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SWY22 - Report



		Outline of SWY22

The value of the SWY program is to foster mutual understanding and friendship between Japanese and foreign youth. It is an opportunity for all participating youth to understand each other’s culture and customs. At the end of the program, a better understanding of Japanese and foreign cultures is acquired by the participants and friendships made onboard are meant to last for a lifetime.

Ship for World Youth program engages youth in an enlightening, enjoyable and educative experience, through a diversity of interactive and explorative activities. Participants build on their knowledge, skills and learning experiences and broaden their perspectives through engagement with youth on a daily basis. This fact can be fully understood only by the approximate 6000 participants that took part in this program in the past, including us, that we joined upon completion of the program, a second, BIG and STRONG family, THE SWY FAMILY.

SWY 22 - Reflexions

Each Greek participant of SWY 22 has his/her own story to tell about this experience and wants to share it below in a few words...

Being a National Leader in the 22nd Ship for World Youth program has been very rewarding as it deepened my knowledge in other cultures and while interacting with other participants, I learned more about myself, my capabilities and the choices that are given to me in life. I discovered new things and shared my opinion and country’s problems while I became a close friend and tutor for a set of people from different nationalities. The gift of being a participant can only be fully understood by the approximate 6000 participants that took part in this program in the past.
I am so proud to have spent 50 days with SWY22 passionate participants. You have showed to me what commitment, teamwork, sincere feelings, open heart and dedication means. In the last 50 days we came so close to each other, we shared our lives, laughed, cried, danced, and dreamed together. Thank you for the great gift you gave me. Your friendship!

“Open your eyes, feel the ship and see how you can benefit from her.
Talk to as many PYs as you can and share your feelings with the world.
There is a reason why you have been chosen to join SWY family.
Embrace it, enjoy the voyage and you will find yourself "trans-formed".”

Konstantinos Tsigkaras

Light!!!
That's only how I can describe the experience I've had, for almost two months, in the 22nd Ship for the World Youth Program.
A Light which floods and renews my Soul, making me to get absolutely and really tied with People that before I wouldn't even meet, but, even if I would meet, we wouldn't even try to know each other!
A Light which, playfully shimmering, alters my points of view on myself, the Humans, the Nature, the whole World!
A Light which enriches, enhances, empowers and develops both myself and the network of People whom I consider as Friends, Partners, Fellows and Companions in the great fight of leaving this World a little better than what we found it.
I feel blessed (by God? by the Nature? by the Humanity? by my Country? by Japan? what's the matter???) that I've had this experience! Yes, I'm ready to transform this life experience to a living life-time experience. To turn the Light into Love!!!

Michail Dim. Drakomathioulakis

Ex-PYs Conference - Tokyo 2010

SWY AA Greece would like to thank the Japanese government for inviting Greece to participate in the Tokyo Conference for the Ex-Participating Youth of SWY Program (aka Ex-PY Conference) between March 22nd - 27th, 2010.

An election process took place in our AA. and Mrs Chrysavgi Titsi (SWY10) was selected as our representantive during the Tokyo conference.

Greek Night on board SWY22!

This year’s overall participation of the Greek delegation in the SWY program was highly successful, with the delegates organizing activities such as the 'Greek Night', among others. In this event, the participants of 12 countries had the opportunity to taste traditional dishes of Greek cuisine, to sample Greek quality wines, traditional brandy and Greek halva. All participants received a gift pack that included Greek extra virgin olive oil in miniatures, sesame snacks, brandy and Greek honey, to take back to their respective countries.

The Greenwave Project

On June 5th, humanity celebrates the International day for the environment. SWY-Greece is contributing launching the Green Wave project and we are asking everybody's help. It is something very simple, it takes no time at all and costs almost nothing. All you have to do is "adopt" a plant. Just buy a plant, smaller or bigger, and put it in your place, office, yard, balcony. In case you want to organize something bigger, gather with friends, ask your colleagues or -in case you are a teacher- your students to participate, even buy a tree and plant it in a park, school yard or garden. Take a photo and send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Share this information with your friends and ask them to participate too... EVERYONE can participate!

Click here to see more photos of the GreenWave Project or visit our Past Projects section.

Thank you all who participated in our project. Please keep sending your photos to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will be gladly post it in our website!

Dalia from Israel

Pavlos Pavlakis and Xrysavgi Titsi - SWY10