After endless discussions, mainly about pros and cons with the two suggestions that we were finally left with, we have now come to a decision. It took two rounds of voting before we could finally agree on which idea to go for.
So, what is the idea now?
We have decided to organize alcohol free midsummer celebration for youths (13-15 years of age) in Umeå. The celebration will take place at Norrbyskär, which is a campsite belonging to YMCA in Umeå (our host organization). The theme of sexual health and HIV/Aids will of course be incorporated in the activities at the moment we have not decided exactly how, but we have a lot of ideas!
So, In the meeting today we took a decision about which idea to go with and we also split up the group in to three smaller working groups. One of them will focus on finding sponsors (if we are going to succeed in this project we will need a lot more money then can be provided to us by CIU), another group will focus on marketing the project and a third group will start planning the actual activities that will take place during the 24h that we will be at Norrbyskär.
Tomorrow we will gather for a new meeting to start writing the project proposal, it will be a lot of work and a little bit hectic since we have to submit the proposal in the beginning of next week! (But we have the weekend too!)
Personally I like the idea but I have some worries. My biggest concern is that we won’t have enough time to pull it of. There are so many preparations! But I feel very energetic and I’m ready to work hard to make it happen!
Jonna- A little bit worried about the project but full of energy!
