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p
enjoyed a great camp with my local grou
It was the summer of 2000, I had already the nati onal cam p
I decided to go to Krin kel,
but that was not enough Chiro for me. r lead ers of my
in August. None of the othe
of Chiro Flanders, which was being held to go to
me. Even if I had to go alone, I wanted
group could go, but that couldn’t stop
Krinkel!
e
the activities? When I then read that ther
goin g alon e was mak ing me a bit nerv ous. Would I not feel alone in between
But place, my group.
editorial
on Krinkel I knew it! That would be my
would be an international campground
le from Malta, Chile, Paraguay and
and spent five incredible days with peop
So I joined the international campground the world fascinated me. I got to know
tries . That the spiri t of youth movements could be found all over
man y more coun could mean to me as an individual
d the nam e befo re, but I had never realised how much this network
FIMCAP. I had hear p and I did not feel alone
rtun ities for new frien dshi ps and ideas it would bring. It was a great cam
and how many oppo
for one moment.
the first time I see a strong
later I am work ing for FIMC AP and I’m getting to know FIMCAP all over. Like
Nine year s organisations coming
rsity and diff eren t visio ns, but toge ther in the same values. I see member
network, full of dive Eurocourse for its leaders.
world camp together and setting up a
together in partnership, celebrating a
members the best opportunities
more close ly I also see chall enge s for FIMCAP. How can we keep offering our
But looking what it stands for to the
can we supp ort our mem bers more ? How can we best present FIMCAP and
for meeting? How .
future that we have to bring together
outside? These are all challenges for the
e in Munich in August, where
will be a spec ial year for FIMC AP. The General Assembly will take plac
Therefor e 2010 FIMCAP will celebrate its 50th
thin k abou t thes e chall enge s. We are also on our way to 2012, the year when
together we can AP shall follow in the future. I hope to
e time and think about what route FIMC
anniversary. Reasons enough to take som
year.
see and hear you all there in Munich this
be strengthened even more.
year, and may our ties through FIMCAP
Wishing you all the best for the upcoming

Evy Hoeben, FIMCAP Secretary General

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Translation: Ramon Canal, Celia Martín Andrade, Marleen Deblonde, Nathalie Laguela,
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calendAR
FIMCAP Activities
Team of Advisors Kick-off weekend FOI Lonate Pozzolo, Italy 5–7/02/2010
FIMCAP Europe Bureau Meeting KSJOE Austria February 2010
FIMCAP Intercontinental Bureau Meeting KJG Munich, Germany 8–11/04/2010
Eurocourse Ateitis Lithuania 9–14/04/2010
15/08/2010
FIMCAP Europe Bureau Meeting KJG Munich, Germany
(Arrivals on 14th)
FIMCAP General Assembly KJG Munich, Germany 15–22/08/2010
Eurocamp ZAK Malta July/August 2010
Seminar FIMCAP & European Fellowship
FIMCAP Europe Bureau Meeting FDF Denmark October 2010

Member organisations’ activities

TinglTangl KSJOE Austria July 2010
Kaderschouw Jong Nederland Netherlands September 2010
Julsoe Camp FDF Denmark July 2011

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03/2010 Climate change 10 May End of June
04/2010 10 September End of October

FIMCAP: Do you know... Intercontinental

European Bureau Meetings?
In this section we will highlight one of The European Bureau is composed of a The presidium of FIMCAP Europe with the
delegate from each European member orga- president, the vice-president and the secre-
FIMCAP’s bodies in every edition of LINK nisation and the FIMCAP Europe presidium. tary chairs the Bureau Meetings.
so you can understand better how FIMCAP

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works. If you still have questions or you European Bureau Meetings take place three
times a year, usually in March, June and
want to know more, please go to the web-
November. The delegates discuss the follow
site www.fimcap.org. up of the various activities and the imple-
mentation of the strategic plan decided at
the previous Euroconference.

One Bureau Meeting per year is a seminar

and therefore dedicated to a specific theme.
The following report from the last Bureau
Meeting in Belgium tells you about the
seminar on promotion in FIMCAP.

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0,7 fund: Call for projects
Every organisation concerned by North- Organisations from the South can dishwasher only when fully loaded.
South issues knows about the request present good projects, together with a 3. When washing dishes by hand, don’t let
that every government spends 0.7% of clear and realistic budget, to the 0.7% the water run while rinsing.
the BNP on development cooperation and fund. Send an e-mail to internationaal@ 4. Shower instead of bathing: it means
solidarity projects. chiro.be and we will provide you with using 50 litres of water instead of 100!
more information and the application 5. Use the water where you cooked your
Chirojeugd Flanders supports this form. Projects furthering the expansion pasta or rice to wash your dishes: it’s
request and wants to be an example for and consolidation of youth work on the hot and you will save energy!
governments as well as other European regional, national or international level will 6. Wash fruit and vegetables in a bowl full
youth organisations. For several years now, be favoured. of water instead of under the running
Chirojeugd has put 0.7% of their budget water from the tap.
aside to support youth work in the Third There are 2 deadlines each year: 7. Do not use running water to thaw meat
World. It is not a huge amount; but it is a 1st of April or other frozen foods. Defrost food
financial effort that we will continue in the 1ste of September overnight in the refrigerator or use the
next years. defrost setting on your microwave.
8. Washing dark clothes in cold water
saves both water and energy; also, the

Topic clothes keep their colour.

9. For men: turn off the water when you

20 tips to save water, shave.

10. Upgrade older toilets with more water-
energy and money! efficient models.
11. Teach your children to turn off the wa-
How much water do we waste every day? Water consumption can be reduced without ter while they’re washing themselves.
And how much money? Saving is easier reducing wellbeing – but how? 12. Encourage your friends, neighbours
than you might think; it only needs some and colleagues to be part of a water-
awareness. Maybe we haven’t yet under- 1. Do not leave the water tap open when conscious community. Promote water
stood the true value of water. you don’t need water (for example conservation in community newslet-
while brushing teeth or washing ters, on bulletin boards and through
Water is a precious and a common good. In hands!). your own example. Encourage them to
countries like Italy every person uses 250 2. Turn on the washing machine or the «do their part».
litres of water per day (no other member of
the European Union uses more). Meanwhile,
one and a half billion people don’t have ac-
cess to water.

