Friday, September 11, 1992 ~ North Shore, News 27

Petitiors are cropping up all over
Greater Vancouver urging people
to support the continuation of the
Indy car race. Did you go to any
of the races? Do you think it

| {| YOUTH NEWS 5

Ap Pes “ale. Deets

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Memories of Kayuboko

“A CWY volunteer in Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

TEACHING YOUTHS about
--. community involvement is one of
'. .the-primary goals of the Canada
Ss . Youth (cwy) organiza-

: pi
‘‘an opportunity .to\ get to know
‘people. from across this country as
well asthe chance: to work in
communities; of . the developing
world. The North Shore News.
ES is Reynolds when she
joined CWY.

e Tecentl wrote the following
cls based on. her, ‘year with the

e° worked . through
-Tengah.”

® group dynamics
® conflicts of values and perspec-

- tives in cross-cultural settings.

Practical skills achieved through
living ‘in the Indonesian Kaili

culture — in a small farming desa |

(village) with a large family — are
abundant.

T realize how hard we hold onto
the false western values of con-
sumerism, individualism,
first-world supremacy as if they
are life rafts to cling desperately
to amidst the conflicting, values of
foreign cultures.

.- TL realized that as I loosened my

~ white-knuckied grasp on'‘some of.
. these values: and began
to the flow of.desa’ “ife,. ‘and adapt: -
to some of: the new values around .
“me, 1 was more at ease. ,

~The: relevance this. :program

"hols for. alten a studies a and

and-

to relax in--"

-western values. As a tourist travel-

ling through Bali and Java, I en-
countered the myths and truths
about wealthy westerners.

As I greeted people on the
streets of Bali and Java | tried to
make some sort of personal con-
tact during our impersonal in-
teractions in the marketplace. I
tried to form a connection like the
one’! felt toward my friends in
Kayuboke.

I wanted to overcome the bar-
riers of dollars, material goods,
politics, and .cultural . differences.

Knowing. ‘bahasa Indonesian (the

main language) helped in this
struggle, = *::

Poverty and underdevelopment
are created: by western needs. and
wants.” Programs such as CWY
start off with the essentially good

idea of bridging the differences

vr Poverty and underdevelopment
are created by western. needs and
| _wanis. 77 .

work lies inthe fact that I plan to-

continue to fight the battles
- against racism and inequalities in
" my own community. i. plan to’

", devote even’ more of my future to
the social services field.

Learning has occured on all
levels.. My views of development
work and the myths of its need or

:- Successes’ are. now firmly. sup-.

‘ported by. what -1 have lived and.
in - Sulawesi:

- That I ever felt I had any right
to barge.into Indonesia, equipped.
with my -middle-class ignorances
and money, ‘to ‘contribute to a

third-world, community «is
frightening fo me now. .-:

T went with. the hopes of : eg

"cross-cultural exchange and found

myself faced with many questions
about | politics, “racism, and hu-

: manity. I. found the ‘responsibility.

‘] had. to... bear’ being a white

: . westerner.in Indonesia very hard. °

as the ways of the world

= community,

Being a member ofa desa
1 witnessed the

destructive. path of transplanted

OR: 21: years ‘Canada World Youth (CWY) has been help-

ing’ people:learn: more about the cultures of our country
and the cultures of the world.: -
outh: from 17. to 20 years old”

chosen’ to participate in. work
“projects while: ‘partnered with a
the. same age range,

work: Projects in fisds Canadian
commnunities as well. as host fami-
sand. their

unterparts to stay

By Pamela Lang
ZAP! Writer. -

“participants - ‘from: other countries

come from diverse cultural, eco-
nomical: and geographical
backgrounds, | explained

former program participant.

_Along with the cultura ex

change aspects of the program,
she said, it.is an opportunity ‘for

- both: parties to learn about com-:

munity development.”’ .
Many Canadian participants
come away from CWY ‘“‘wanting

’ to.know more about their coun-

try,” explained Shulman.

. As well,. many former partici- -.
pants wart to continue their in-

Barbera .
- Shulman, a CWY volunteer and

between people on an individual
tevel with: the hopes that ‘the
future behavior, judgments, and
decisions’ that: young Canadians
face will refiect more appropriate-
ly the responsibility. we share for
the welfare of :people in every
corner of this globe..

However, this program and the
fact that we, as Canadians, have
money to play with in poor,
isolated villages in places like In-
donesia, only serve to reinforce
the perpetuation of the false con-
cept of underdevelopment and the
realities of poverty.

Working, on our own issues of -

racism, poverty and

' underdevelopment here in Canada

is where our responsibility lies.
I continue to strive to be aware
that for every one of my actions,

there isa reaction somewhere; .
that as individuals we are always -
faced .with choices. and . the

challenge is. to. make responsible
choices: by being aware that our

“actions affect each other and our

environment. .

volvement in community work.
This has lead to:the formation of

the: Participants . in Development:

Society (PDS), an organization
run by former CWY participants.

The goal of PDS is to take part

in projects that will. benefit their
community, explained PDS
member Shulman, adding that one
project they hope to be involved

with is setting up a “drug abuse
rehabilitation centre in northern

CWY ‘is funded by the‘Canada’

international Development, Agen-
cy, although participants are ask-
ed to contribute a fee of $200 as‘
well as raising $500 through
community sponsorship.
Youths : interested
should-contact the Vancouver of-
fice at: Suite 201, 1894 West
Brodway, ¥6J'1Y9. Former CWY
participants who are interested in

° PDS can call 732-5113.

in CWY-

should be held again next year?

Last week we asked what your
expectations of the new school
year are, what grade you are
in, and whether or not you
have started thinking about
post-secondary school.

Hi. I’m starting Grade 9 this
year and I’m pretty happy
abort going back to see ail my
friends. I’m going to university
right when I duate from
high school and I'm thinking
of going in to be a
veterinarian. That should be
good.

I’m geing into Grade 10 and
I'm not looking forward io it
aad I'm probably going to fail.

.I'm expecting to learn a couple

of things, I guess, but what
I'm trying to do is actually to

pass the whole year er get good

marks so I'll try, but I'm cot

. locking forward to it. And

that’s about it.

Yes, it’s that wonderful time |

of year again whee that herri-

I'm. going into Grade 9 and i
can definitely wait.

I bope to be a better student ~
as well as a better person in the
community. and E also hope
that this year °B get a lot bet-
ter grades with better concen~
tration | towards . way. “school .
work and ta ome =

Hi.. Pm. going. to Grade: 8.
and I don’t really want to go. .
I’m reaily. scared decause 1:
don’t want to get beaten ap.

bie six-letter word comes back. ©
into our vocabulary.:P?'m going” -*

into Grade 8 so I guess Pm
kind of lookizg ‘forward to a
new -simosphere.
university goes, let me sce if E

As far "as:

get by the first week cf school,"

then we'll talk university. :

First of all, 1 thiok school -

. don’t use that stuff you Learn.
‘Pm. going to Grade 10. My ex-
pectations are to ‘get . good :
grades. .

vm ‘going, te Grade 10.. My

_ expectations are to do~ better

this year and do better in the
community |. and
overall better person. :

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