So YD is super excited about presenting at a conference on July 28th for this year's Tsehai Conference. This year's theme is Ethiopia's Youth, Ethiopia's Future...so you know we just couldn't miss it! And with this year's ESFNA soccer tournament celebrating its 25th year in the "Ethiopia away from Ethiopia" who knows, maybe we'll bump into you there!

Two staff (Helena and Alpha) and two youth mentors (Samra and Aden) will be embarking on this journey...

We will keep you posted on our trip!!

Check out info on the Tsehai Conference:
http://www.tsehaiconferences.com/2008/

YD cordially invites you, the community, to attend our fundraising gala taking place July 17th at the Shamba Institute: 48 Yonge Street, 12th floor @ 7:30pm. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact us at 416.644.1015 ext 2 or email us at info@youngdiplomats.org.

All proceeds of this event will be going towards our 2nd annual Youth leadership camp taking place in August 2008.

Thanks to all the volunteers who made this event a night to remember and a great success for YD!

On the 17th of November 2007 at 6pm at Toronto Sprouts (720 Bathurst Street), Young Diplomats hosted Hamsa Lomi Parents Appreciation Night, the first of its kind in our community.

Entirely hosted by Youth!

YD successfully hosted the 2007 'What's Your Passion?' summer youth leadership camp. Feel free to check out our page and profile on Facebook to learn more about the details & about upcoming events.

We are working together with our summer camp planning team to create another beautiful memory for summer 2008. For more info on how you can be involved in the summer camp planning process, please contact us at info@youngdiplomats.org

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