This is our planet…

Our home...

…the place where we grow…

…the place where we discover love…

...the place where we learn…

...the place where we work…

…where we have fun…

WE, 6 000 000 000

people...

WE, people

on 6 continents

WE, so different…in religion,

in culture, in color.

A wonderful...

wonderful...

...world

…with its greatest tragedies...

WAR

POVERTY

HUNGER

TERRORISM

BESLAN, Russia2004

Press Release:

At a local high school in the Russian town of Beslan the hostage Siege Ends...

With 250 Dead.

Some were fortunate to live…

And Some Barely made it…

Do You Know The FeelingA Father,

A Husband AndA Mother

Would Go Through, If They Lost Their Beloved ?

A Father Who Has Lost A Child.

A Husband Who Has Lost His

Wife.

A Mother Who Has Lost Her Daughter.

Explain This World To Me.

A world with so much pain...

NO more...

hunger

poverty

war

Drawing of a child from

Africa

TODAY

We, 6 000 000 000 people

Take back our planet

Take back our home

Take back theplace where we grow…

Take back the place where we fall in love…

Take back the place where we learn…

Take back the place where we work…

Take back the placewhere we have fun…

Today we take back what is rightfully ours

Our world

Some of us have the power to do it

Some are persons that you know…

Some are your friends…

…your heroes…

Some are just gone…

But some are right here…

…in this room…

See if you’re one of them…

In 1948, a small group of students had the courage to take back the planet…

to DO something about changing the world

1945

one of the worst moments in the history of humanity...

1948

The globe is devastated

afterthe war.

Much of Europe physically and

politically in ruins.

anger everywhere…hate amongst countries…

…but an immense desire to avoid another war at all costs

India had recently won its independence and Mr Jawartharial Nehru

was Prime Minister

The Netherlands were involved in a war with

Indonesian nationalists and was coming under

increasing criticism from the United Nations

The Nationalist Chinese government was about

to fall to the Communist Chinese Army, led by

Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse Tung

The Cold War between the Soviet Union and

the USA was beginning.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation came into

being with the initial membership of Canada, USA, United Kingdom,

Denmark, the Netherlands and

France.

...it was necessary to prepare the youth of the world for the challenges awaiting them

a small group of university students discovers in exchange the solution that would help develop leaders

and alleviate the tensions amongst

countries...

they created…

...what would one day be the largest student organization on the planet...

they created…

AIESEC 1948

7 countries

Purpose: develop friendly relations between countries

eXchange!

…cultural understanding…business development…a better world!

…First International Congress in Stockholm

…89 eXchanges!!!

China became communist

1950

…reconstruction starts…East/West division growing

…Soviet Union detonates their first atomic bomb

…1952…418

eXchanges!!!

1953

…AIESEC is present in

14 countries, including a communist one /Iugoslavia!!!

…705 eXchanges!

In 1954 AIESEC welcomed Turkey and

Israel as members, taking AIESEC outside

the confines of Western Europe.

AIESEC became inter-continental with the entry of the United

States in 1957. We had crossed the Atlantic.

Time – check

From 89 traineeship in 1952 to 1686 in 1957

Focus“International Co-operation”

At Congress 1960 in Barcelona, traineeships

reach 2973AIESEC is present in

Latin America

1961

AIESEC is established in North Arica

1963

AIESEC arrives is Asia: Korea and Japan!!!

1965

AIESEC Australia was born

AIESEC is present in all continents!!!

1967…40 countries…4532 eXchanges

Focus“Bridge the Gap,

Promote International Understanding, Education,

Quality”

AIESEC in 1970 – 86

…67 Countries…purpose: Better understanding of

Society’s problems, review the relevance of our activities, better train future managers in the developing world, develop our environment on local, national and international levels

1988

…67 countries…6541 eXchanges

“To contribute to the development of our countries

and their people...”

1995 – core competencies

Youth eXchange

Partnering with companies

Mobilizing people globally

plans emerge for an information system that would link all AIESEC chapters and activities via INTERNET...

AIESEC goes on-line!!!

TODAY, with…

…32000 members…108 countries and

territories…5000 eXchanges

AIESEC

…is impacting individuals to become leaders through...

…thousands of eXchanges and projects

…thousands of leadership opportunities

around the world wide network…

…so

WHAT is AIESEC doing TODAY?