To stop this unsustainable and polluting

behaviour, conscious consumption means
looking for strategies to make the user un-
derstand how to change their daily habits.
These small steps lead to a local benefit and,
day by day, things can change on a larger

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scale, on a global level.

At home, daily activities (in Europe) cause a

huge use of water. Here are some numbers:
D 40-50 litres to cook and wash dishes
D 8-30 litres flushing the toilet once
D 100 litres to have a bath
D 50 litres for the dishwasher
D 170 litres for the washing machine
D only 2 litres to drink.

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 Africa
Uganda Xaveri Movement celebrated its fifty years jubilee
The Golden Jubilee celebrations took place from 14th to 16th August 2009 at
Uganda’s Martyrs Shrine Namugongo. Over one thousand Xaverians from different
parts of Uganda attended.

The activities included: cleaning nearby towns, planting trees, games and sports, camp
fire entertainment, parade & marching and above all celebrating Mass. Lead by a brass
band, Xaverians marched through the local towns and attracted many more youngsters
who joined in the celebrations.

Xaveri members were very excited, happy and many adult animators who had left the
13. Conserve water because it is the right movement promised to volunteer again at their localities. The Theme was, «He who
thing to do. Don’t waste water just be- abides in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing» (John
cause someone else is footing the bill, 15:5).
such as when you are staying at a hotel.
14. Never pour water down the drain when The main objective of the Golden Jubilee celebrations was to strengthen the zeal and
there may be another use for it, such instill more interest into the young people and also the adult animators through fun,
as watering a plant or garden, or for sport & play, entertainment and feasting together. Secondly, we wanted to publicise the
cleaning. existence and the role that the Xaveri movement plays in building society.
15. Collect the water you use for rinsing
fruits and vegetables and reuse it to Benedict Kiwanuka, Xaveri Uganda
water houseplants.
16. Install a rain sensor on your irrigation
controller so your system won’t run
when it’s raining.
17. When you give your pet fresh water,
don’t throw the old water down the
drain. Use it to water your trees or
plants.
18. Avoid using potable water for house-
work. Muzungu, how are you?
Avoiding water wastes represents not only My year in Uganda as a volunteer is almost who is more stubborn. I love it! But if the old
our duty to those who don’t have water ending, the date of my return flight is women in the villages kneel down in front
resources, but also an advantage, a profit coming closer and closer – and I don’t want of me as a sign of respect, although actually
for us and our wallets! When you save water, to leave. In the beginning it was a big chal- the younger are supposed to kneel down in
you save money on your utility bills too. lenge to cope with the situation of being front of their elders, I still don’t feel comfor-
white (a muzungu) and that my skin colour table.
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is easy for everyone. kids on the streets are so excited when a I was very happy that 2008 the FIMCAP
muzungu passes; they come running and Africa Conference was held in Uganda in
For other information check out these sites: call «Muzungu, how are you?» If you ans- November and I got the opportunity of joi-
D www.watersavingtips.org wer and wave to them they are so happy. ning them and meeting many friends of the
D www.wateruseitwisely.com FIMCAP family I got to know at the General
D www.rubinettisolidali.it (only Italian) The boda boda (motorcycle taxis), taxi Assembly 2007. Later I was invited to spend
drivers and the street vendors see their two weeks with the Xaverians at my place
Valentina Parrella, FO Italy business of the day in you; and I learned the in Nansana. We were busy training for the
game of bargaining with them very quickly; competitions in MDD (music, dance and
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 I’m very grateful for all these experiences
and I hope to be able to keep a bit of the
Ugandan lifestyle when I’m back in Ger-
many.

Annette Wahle, KJG Germany

Chiro Burundi’s
Cultural Caravan
The idea of organising a Cultural Caravan
drivers’ seat. It’s also no problem to carry a
for Peace and Reconciliation came from
wooden double bed on a bicycle or a single
bed, a sofa and a passenger on a boda boda.
members of Chiro Burundi. First of all, it
In my office I waited every day for the boda
is an activity that meets the objectives of
boda that took seven kids home from school Chiro Burundi; secondly, our country has
– three in front of the driver and four behind been through an unprecedented civil war;
him. You can also carry ten crates of coke on thirdly, it is a possibility for Chiro Burundi to
a bicycle or seven mattresses on your head – contribute to the national reconstruction.
if you are Ugandan. They are my champions
in transporting material and people! The first event, on 17 and 18 August 2009,
the groups organised a rally, starting from
sports at the Diocesan Camp of the Kampala Another thing I learned here is never to give their birth parishes and chanted slogans
diocese. Unfortunately I got sick, so I could up! If you got stuck there’s always a way out. and themes of the Caravan. On 19 August
only join them for the last two days. Luckily We were on the way to a function and our 2009, they marched for two hours with
enough I was there for the big campfire on minibus crashed into a very deep pothole the same councils; vehicles took them to
the last evening! in the middle of nowhere. One back tyre a place where they appeared twice before
was in the air and one side of the front was arriving at 2 km from the capital Bujumbura,
The way home was another exciting expe- hanging in the bank. My first thought was from where they marched to various high
rience. When the vehicle came that was sup- how to get a tow truck to this place to help schools. At 8 o’clock on 20 August 2009, the
posed to take us home (a two hours drive us out – no way. But the two guys I was with activities started in a stadium and continued
on African roads), I thought they are joking. managed to get the vehicle back on the to the next day. Some of the performances
But then the luggage and all the Xaverians road by hanging onto it, pushing and pul- included Burundian drummers, women
were «loaded» onto this small vehicle and ling, still in their suits for the function – and and men dance groups, poems, cultural
gave me another record for my counting: 35 they were not even dirty afterwards! Burundian dances by region and songs. On
Xaverians plus luggage on this small vehicle. 22 August 2009 there were communitarian
Other records were 27 people plus luggage There were other situations where they tried activities with the president of the Burundi-
in a matatu (a minibus, the means of public to do whatever they could to find a way out. an Republic before the closing ceremonies.
transport, which normally is allowed to I’m deeply touched to see how they help
carry 14 passengers) and I learned that it’s each other here to make a step forward The caravan has definitely been an excel-
no problem to sit with two people on the and how they share the little they have. At lent way of Chiro Burundi accomplishing its

