We were telling you earlier this week about Student Volunteering Week, which kicked off on the 21st February. The fantastic iniative, enjoying it’s tenth year, raises awareness of the personal and professional benefits of volunteeting.
As you’d imagine, JVN is fully behind such efforts. With this in mind, we have been assisting the Coexistence Trust set up a two-month University Campus Tour. We’ve been busy finding volunteering opportunities for Jewish and Muslim students to participate in together, across and beyond the JVN network.
The Tour will focus on London universities this year, with the aim to spread to other parts of the country shortly. They’ll be visiting campuses from March 1- 10, followed by six weeks of volunteering activities that will promote mutual understanding between Jewish and Muslim students.
- www.coexistencetrust.org
If you’re a student at University College London (UCL), Kings College, University of East London (UEL), Imperial College, City University or the London School of Economics (LSE), look out for more information on your notice boards!
Also, as part of the ongoing partnership between The Coexistence Trust and JVN, we are happy to announce that they have an exciting opportunity for an intern to join their team to support the Tour and other activities. For more details on how to apply, log on here for the details.
Call me cynical, but how succesful are these programs? Additionally, how is success measured? Parties? Friendships? Marriages?
I’m all for mutual understanding, respect etc etc, but to me, these types of organised programs sound too forced.
But hey, I’m open minded…what has been acomplished so far? I’m happy to change my tune.
I think these programs are great. We can learn so much from eachother. Too often our ignorance about each others cultures leads to agression.