For the third time in four years, Brazil has been invited to an interexchange program held by the Japanese government. Nine delegates will take part on the newborn Global Leaders Development Program (GLDP) which will replace the Ship For World Youth Program (SWY) in 2014. 

Unlike what happened to other batches, SWYAA Brasil and the Japanese Embassy in Brazil were responsible for the selection of the participants. Most of the new participating youth (PY) study or has studied Japan-related subjects on their graduations and speak Japanese in different levels of comprehension.

GLDP Brazilian delegation is composed by:

Leonardo Kajioka Nardon (National Leader - SWY 18 PY)

Filipe Rocchetti Girardi (Brazilian Ministry of Education employee)
Guilherme Hitoshi Kaneko (State University of Maringá)
Geovana Callasans Veras Pessoa (University of Brasília)
Lázaro Rennan de Sousa Viana (University of Brasília)
Naiara Ferreira Martins (University of Brasília)
Ana Maria Sigas Picchini  (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)
Patricia Nunes de Assis (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Felipe Lopes Barcelos (University of Brasília)

The other participating countries of GLDP are Bahrain, Fiji, India, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania and Turkey. All the delegates will arrive in Japan on January 22 and participate of pre-program and training sessions until February 3. From Febrary 4 to February 12, PY will sail onboard the MS Nippon Maru ship. Participants will organize seminars, prepare a National Presentation and visit the city of Ishinomaki.

After leaving the ship, Japanese PY will visit, from February 13 to February 20,  Bahrein, Fiji, Mexico and Turkey and take part of activities with the local youth and ex-PY of SWY former editions. 

Good luck, guys!

Great news! For the seventh time, Ship For World Youth will have a Brazilian Delegation! In 2012, Fujimaru will travel through the Indian Ocean and the youth from 13 countries will visit India, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Our noisy, loud and incredible warriors will have the best trip of their lives with delegates from 12 other countries: Bahrein, Canada, Egypt, India, Japan, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Venezuela.

The Participating Youth will arrive in Nihon on January 18th; the departure ceremony, at the Yokohama Pier, will be held on January 29th. Almost 40 days later, they will come back to Japan on March, 5th - crying a lot, I suppose. 

Ok, meet the new SWY 24 BPY!

Good luck, guys!

Ottawa, Canada - August 30, 2011 – The Canadian Ship for World Youth Alumni Association (SWYAA Canada) received an extra help this time in organizing the recruitment of its newest delegation for SWY Batch 24. Brazilian Ex-PY Jean Roberth Souza was invited to attend an Information Session on the Program aimed at interested applicants held at the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa on August 18, 2011. Besides, Jean Roberth also participated in the Ottawa regional selection committee and used his past professional experience in SWY Programs to select Canadians PYs this time. 

In Canada, the SWY Selection Process has been done directly by SWYAA Canada with the support of the Japanese Embassy and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). All Canadian ex-PYs are invited to become volunteers during this time of the year in order to help AA to select a diverse group of talented Canadians who could represent Canada and make a significant contribution to the Program. 

Since last June, SWYAA Canada members have invited Jean Roberth to help promote SWY Program locally in Ottawa, where he has been living since 2008. He was eager to have a chance to use his past experience at the Ministry of Education in Brazil (MEC), where he worked for almost ten years, selecting and preparing young candidates to participate in international youth exchange programs promoted by the Japanese Government such as the Ship for World Youth (SWY), International Youth Village (IYV), Renaissance Programs, and Japanese Goodwill Missions. “It was a pleasure for me to help SWYAA Canada. It made me remember the time when I worked for MEC and had to select participants. Canada has a very opened and transparent system to select PYs and I believe that the selected candidates will be very well prepared for this kind of exchange program”, he adds.

The Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) has announced today the names of the 11 young people selected to join the Brazilian Delegation for SWY23.

You can find the news on the following link:

http://portal.mec.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16119

The first edition of SWYAA Brazil Newsletter is out! It's called SWYDADE. 

It's official: yesssssss, Brazil is one of the participanting countries of SWY23, which will happen from Jan. 11th to March 2nd 2011. The program's port-of-calls will be in two different countries (Fiji and Australia), and there will be three refuelling stops (in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Naha/Japan).

The other participating countries are:

• Australia
  
• Bahrain
  
• Chile
  
• Fiji
  
• Japan
  
• Mexico
  
• Micronesia
  
• Sultanate of Oman
  
• Solomon Islands
  
• Sweden
  
• Tanzania
  
• Vanuatu
  

We will soon publish more information regarding the program. If you have any questions, please contact our association through the "Contact Us" link on the sidebar.

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The 22nd edition of the Ship for World Youth Program began on January 12th with the arrival of the Participating Youth from overseas to Japan. SWY22 participating countries are: Australia, Bahrain, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Sultanate of Oman, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. This year, the ship will stop at Singapore, Dubai and Chennai/India. Once again, we will have a Brazilian ex-PY onboard: SWYAA Brazil vice-president, Leonardo Kajioka (SWY18) will participate as part of the ADM staff.