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a function at church a little boy from the apostolate, motivated by the watch phrase
neighbourhood slum got hold of a plate of of leaving everything aside that divides
food. He shared it with his friend, ate a bit us to discover what unites us, to serve our
himself; then he asked me for my empty wa- Church and country while supporting the
ter bottle and picked a little plastic bag from Church’s initiative of forming the youth in
the ground. He filled half of his soda into the peace, then supporting the government’s
empty bottle and put some food and even initiative of ensuring peace and reconci-
a piece of meat into the plastic bag to take liation and, finally, ensuring education of
it home for his brother, so that he too could the youth for peace and reconciliation for
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Burundian culture in its whole richness that
the Chiros have chosen the path to pass on Xaveri Burundi is Xaveri-specific techniques
the message of peace and reconciliation
to all tiers of the Burundian population in
planning 2009 to D Encourage the Xaveri the produce local
signs of MAC (uniforms, flags, caps, pen-
general and the youth in particular. 2012 nants, etc.)

After a short performance of dancing D Develop Internal Rules and Regulations

groups from the Ruyigi diocese the national The Xaveri movement saw the light of day for the different Xaveri Movement organs
director of the Chiro movement, Emmanuel in 1952 in Congo Kinshasa, today’s the
Niyongabo, gave the closing speech. Democratic Republic of Congo, and can cur- D Prepare and animate the celebration of
rently be found all around the country. Since the Jubilee Year of Adult Xaveri
The national director reminded all animators its foundation the Xaveri Movement has D Mobilise all adult Xaveri for that event
and educational personnel present that they gone through some difficulties, especially
should all be dedicated to education and due to events in the country, but several Sylvestre Nyamuhwata, National Secretary of
instruction of their students. They should achievements have been reached as well. the Xaveri Mouvement Burundi
refrain from finding out where the students The activities were laid down in the Xaveri
came from and what their ethnical back- Movement’s action plan which was adopted
ground is, as well. Furthermore, he asked for by the National Council in Bujumbura in
educational programmes that would meet
the needs of the country.
September 2009.
This was the year
The national director reminded everyone
Action Plan 2009-2012 2009 in Xaveri South
respect and work as the main principals The Action Plan has 16 different sections Africa…
of the traditional Burundi youth. He also with several actions each.
reminded hard before they answered the Here are some sections of the Plan of How time flew this year! Once again it has
culture coming from abroad. Youth should Action been a fast, but very fruitful and eventful
be wary of simply copying it, adding that we year. In Xaveri South Africa we are always on
were way behind in terms of development D Active participation in the pastoral of the a journey to improve every aspect that will
and should therefore pitch in harder. He Catholic Church enhance the growth and development of
went on to point out that respecting others D Reinforce the Xaveris skills in doctrine every individual. A holistic approach, quality
was a vital virtue in any society that wants and Bible knowledge education and universal values are all con-
to last. The youth was called to respect their D Prepare and realise programmes on stantly visible in our movement’s daily life.
educators. local Catholic Church radio stations They are all related and connected.

To end his closing speech of the Cultural D Foster the existence and effective Xaveri has performed excellently in non-
Caravan, the national director brought the involvement of the organs of the Xaveri formal youth education, cultural and social
national achievements of Chiro Burundi Catholic Action Movement (CAM) on activities which definitely contributed to
since 2006 to mind, especially all those who parochial, diocesan and national level the development of our members. I would
were behind realising them in one way or D Organise follow-up visits in parishes say that 2009 has been very successful in
another. and dioceses terms of achievement based on hard work,
D Produce progress reports every three effort and devotion by group leaders, Xaveri
Venant Manirakiza, Chiro Burundi months on the CAM on the parochial, members and parents alike.
diocesan and national levels
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D Organise annual training sessions / committed to preparing young minds of
diocesan and national work camps South Africa for the challenges of the future.
D Plan a national training session and / or In a vibrant, stimulating and enjoyable en-
a national work camp during the sum- vironment we strive to teach independent
mer thinking and to inculcate habits of work
D Organise training sessions and / or work and research that equip each member to
camps on diocesan level succeed.

D Foster the availability, promotion,

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 Martin Mande, Xaveri South Africa
Some of the highlights in 2009
Youth, Church and human development
Three committed young volunteers from Augustine Job from our observer member organisation CYO Nigeria reports on the
our sister organization eRko in Slovakia youth formation situation in Nigeria.
handed over to Xaveri a full youth and
children project in Barberton, Mpumalanga The youth remain a veritable instrument for change in any society. Through the youth
province. the history and course of so many societies have changed. Hence thinking about the
Two Euroclass students from the Ukraine youth is thinking about posterity, development and growth.
and Estonia joined Xaveri for a month.
Our partnership with Caritas International Our definition of Youth
in training youth leaders was extended for The term youth applies to those young people aged 18 to 35. The youth age is the pe-
two more years, which means that FIMCAP riod between childhood and adulthood, also the period up to middle age. In Nigeria, the
Southern Africa member organizations will youth make up 44% of the population. This segment of Nigeria’s population is growing
continue to benefit from this relation in rapidly.
2010 and 2011.
We managed to sign a working agreement The youth are the basic life wire of the society. A nation that plays with the youth is
with Damietta Peace Initiative, a Franciscan putting its future at stake. The youth remain one of the greatest assets any community
organization focusing in promotion of peace can possess. Potentially, they are the greatest investments for a society’s sustainable
on the grassroots level. development and future.
A new partnership with Turquoise Har-
mony Institute and Horizon Education Trust Youth present position and challenges
was signed in terms of promoting tolerance The youth in a pluralistic society continue to face prevailing value crises at various levels.
and encouraging social dialogue and moral Our system of values has been eroded as everyone fights for themselves and God for all
values. of us. Many youth are unemployed and roam the streets in search of jobs that are not
In February next year we will amend our readily available. Many who are employed are underpaid or overused in their work place.
constitution and find out which legal status The economic and productive life of the youth, their energy that would have been an
our organization should have. asset is not being used properly to develop the economy. Many youth have been encou-
raged to take up menial and agricultural jobs after successfully completing a professio-
Congratulations to all leaders and members nal course or study.
on making us proud and being a role model
on youth matters in the country. I am parti- The youth today lack models. We are not
cularly pleased with the positive, enthusias- influenced positively by the things we see
tic and supportive interaction shown by the and hear around us. Many adults whom
we look up to have disappointed us seve-
rely. They tell us something and they do
the opposite.

