• initiating the process for changing the name 'ĊAMYouths' (mid-September 2008)
• it is important that the new name reflects ĊAMYouths' vision

• submitting suggestions for change of name (end of November 2008)
• by the stipulated deadline, every community must submit 2 potential name to the LC, as a result of a process of discernment, with an explanation for each name
• following the submission of the potential names, the list of suggested names will be circulated amongst the communities

• short-listing of preferred names (mid-January 2009)
• by the stipulated deadline, every community must select 2 names from the short-list and submit it to the LC
• following the submission of the 2 names by every community, and depending on the outcome of the preferences, the process of final selection will be set and announced by the LC

• choice of new name during AGA 2009 ( April 2009)

• branding and marketing of new name
  

For the sixth consecutive year, ĊAMYouths is committing itself to coordinate and organise the Napoli 2008 outreach project, in which volunteers are invited to participate. The event consists of a summer camp for children/early teens organised by the Missionaries of Charity in Marianella, in the outskirts of Naples, which camp will be spread over five weeks during the period July to August. It would be running Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm, during which the children/early teens will be involved in different educational and/or fun activities. Each week would then be concluded with Sunday mass organized for the children/early teens and their families.

The children aged 5 to 13 years are usually divided into four main groups, according to age and gender, and each group shall be led by the youth volunteers. Such grouping enables the activities to be tailored according to age as well as provide for more individual attention. Last year's innovation was that participants aged 13 years and over formed part of a mixed group whose aim was to prepare and train them as future leaders; hence their role in the summer camp was that of Animatori. We hope that the same will happen in Napoli 2008.

The aim of the project is to assist the Missionaries of Charity take the children/early teens off the streets for some time, and provide them with an alternative environment where they can grow, have fun, make friends, and learn new things…an opportunity to live their childhood/early teen years in an ambience of welcome, simplicity and free from abuse.

As a project, the Napoli experience is fully in line with the core principles of ĊAMYouths, namely community, spirituality and mission. Such experience provides the volunteers with the opportunity to share themselves with others, especially with the poor and the needy. However, such service cannot take place outside the context of communion and spirituality. Thus the project is one whereby, through the course of preparation as well as during its realization, the volunteers are given ample opportunities to grow personally, spiritually and as community.

If you are interested in being part of the Napoli 2008 experience, you can download the Napoli 2008 – Formola ta' Applikazzjoni and send the completed form to infonapoli(at)camyouths.com by not later than 15th January 2008. The Napoli 2008 is open for both ĊAMYouths members and non-members, as long as they are 18 years of age and over. Kindly be informed that all applications shall be reviewed by a team directly responsible for this project, which team shall assess whether the candidates are eligible or not.

The application form can be downloaded from here.