Introduction:
Globalization has been the trend and become one of economic
booster for the nations in the world. Our economic, social-culture, and
technology have been evolved and adapted with the rest of the world through
globalization. As we look at the opportunities abroad, the world is looking at
our market as well. By understanding our own unique values and cultures as
Malaysian, we could tell others about the real potential of Malaysia, the hidden
charms and the history that makes us a country today.
Cultural Understanding through Exchange (C.U.T.E.) is an initiative project by AIESEC in Universiti Utara Malaysia started in 2009. It aims to create opportunity for young leaders all around the world to discover Malaysian culture while sharing theirs with us. C.U.T.E. creates an active learning platform for our target audiences in
sharing cultures, hence minimizing the misunderstanding and broadens the network
of our target audiences.
We believed that this will create the impact in the youths among the nations, thanks to the direct contact, breaking young people stereotypes, broaden their minds and learn the importance of tolerance. Our strength as an international, not-for-profit, student-run organization which now rooting in more than 107 countries and territories will be an added value in the execution of this
project!
The Logo:
The three cute colorful and cheerful icons as C.U.T.E. ambassadors represent the cultural diversity created by the world community.
Vision:
C.U.T.E. as a platform for cultural exchange is to create awareness and promote cultural understanding through interaction among the global community.
Mission:
C.U.T.E. aims to create exciting opportunities for young people from all around the world to discover and experience the diversity.
Objectives:
(1) To
enable youths from all over the world to value, understand, and respect cultural
differences and similarities through an in-depth experience with other
cultures.
(2) To examine global connections and the
interactions of varied cultures, including issues and consequences that cross
cultures.
(3) To acquire and demonstrate effective
communications skills to successfully interact with people of other
cultures.
(4) To deliver learning opportunities through our
activities that promotes cultural sharing and understanding.
(5) To promote cultural awareness and understanding
among youths towards cultural issues.
(6) To promote Malaysia to the international arena.
Intern's Job Description:
- Planning, organizing and facilitating various types of cultural activities and events such as road show, global village, international cultural fair etc to foster a sense of internationalism and intercultural exchange.
- Teach your own country language in a language class. Interns are required to prepare earlier for the language that you are going to teach.
- As an ambassador of your home country, representation of your culture, through activities such as road show, exhibition, global village, art festival along with costumes, music, etc on your culture.
- Involve in the promotional or publicity activities of these cultural events. Interns are committed to come out some creative ideas to attract the university students to attend the event.
- Gather information about the different culture in intern’s home country and have sharing with peers and youths in Malaysia.
- Be prepared to be part of any integration activities and cultural events and prepare all the materials needed such as costume, music, food etc.
If you are interested in participating in
Cultural Understanding Through Exchange project, kindly contact
sharon.chan@aiesec.net
+60(12)-7330599