In the society today, youth are not

encouraged to take up responsibility to
lead. How can we grow up responsibly when we are not tasked in our youth age? What
explanation do we have for adults who handle children/youth harvest where there are
young people who could do it better?

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adult supportive team, members, especially Youth formation
the leaders in sporting, the youth exchange By youth formation, we mean building the
program, interreligious dialogue and social youth, shaping their minds and hearts,
and cultural functions. When you surf our and giving them values that will carry
website and facebook page, you will see them through life. The kind of formation
that the committed members of Xaveri we speak about here is that where youth
are participating actively in activities and can take decision and master their arts
functions. Thank you to all staff, parents and with little or no supervision, where youth
members for a busy and successful year. can always do the right things whether
they are being watched or not.

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Water – the source of life
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Water – the source of life…
Prepared by Jungwacht Blauring Switzerland
(special thanks to the national chaplain Johannes Rösch and the Jubla partnership committee).

CHIRO Philippines and Jungwacht Blauring (Jubla) have had a part- Water Transport
nership since 2005. The next LINK edition will tell you more about Many people do not have a water tap in their house, they have to
partnerships in FIMCAP. Jubla wanted to implement a development fetch the water far away.
project taking care of children’s needs in the poor region of Infanta
in the Philippines. Together with the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund and Aim to transport as much water as possible
CHIRO Phillippines, Jubla supports the setting up of local children
and youth groups and the training of their leaders. Material • spoons
• measuring cup
In March 2009 Jubla organized the first national fundraising activity • special clothing (goggles, coat etc.)
to collect money for this project. The national team and the partner- • obstacles for the course
ship committee prepared a variety of possible activities. The whole • clock
activity was about the topic «water». Procedure wear the special clothing to have more fun
transport as much water as possible in the spoon
The activity was organised as a sponsor race. All children tried to by running a course with obstacles within a certain
find as many people as sponsors as possible in advance. The spon- time limit.
sors promised to pay a certain amount of money depending how
Points measure the collected water at the finish and give
many points the child could win during this activity day. The aim
between 1 and 10 points.
was to gain as many points as possible in the games and therefore
to collect more money from their sponsors.

Below you will find some extracts as possible ideas to use in your
local groups.

Further information and more material in German:

www.partnerschaft.jubla.ch > Sammelaktion

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Water Gaps Fishing
Aim Complete the following gaps in the text Aim Pull as many points/items as possible out of
Material • following text the water

Procedure the participants fill in the gaps of the article. Go Material • a basin with water
through the solutions afterwards • minimum 10 items to fish (with a magnet or a
strap) with marked points on it
Points give a point for each right answer • fishing rods with a magnet or hook

Procedure everybody can fish for one item or set a time limit
Orange Juice and fish as many objects as possible
Complete the gaps using the following words:
Points as marked on the item
computer – home-grown – coffee beans – price – journey – water –
water

Not only does the production of liquids need water, but also all
items of our daily life use ………… for its manufacture. Looking at
plants this is obvious, but a computer? For the extraction of metals
that are used to produce a …………… a lot of …………… is neces-
sary and a lot of water is polluted. Also the cleaning of the produc-
tion machines needs water.

The production of a cup of coffee with 7 grams of …………………

uses around 140 litres of water. For a litre of orange juice we need
about 22 litres of water. A lot of the orange juice that is sold in Swit-
zerland comes from Brazil. Apart from the long ……………… the
juice brings another problem: Frequently children have to pick the
oranges. The juice can just be sold for this low ………… because the
labour costs can be kept low as children are working there. The wor-
king conditions are often inhumane. Sometimes the orange juice
is cheaper than our …………… apple juice that is not transported
thousands of kilometres.

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Estimating water amounts Water consumption
Aim estimate how much water is in each of the prepa- Aim • estimate how much water is needed for the
red cans production of goods
• explain that not only liquids needs water for
Material cans of different sizes (measure the capacity of
its production
each can before!)
Material Questions below
Procedure estimate the capacity of all cans together

Points compare the estimation with the exact measured Procedure estimate the amount of water for each question

capacity and give 1-10 points depending how Points choose 10 questions out of the 41 below. The
close the estimation is best estimate of the group gets one point (for
each question one point for the winner).

Virtual water…
… is the total amount of water that is used for the production of a
good. The water is usually not visible anymore at the end, therefore
the expression «virtual» or «hidden» water.

1. How much tap water (drinking water) does a Swiss person use
per day?
2. How much water does it need to make a cup of coffee with 7g
of coffee beans?
3. How much water does the production of 1kg of cheese need?
4. How much water does the production of a package of crisps
(200g) need?
5. How much water does the production of 1kg corn need?
6. How much water does the production of 1kg of potatoes need?
7. How much water does the production of 1kg of wheat need?
8. How much water does the production of 1kg of millet need?
9. How much water is used for the worldwide production of rice
per year?
10. How much water is used for the production of 1kg of rice?
11. How much water does the production of 1kg of pork meat
need?
12. How much water does the production of 1kg of cow meat
need?
13. How much water does a chicken drink until it is slaughtered (it
lives 10 weeks)?
14. How much water is in the production of one egg (60g)?
15. How much water does the production of 1kg of aspargus need?
16. How much water does the production of 1kg of bananas need?

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17. How much water does the production of 1kg of tomatoes
need?
18. How much water is used by the average yearly tomato con-
sume in Europe per Person?
19. How much water is needed for the production of 1kg of straw-
berries?

