JBpedia

The JBpedia () is a an online tool which will serve as an open forum for members of CISV junior branch around the world to share, collaborate, explore histories and create new ideas and projects. Based on a -like model, the JBpedia will be changeable by anyone. This means that the information within the JBpedia will be constantly changing and adapting.

CISV
CISV is an international youth organization, founded on the aim of achieving world peace through cross-cultural understanding and friendship. The organization operates international programs on an annual basis to bring together participants from member countries.

CISV was founded in 1951 by Dr. Doris Twitchell Allen. When her husbond left her to figth in world war two and she decided to create a organisation. If children become friends with children all around the world there will be no war, because no one would ever fire a gun against a friend. Since then, the organization has expanded into 80 countries, and over 150,000 delegates have participated in more than four thousand international CISV activities.

For Dr. Allen and the CISV organization, children and youth were seen as the ideal starting point for peace education. Programmes were developed which offered young people opportunities to meet their peers from other countries and to form intercultural friendships. Locally, programmes give people the chance to learn about the cultures in their own communities and explore important themes related to peace and understanding.

The JBpedia
The JBpedia is a soon to be released online tool of the International Junior Branch which will serve as an open forum for members of CISV around the world to share, collaborate, explore histories and create new ideas and projects. Based on a -like model, the JBpedia will be changeable by anyone. This means that the information within the JBpedia will be constantly changing and adapting.

The JBpedia will be officially released on the 15th of September, 2007. The idea is that following the launch, many members of CISV junior branch will get involved by editing a page - this could be setting up their personal page, helping build an article by adding or correcting the content, putting up their Junior Branch news or writing their own International Junior Branch Conference Story. The possibilities are endless.

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*[http://www.ijb.cisv.org/jbpedia JB Pedia Website (launching September 15th, 2007)]
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*[http://www.cisv.org/s/contactframe.htm National CISV associations (member countries)]

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