candidate, please contact us immediately, this will expedite the processing of the recruitment.
Yours sincerely,
Kohei Yamada
General Secretary
Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs
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30th YMCA Advanced Studies Programme (ASP)
Last Updated (Thursday, 31 July 2014 20:25)
The 30th Advanced Studies Program of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs concluded on 30th November 2012 along with the holding of the Graduation Ceremony hosted by the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong. The program commenced on 5th of November with a Welcome Dinner hosted by the YMCA of Hong Kong. The venue of the event was in YMCA Youth Village, Wu KwaiSha, New Territories, Hong Kong. Eleven YMCA Professional Secretaries from Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Sri Lanka participated at the 30th Advanced Studies Program.
YMCA Regional Youth Conference, 17 –22 July 2012, YMCA of Singapore
Last Updated (Wednesday, 20 August 2014 12:08)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
As announced at the Executive Committee Meeting, a joint program of YMCA of Singapore and Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY) entitled the YMCA Regional Youth Conference: “STEP-UP: Encourage, Educate, Engage” will be held on 17-22 July 2012 and to be hosted by YMCA of Singapore.
We encourage all movements to support their youth delegates in joining and participate in the conference. This conference is as an avenue for the youths to share and reflect on the realities present within their communities. Further, the conference would be a platform for them to share the best practices they have within their youth groups.
Attached herewith are the related program documents: General Information, Fact Sheet, Tentative Schedule and relevant forms (application and flight details form). Please refer to the attached Tentative Schedule (file name: tentative schedule.pdf). Closing date for Earlybird registration is on 30 April 2012 while for Non Early-bird registration is 31 May 2012.
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International Forum on Alternative Tourism
Last Updated (Wednesday, 26 October 2011 16:17)
24-30, November 2011, Cambodia
1. Introduction
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and is providing opportunities for entrepreneurship and resource generation for many sectors. Simultaneously tourism today raises several concerns. The question is asked: Who really benefits from tourism? Who becomes subject of its negative impacts? The answer to this question is fairly evident. It is big business and international investors who make the profits and leave behind insignificant amounts of the profits to be distributed locally.
YMCA as a global movement that seeks to share the Christian ideal of building a human community of justice with love, peace and reconciliation for the fullness of life and creation is in an advantageous position to play an important role in promoting a just, responsible, and beneficial tourism .Since 2010 the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY) is encouraging the YMCAs in the Region to be a monitor on the negative impacts of tourism and strive to create transformed tourism models, which are Gender sensitive, Child protective, Environmentally responsible, and Culturally appropriate, equitable sharing of the economic benefits between the various parts of the tourism equation and respect values of human dignity and global solidarity between host and the traveller. APAY also believes that such a transformed tourism can proactively pave the way for ethical human encounters and solidarity for transformation of the visitor and the community.
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