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20. How much water does the production of one apple (100g) Solutions
need? 1. 162 litres potable water per day
21. How much water does the production of 200ml apple juice 2. 140 litres
need? 3. 10,000 litres
22. How much water does the production of one cup of tea (250ml) 4. 185 litres water
need? 5. 900 litres
23. How much water does the production of 1kg of sugar from 6. 900 litres
sugarcanes need? 7. 1,300 litres
24. How much water does the production of 1kg cocoa need? 8. 2,800 litres
25. Also cars use water for their manufacture. How much on aver- 9. 1,350,000 billion litres
age? 10. 3,400 litres
26. Also computers use water for their manufacture. How much on 11. 21,000 litres
average? 12. 15,500 litres
27. How much water is behind the production of one A4 sheet of 13. 30 litres
paper? 14. 200 litres
28. How much water is needed for the production of 1kg leather? 15. 1,473 litres/kg
29. How much water is in a pair of jeans? 16. 859 litres/kg bananas
30. How much water is needed for the production of one hambur- 17. 184 litres
ger? 18. 4,000 litres water; an average person eats 22kg of tomatoes
31. What is the percentage of water in a human body? 19. 276 litres
32. What does the average European household use the most 20. 70 litres
water for? 21. 190 litres water
33. How many times cheaper is the tap water compared with mine- 22. 30 litres
ral water in bottles? (in Europe, Swiss figures) 23. 1,500 litres
34. How much of the worldwide cropland is supplied with water 24. 27,000 litres
(percentage)? 25. 400,000 litres
35. How many people die every year as a consequence of dirty 26. 20,000 litres
potable water? 27. 10 litres
36. How many households worldwide are connected to a purifica- 28. 16,600 litres
tion plant (in percentage)? 29. 11,000 litres
37. How many bottles of water does a European drink on average 30. 2,400 litres
a year? 31. 60%
38. What percentage of the worldwide water is in the oceans? 32. toilet flush. 31% of the daily 162 litres
39. How much of the entire surface water is in rivers and lakes 33. 1,000 times
(percentage)? 34. Ca. 70%
40. What percentage of the worldwide fresh water is frozen in ice 35. 2.5 millions
caps and glaciers? 36. 5-20%
41. How many times more water does a child in an industrialized 37. 100 litres
country consume compared with a developing country? 38. 97%
39. 0.2%

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Supply ship Guessing drinks
Aim A ship shall reach the polar station without any Aim Guess as many ingredients as possible
damage
Material • a mixed drink with a minimum of 5 ingredients
Material • a course with a start and finish • cups or glasses
• newspapers sheets showing the icebergs en
Procedure each child has 5 attempts to guess the ingre-
route
dients of the drink.
• a scarf to cover the eyes
Points 1-5 points, each right guessed ingredient =
Procedure The ship (a blindfolded child) can just be navi-
1 point
gated in the night through the iceberg area with
instructions from the navigator (a child who give
instructions from outside the playground). As
soon as the ship touches an iceberg, points will be
reduced.
Alternative: the last child in the row points in a
new direction by touching the shoulder of the
preceding child.

Points 1-10 points, each collision with an iceberg brings a

reduction of 1 point

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Building a well
In many regions of the world people depend on draw wells

Aim build a well on a bottle

Material • 40 matches
• an empty glass bottle
• a watch

Procedure a child tries to build a well on the bottleneck

during 2 min

Points the used matches are counted and per 4

pieces = 1 point

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 mistakes and accept blame. them for future leadership roles both in the
Youth formation must be education centred Youth should not be pushed beyond limits. Church and the society.
and driven. Through proper education, Just because parents fail to achieve their
youth are prepared and opened up for heart’s wish, this is no reason why they Both Church and society must make
opportunities for self-development, social should compensate in middle age by unre- education compulsory for all and it should
transformation, and participation in the asonably pushing youth to succeed. be affordable too at all levels. The youth
growth of the Church and the society. The church and the society must continue to themselves must be agents of change. We
support youth formation initiatives. Through must be teachable and readily available for
The longest memories are of home. The educational and religious programmes such development.
youth is totally under the influence of their as seminars, workshops, symposiums, youth
parents. As we listen to parents, we learn rallies and camps, the Church must continue Tubokeye Augustine Job, CYO Nigeria
gentleness in word, we learn to admit our to help youth build their faith and prepare

Latin-America
Kiro young people cleaning up in Gonaives and
Port-au-Prince
KIRO Haiti will celebrate its 50th After the session, when everyone had gone home to their respective

anniversary homes and dioceses, a typhoon and a hurricane hit the country
hard, destroying the cities of Gonaives and Cabaret. Houses and hos-
Last year KIRO Haiti has made an effort to realize its objectives and pitals were buried under mud and water. Like other organizations
activities despite hardships encountered such as the food crisis and that came to help to clean up the affected cities, we helped together
natural disasters. One objective was «Let us search the image of with the University Pastoral to clean up the city of Gonaives. Kiros
Christ». Since 2005 this theme helped us to reflect on the reality from different parishes volunteered and participated in cleaning
of the movement since its beginnings in the city of Sekakavajal in up the cathedral and a college during four weeks. While we were in
1960. Gonaives, we took the opportunity and visited KIRO members who
were victims of the situation. Most of them had lost houses and all
The theme helped us to look for the image of Christ in God’s crea- their belongings.
tion (Environment), in society and in the Church. As we searched
for the image of Christ, we began to understand that «Christ is our While we were still in Gonaives, we received a call from the minister
light… on the road to 50 years!» We chose this theme in preparation of youth and sports to help cleaning up two areas in Port-au-Prince.
for our Golden Jubilee in Haiti (1960-2010). In the view of the above 130 members from different parishes responded to the call. Kiro
preparation there were two activities: the National Raffle draw and a Cabaret also participated in clearing their own area the day before
National formation camp called Bivwak national. the KIRO group’s 25th anniversary.

Preparing our jubilee… Soon after, we participated in the funeral of a Kiro member who died
Raffles are a possibility of raising money to add to the annual contri- after their school building had collapsed on them. The youngster
bution of each member in their respective diocese. Therefore each was seventeen years old. Kiros from many parishes in Port-au-Prince
diocesan committee will have a prize and tickets are sold at 15 gds went to this funeral to encourage his family and friends. It was a very
(1.50US$). painful moment for all of us and for all the families whose sons had
died in that disaster.
The Bivwak gathered 500 youth KIRO leaders from the different dio-
ceses 18-25 August, 2008. We reflected on the history and identity of
KIRO. We also had formation and information on the following sub-

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jects: Environment Protection, justice and peace, testimony of the
1st leader in KIRO HAITI, AIDS, First Aid, government politics, youth
ministry and sharing the experience of two people who attended
the World Youth Day 2009 in Sydney, Australia.

