AJB Infopack #5 - 2019

2019

AJB

INFOPACK #5

CISV International Americas' Junior Branch Building global friendship

table of contents neigbourhood updates CUB CAM ANDINOS PATAGONES programme review regional updates

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CUB Canada•USA•Brazil

-Beto-

Colombia•Ecuador•Peru

ANDINOS -Charlie-

neigbourhood updates: Argentina•Chile

PATAGONES -AnaRuth-

Mexico•Guatemala• Honduras•CostaRica

CAM -Olivia-

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CUB Canada•USA•Brazil

Canada

The National Board Meeting (NBM) of CISV Canada happened just last month and went super well. A new NJR was elected, her name is Georgia, and there was an election for the positions on the newly structured National JB Executive Board. Now, there will be an election process to fill in still vacant positions such as National Camp Coordinator and Social Media Specialist!

Also, during NBM, a very interesting topic was discussed: indigenous engagement.

This inspired CISV Canada to work on new projects such as a Letter of Reconciliation.

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CUB Canada•USA•Brazil

United States ofAmerica CISV USA had its NJBM during october, where they elected a new NJR, JB Director, National Junior Branch Advisor, and a National Committee for Leadership Development (NCLD), Project Committee, and National Minicamp Committee (NMCC). After Ben was elected as the new Junior NJR, both him and Nikita (Senior NJR) started working on a lot of administrative matters.

There are a few important matters coming for the following months: Winter Planning in February, the National Service Project between February and March, and National Minicamp in May.

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CUB Canada•USA•Brazil

Brazil

The brazilian NJRs have been really busy since the past infopack was published.

They facilitated a few sessions in the Fórum de Capacitação Nacional (FOCA); a national event in CISV Brazil that offers different trainings. The sessions conducted by a group of facilitators from the Junior Branch were not only attended by a lot of young participants but also by adults interested in learning about JB. The NJRs also facilitated a session in the National Leaders Training regarding leadership development, educational programmes and the Junior Branch.

Next is the Midway Meeting, happening on January. Other than that, the NJR Hour Project has been a total success, it has had a lot of participants and international guests.

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Mexico•Guatemala• Honduras•CostaRica

Mexico

CAM

JB Mexico is gearing up for their NJBM and the election of a new NJR to join Diego! JB Monterrey just had a leadership training and JB Merida is about to open.

Luch and Diego are each traveling there to help them become better organized!

Costa Rica

JB Costa Rica just partnered with Techo (an LMO) to run activities with children who live in high risk social areas. They are also planning a Christmas activity as well as their NJBM where they will be electing a new NJR! Lastly, JB Costa Rica is working on some new recruitment methods for the coming year.

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Mexico•Guatemala• Honduras•CostaRica

CAM

Guatemala

JB Guatemala just elected a new NJR, welcome Mario! JB Guate is also running a mosaic where they are working with an assisted living home to run activities and are planning on starting another mosaic project with the Dorris Allen school. The NJRs are in the process of planning a programme review session for their board. Lastly, they are also planning a JB Christmas party!

Honduras

JB Honduras has another minicamp coming up in a few weeks where they will be running educational content activities with their JBers! The NJRs are also working closely with their adult board to support in the process of hopefully changing their status from a Promotional Association (PA) to a National Association (NA).

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Colombia•Ecuador•Peru

ANDINOS Ecuador JB Ecuador have recently elected a new JB Board with very specific positions and roles, bringing a special focus on developing more mosaic activities. They just launched the Jr. NJR nominations and are planning on having elections in January. They also hosted the annual planning session with the national board and are collaborating so JB Ecuador has more international presence.

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Colombia•Ecuador•Peru

ANDINOS Peru JB Peru just had their NJBM and Fernanda was elected as the new Jr. NJR! They are now planning a training session in the potential new chapter, Cajamarca. The NJRs are working alongside the national board on recruitment and retention of volunteers.

They also are planning a National Camp in February and they have confirmed participants from Lima and Cajamarca!

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Colombia•Ecuador•Peru

ANDINOS Colombia JB Colombia recently had their annual National Camp and it was a complete success. The NJRs will be attending the strategic planning sessions with CISV Colombia’s board to plan the next year.

Nominations for the new NJR and CJB Team members are still ongoing and they will be having their NJBM on January for the elections.

JB Boards from Medellin and Bogota are currently planning some Christmas activities!

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Chile •Argentina

PATAGONES Chile The situation in Chile has been difficult for the past month or more, because of all the protests in the country. Even so, JB Chile was able to plan an activity that involved not only the youth but their families as well, to discuss Chile’s current situation. They had a “Tocata” which means there was live music, and some snacks. Now they are getting ready for their NJBM which will happen during the first weeks of December.

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Chile •Argentina

PATAGONES Argentina JB Argentina had a minicamp during september where everything went as planned, participants enjoyed it and learned a lot. It helped the NJRs to prepare for their NJBM that happened by the end of October. The JB said farewell to Jeiny and elected a new NJR, welcome Cata! During their NJBM they worked on a project which aims to involve all the JBs in the Americas’ (more information will be sent soon, stay tuned).

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Programme Review For this year’s CAM Workshop, Beto flew all the way to Mexico to facilitate a session regarding the Programme Review with the help of Tommaso (Governing Board member).

This, after noticing in the past Americas Regional Cooperation (ARC) that said motion only had the word “Junior Branch” one time in the 40 pages of the document. For this, active members of the Junior Branch where asked how they could be considered more in the review of the international programmes of CISV that are discussed in the document.

It’s results were sent to the newly elected Governing Board members.

If you want to see the official document sent to the GoBo, write us an email and we’ll forward it to you! ajbteam@ijb.cisv.org

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Regional Updates EMEA The EMEA region is currently undergoing through a lot of changes and innovation. We are currently in the process of reinventing our Communication strategy with a dynamic plan filled with great new additions and initiatives that will hopefully improve our social media presence and our engagement with the rest of EMEA’s Jbers – be on the lookout for our new Webinar projects and Discussion forums! Also, we have been focusing on the analysis and improvement of the Innerworkings of each neighbourhood through a wide array of actions – be it defining a purpose and goals for the neighbourhoods/re-structuring our monthly meetings / developing common projects that span multiple countries…

The future is looking very bright for EJB and we invite you to follow our improvements on our social media pages.

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Regional Updates ASIAPACIFIC Hi BRAD fans, Asia PaciďŹ c is in a period of transition as we are working on some brand new projects which will change the way the APJB team works. Last month we celebrated holding a TTT workshop for APJB in Manila (in cooperation with the TQA committee and CISV Philippines), a project we have run for the past three years. Now our regional team/all star boyband are working on a brand new role proďŹ le and election procedure for APJB team members and restructuring how we prepare and facilitate JASPARC. Be on the lookout for our biggest project in 2020, launching a brand new Neighbourhood Workshop for the Vitamin neighbourhood. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to join the millions of other BRAD fans worldwide!

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