Youth
CWS's youth programme aims to educate young people about global issues and to equip them to take action about injustice in the world.
CWS produces resources for children and young people (World Watch and Youth Topics) and runs an annual youth fundraiser (Wipe Out Poverty Week).
Wipe Out Poverty:
Our annual fundraiser for young people.
Choose a week that suits your group during the month of September OR organise your event anytime throughout the year.
Wipe out Poverty week started with traditional clean ups and car washes. Currently there are many more activities taking place around the country including a fashion parade, making and selling food from the country you are raising money for and serving meals for your church family. CWS offers ideas on joining in at home or at school, running an all night event, selling fair trade goods from Trade Aid – all to help communities around the world working to end poverty and injustice.
Click here for more details.
Youth Topics (YT): 
a colourful poster resource designed for youth workers to use with young people aged 12-18. Sent out twicea year, youth topics uses games, activities, discussion starters, quizzes and worship material to engage young people in global issues and make the connections with our lives in Aotearoa New Zealand. It suggests actions to take in the campaign for a fairer world. Topics have included sports shoes, refugees, rubbish and chocolate Trade Justice? Yeah Right!. Click here for more information. Back issues available now.
World Watch:
 a twice yearly resource for 7-13 year olds, with stories and fun activities on global issues. It is accompanied by a leaders' resource kit. Topics include water, The Solomon Islands, Disasters and Nicaragua. Click here for more information.
If you receive any of our resources please feed back to us what you are doing and send us photos and stories of you activities, as we love to share these with other groups.
CWS @ PARACHUTE:
CWS has been attending the Parachute Music festival as part of the global village since 2002 and we have explored issues including: Drop the Debt; The Coffee industry; and issues of Trade Justice. Click here for our activities at Parachute Christian music festival and other youth events. The team for 2007 is exploring Water and the issues of water around the world. Particularly privatisation and access to clean water. We look forward to meeting you at Parachute 07.
CWS staff welcome the opportunity to be resource people at meetings, conferences, camps, classes and other events for young people. contact us.
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