We organized a peace walk from our Bivwak site to the Cathedral

where we had the closing mass officiated by the Archbishop of Port-
au-Prince. It was very nice to see how the youth came to know each
other and shared their experiences.

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 Europe
Christmas time: Sharing life with Kiro victims in Gonaives, Caba-
ret and Hinche FIMCAP Europe –
On 21 December, 2008, a delegation from the KIRO National Office went to Gonaives to what’s new?
show solidarity with the three KIRO groups who were victims of the typhoon. We encou-
raged them and made them feel they are not alone in these difficult times. We took time Bureau Meeting in
to pray and play with them. We also distributed some gifts for Christmas which we had Bruges, Belgium, 20
received from the «Food for the Poor» and from nuns. We also gave gifts to the KIRO victims
in Cabaret and Ench.
to 22 November 2009
Taking a plane to Brussels and finding train
to Brugges, calling Olorin from Chiro, ar-
riving at «De Karmel» and curiously waiting
for all the FIMCAP Europe delegates… that
was the start of my first Bureau Meeting as
responsible person from the eRko interna-
tional committee. Thanks to Evka I soon got
to know all FIMCAP friends, spent a good
time and we tried to discuss all the issues on
the full agenda.

Michele and Coen from the FIMCAP Europe

presidium welcomed all delegates on Satur-
day morning and then Josep, our European
chaplain from CCCCCE, started the meeting
with a prayer. 13 items on the agenda (if you
are superstitious, it might bring bad luck,
These are some of the Kiro Movement experiences. How can we speak of God’s love in but fortunately it didn’t) were enough for us
a situation where people’s lives are endangered and the environment degraded? These and we discussed some of them very deeply.
experiences helped us to understand God’s presence in all the efforts of the people to
encourage one another, to show their solidarity with all the victims of the hurricanes and News from every organisation gave us
the school disaster. God is also present where people take care of their environment and some inspiration – Chiro’s successful Krinkel,
reduce the risks of the natural disasters. ZAK‘s preparation for meeting the Pope in
Malta, KJG‘s project on climate change and
On the level of the movement, many Kiro people had nothing but they gave themselves,
their energy, their time, to help restore life in the city of Gonaïves (cleaning schools, hospi-
tals and churches) even if it was only little.

It was through this that we understood the

objective of KIRO: to help children and youth
live in Christ and thus become good Christians
and good citizens in the service of Church and
society.
May the Lord strengthen all the activities in view
of KIRO’S Celebration of the 50 years existence
in Haiti.
Alexandre Kakolo Beya, cicm, R.D.Congo,

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 Youth work who members of our organizations. The-
refore FIMCAP actively takes part in the
football,… Evy, the new secretary general, cooperation: two Member Conferences every year and
informed us about the upcoming General
Assembly in August and news from the In-
Different forms of has one representative in the YFJ Pool of
Trainers, which takes care of training and
tercontinental Bureau Meeting. Anyway, we global youth work education in YFJ activities and events of the
had a nice chat about Slovakia later, because
Evy did her EVS there; she remembered
cooperation to member organizations.

even some Slovak expressions! reinforce the voice of Of course FIMCAP is not the only faith-based

The evaluation of the World Camp was very

young people member organization in the YFJ – there are
many more. YMCA and YWCA, EUJS (Euro-
positive; the evaluation of the Eurocamp FIMCAP Europe is member of the European pean Union of Jewish Students), MiJARC
I would say was very deep and left a few Youth Forum (YFJ), an independently esta- (International Movement of Catholic Rural
open questions for next year. We wrote blished platform with about 100 Internatio- and Agricultural Youth) and the EYCE (Ecu-
down all the important dates for upco- nal Youth Organizations (like FIMCAP) and menical Youth Council in Europe) are only a
ming activities, Eurocourse and Eurocamp National Youth Councils. few of them. When the representatives from
2010, trainings and Bureau Meetings. Our the member organizations gather at YFJ
representative in the European Youth Forum The aims of the YFJ are to increase the par- meetings, there is at least one faith-based
– Marah – invited a guest from the EYF who ticipation and visibility of young people in group meeting for exchange, inspiration and
gave a very useful presentation on funding decision making process in the EU, Council cooperation that goes beyond the YFJ.
and finances. of Europe and other international organiza- It is important to cooperate not only for the
tions like the United Nations, to influence European youth; hence the regional youth
The last point of our programme about the policy these bodies adopt in a more platforms around the world. The Pan-African
promotion was managed by the hosting YOUTHful way and to uphold intercultural Youth Union, AYC – Asian Youth Council/ASA
organisation Chiro. We are very thankful understanding, democracy, respect, diver- – Asian and Pacific Students and Youth Or-
not only for this workshop but also for the sity, human rights, active citizenship and ganization and FLAJ – Latin American Youth
nice welcome and fun programme in the solidarity between others. Forum gather youth organizations in regions
free time – we even played the FIMCAP day where FIMCAP organizations are present.
game. It was great to see that FIMCAP is The most important working areas are the-
still living joyfully. I wish all FIMCAP Europe refore Education (formal and non-formal), If you want more information and get to
organisations good luck in their own and Youth Work Development, Participation and know more about the YFJ activities and po-
our common activities! Youth Policy Mainstreaming, Human Rights licies do not hesitate to contact me or visit
and Employment and Social Affairs. www.youthforum.org (you will also find links
Veronika Švitková, eRko to some of the partner websites as well).
Although not all policy areas have some-
thing to do with our daily FIMCAP work, Marah Köberle, Secretary FIMCAP Europe
they affect the lives of the young people

father of the Red Cross. For 2009 eRko

The Children’s Deed chose it as a motivation framework for

of Help activity in the campaign. Henry is also the name of a

droplet that accompanies children during
eRko: The October the campaign and helps them think more
Sea of Help about topics such as humanity, tolerance

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or volunteerism. To contribute and thus
become a part of the Sea of Help, children
In October, more than 1700 children
had a choice of several possibilities: They
and 120 leaders in 87 eRko groups have
could carry out a deed of help (and gained
participated in the ninth Slovak-wide
a blue drop of help), found information
campaign called «The Children’s Deed of
about the history of healthcare in their town
Help». The primary aim of the campaign
(and gained a green explorer’s drop) or
is to motivate children to help the others
wrote a short story about somebody who
without selfishness. The good deeds of
embodies the goodness and is worth to
this year’s activities were transformed into
be honoured (thus gaining the red drop of
drops of water that together made a Sea
honour).

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of Help.

All the good deeds carried out during the

Siamo tutti fratelli – we are all brothers
month of October were collected in a kind
– was the creed of Henry Dunant, the
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of virtual sea, available at www.erko.sk/dcp
(the site in Slovak but a translation may be
provided upon agreement; or simply enjoy
the pictures in the section Tufigaleria). By
this means the visitors can get familiar, for
example, with a local group named «The
Sea Cucumbers» whose members collected
rubbish in the local park and made it nicer.
A group from Central Slovakia reported
how they made postcards for children
in Romania and Russia. Another group
described how they decorated ginger bread,
sold it and sent the money to Haiti. Besides
these, children also comment on their help
with families and friends. All of the October
deeds make the Sea of Help rise day by day.

Evka Javorková, eRko

«We trust in the living God!»
Encounter of eRko leaders from Slovakia,
28 – 31 August 2009
After three years of eagerly waiting for our eRko encounter, the weekend of joy
started in a small town in northern Slovakia late in the evening of Friday, the 28th
of August. During the introductory ceremony, when the main motto «We trust in the
living God!» was unfolded, more than 240 eRko leaders from whole Slovakia created
a wonderful community. And it remained so till Monday.

Various activities offered everyone an interesting way of spending time with other
eRko leaders and encouragement for their volunteer work. Saturday was a bit a
European day because of the visit by and discussion with our Slovak EU commissioner
Ján Figeľ. He inspired us with his thoughts and experience about Slovaks in Europe,
European Christian heritage and young Christians and encouraged us to be a light in
the new century.

In the afternoon we had the choice between

sports, swimming, a trip to the village nearby or
active help in the town. I chose swimming – the
best choice! The day closed with a gospel band
concert and great atmosphere of worship. The
group leaders reminded us not to forget the
great value of every child that joins us. Later, we
reflected on the day in the Taizé prayer.

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Sunday brought plenty of various workshops.
The International Committee presented FIMCAP
World Camp and had prepared many dances and games. Later there was a spiritual
program followed by the main ceremonial holy mass with our bishop. But the most
expected part was still to come, a real eRko ball with eRko dances and a lot of fun!

On Monday, at the end of our encounter, the chairman of eRko Juraj Králik invited us to
the celebration of eRko’s 20th birthday next year. Catchy tunes of the anthem for this
occasion resonated in the air for the last time: «Living God, wo-o-o…» And we all hope
to meet again next year.

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‘1 New Friend Request’…
… is a phrase that has become quite popular
nowadays. It is not used when we talk to
people but we often find it as a link when we
log onto Facebook, Myspace or other social
networks. The majority of internet users,
especially youths, are registered to one or more
social networks. This makes it easier for two
persons to get in touch with one another just by
entering name, surname, and maybe place.

‘Face2Face’ was the name of a social network

that was slightly different from the ones we
usually hear about. It was a re-enactment of
those virtual social networks, with the virtual
aspect changed into a real aspect. The activity
was held on the 25th October 2009. The day These stations consisted of games, quizzes of the project ‘Weave a Web of Colours’
started at 10 am when about 120 youths aged and workshops, such as Farmville, Bowling, by ŻAK Ħal Tarxien; aimed at promoting
between 14 and 17 from all over Malta arrived at Top 5 interests quiz and much more, mainly tolerance and social inclusion.
the Archbishop’s Seminary Grounds, where the inspired from online social networks. Every
event was held. activity had to be accomplished in groups; It was financed by the European Union
after the game each participant was given funds through EUPA and the ‘Youth in

the name tags of the people they had played Action’ programme. This project was
with to hang them onto their own name tags. awarded best practice in a seminar on
Participants could only play one game with Youth participation in Europe that had
the same person so that new friends were been organised by the Maltese Ministry
made with every game. The station «Print of Education and the European Union
Your Face» gave participants the opportunity Programmes Agency. This was quite
to take group photos, print them and keep an achievement for ŻAK Ħal Tarxien
them as a memory of the day. considering the amount of high-
standard projects being organised. We
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the number of tags they had attached to encouragement.
Everyone was handed a tag with their name their own name, indicating the number of
and a piece of cardboard on which they had new friends they had made. To close off the Clayton Tabone, ZAK Malta
to design their own profile, using text, colours, activity, participants danced to popular music
paints and spray. All the profiles were hung from all times; some people even led the
on the surrounding fence to create a profiles group with spontaneous dance moves.
wall. Then participants were welcomed to the
event and the rules of the day were explained. The idea of this event was to promote face
Participants built a real life avatar and walked to face communication and stepping out of
along their depicted network of friends until our usual friendship comfort zones to include
they met new friends in different stations. new people. ‘Face2Face’ was the last activity

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Jong Nederland: Back and signed in, everyone could start with the
activities. Through assignment cards every
appeared. Everyone could go on a tour on
the camel’s bacl. Next to all kind of really
to Basic Festival 2009 group could decide for themselves what nice activities like djembe workshop, bread
activity they wanted to do. For example, baking and survival track there were a
After the Kaderschouw in 2008 a couple one group decided to go on a GPS-hike and couple of aircushions to jump on. Also nice
of volunteers of the region of Tilburg another group decided that they wanted were the rope bridges over the water and
became motivated to organize a big to bake bread on the campfire. There were water-rafting in a self-made raft hunting for
event again. It had already been a couple riskier things for the real daredevils. For a treasure. Another activity was creating a
of years since they had organized the lunch the youngest group had strangely video clip which many local groups did.
Kaderschouw in 2004. It would be nice coloured slimy spaghetti; for the older
to organize a big national event and this groups there were fried yellow mealworms When at five o’clock in the evening the
time it was the national festival. on the menu. Apparently they tasted like power of the aircushions was switched off,
popcorn. this great day came to an end. All the local
All the local groups in the region asked groups went home and were really satisfied
their volunteers if they were interested in Both subthemes were in really warm places with the day.
organising this event and in a short time so there had to be a tropical surprise, of
there was a group of volunteers who took course. Around noon a ship of the desert Tonny Rekkers, Jong Nederland
the lead. There was a brainstorm evening
where we gathered a lot of really good
ideas. It was decided that the activities
would be split up for the different age
groups. The «minioren» (4-6 years old)
and the «maxioren» (7-9 years old) would
have activities together and the same for
the «junioren» (10-12 years old) and the
«senioren» (13-15 years old). For the two
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be «Robinson Crusoe». For the two oldest
groups it became «Expedition Robinson».

On Saturday morning it was time to build

up the festival. Rope bridges and survival
tracks were built, tents were put up and all
the pole and rope structures were made.
On Sunday morning everything was ready
when the first local groups entered the area.
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National promotion attraction. The aim of the promotional day
was to offer an opportunity of experiencing
day under the theme Jubla. At information desks the parents

«Jump into the could confront the leaders directly with

their questions.
world of Jungwacht
Blauring» One group organised a Raclette dinner
(cheese speciality) with a variety of desserts
and showed pictures from the last summer
Jungwacht Blauring (Jubla) with about
camp, another one offered a mass game, a
31’000 members is one of the largest
third created a huge place-name sign where
children’s and youth organisations of
everybody could contribute drawings.
Switzerland. On 19 September 2009 more
One local group built a bridge with ropes,
than 350 local promotional events took
a barbecue station and a chair race. In the
place over Switzerland’s whole German
village next to them children from the Jubla
speaking part to attract new members.
group provided painting activities and
baking «bread on the stick» and for dessert
The children interested got an insight
the typical chocolate bananas. And another
into the manifold leisure-time offer of
group painted a pedestrian subway. Each
Jungwacht Blauring. Jubla has 479 local
year all the leaders of Jubla spend more
groups. More than 350 of them organized a
than 3 millions of hours of volunteer work.
promotional event on the exact same day,
so that children and their parents could
Pascal Vonlanthen, Jungwacht Blauring
get to know and try out this interesting

How about one more local group because their older friends have
been talking about it for so long. Teenagers
friend… go on summer camp with people they have
known since they were so young that they
bet the friendship will last forever.

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We would like to introduce the best friends
there are, Benny and Friend Bird! Benny
and Friend Bird (you will have already But are there no limits to friendship?
guessed, Friend Bird is the name of the Friendship is more than just having fun
bird) are the symbols of the new year with people you like. You gain social skills,
theme of Chirojeugd Vlaanderen Belgium. sometimes you have a heavy discussion in
It sounds so logical, and it’s an exciting which you learn more about the others and
theme to work with! yourself. A close group doesn’t accept just
anybody who wants to join. Sometimes we
No matter which FIMCAP organization you tend to stick together only with the people
are in, no matter what you do when you we like the most. Why? Why bully someone

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come together, it’s all about friendship. who, if we made a small effort, could be a
Young children take their first steps in a good friend?

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Plenty of work to be done… A spiritual moment in your group…
Working on friendship takes a lot of time
and energy. Making friends doesn’t happen
by itself. Have the
courage to be open Start with a story
for each other and
be the one to take Cracked Pots Alternative input
the first step. There is An elderly Chinese woman had two large Even a piece of a clay pot is not useless. It
no secret recipe, but pots, each hung on the end of a pole which can prevent the earth in a pot from being
to take time for each she carried across her neck. One of the pots washed through the hole if it is placed over it
other and to struggle had a crack in it while the other pot was before planting.
I MIJN MATEN
through the biggest perfect and always delivered a full portion of
arguments you had. water. At the end of the long walk from the Depending on the situation you can cut
That is the only way stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived water holes into the bottom of empty yogurt
friendship can grow. only half full. cups, then place the piece of clay pot over it
This is not only a message for the youngest For a full two years this went on daily, with and fill the cup half with earth. Put 2-3 flower
members, it’s also a hint for the leaders. Take the woman bringing home only one and a seeds into the earth. Place the cups onto a
time after a long leaders meeting to have a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot saucer and water them.
drink together and relax. was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of As an alternative all participants take 4-5
Friendship needs some work, which is why its own imperfection, and miserable that it seeds home and plant them there.
Chirojeugd Vlaanderen Belgium will work on could only do half of what it had been made
friendship a whole year long. Every month to do. End
something new about friendship can be After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter To end we give a water blessing. Everyone
discovered in our magazine Dubbelpunt failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the gets a glass half full of water. Two people
and on our website. As a starting point stream. «I am ashamed of myself, because meet and give some of their water to the
every local group received at the beginning this crack in my side causes water to leak out other person, at the same time wishing each
of the year some friendship books, the all the way back to your house.» other well and telling them something nice.
books you might remember from your The old woman smiled, «Did you notice that To «say something nice» means as much as
childhood where all your friends could write there are flowers on your side of the path, «bene dicere» – benediction.
what their hobbies, favourite food, etc are. but not on the other pot’s side? That’s be-
They can be used to get to know each other cause I have always known about your flaw, Johannes Rösch
better or to do some specific activities in so I planted flower seeds on your side of the National chaplain,
your neighbourhood on friendship. path, and every day while we walk back, you Jungwacht Blauring Switzerland
water them. For two years I have been able
We also declared 7 March 2010 the Day of to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate
Friendship. On this day we want to enjoy the table. Without you being just the way
the spirit of Chiro with all our friends. We are you are, there would not be this beauty to
challenging all the groups to do something grace the house.»
special about friendship on this day. The
groups can decide how they see this day, Each of us has our own unique flaw. But
but of course we will give them plenty of it’s the cracks and flaws we each have that
ideas and tips in the months before. make our lives together so very interesting
and rewarding. You’ve just got to take each
We want you! person for what they are and look for the
Every member of your organisation is more good in them.

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than just a member, they are ambassadors.
Their enthusiasm makes the newcomers in Reflecting and discussing
the group feel at ease from the first moment After telling this story all participants of the
they’re there. So the message we want to service receive a small piece of a clay pot.
share with you all, FIMCAP friends, is to During a moment of silence invite everyone
welcome one more friend into your group to think about experiencing such kind of
every day. This is not only the year theme of moments when they thought they were not
Chirojeugd Vlaanderen, it’s one for all of us. good enough and where they were taught
differently. Then share your experiences in
CHIRO Flanders small groups (2-4 participants).

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