Social Networking extends out impact.
"Half of the camp is already on my Facebook," Troy noted. "I hit it off with kids from places such as Norway, Brazil, Mexico, the U.S.A., Hong Kong, Germany, Hungary, Belgium and more."
"With social networking, some of these kids will now be friends for life," Mr. McKillop said.
Of course kids in the 60s would engage in snail-mail communication after camp, some even for life, so the concept is nothing new. But social networking does have potential of extending CISVs outreach in a much more intense way. Love it or hate it, facebook does intensifies our anticipated "global friendship".
Personally, I have a whole bunch of people, I connected well with during camps or meetings among my facebook friends - and even if I don't communicate with them directly, the fact that they sit there, read my updates once in a while does mean much more than having their e-mail addresses in my account. It may be different from a real friendship, but it is something.
And if you remember the "I have a friend in Costa Rica" (or was it Guatemala) t-shirt? Social network websites add a little more reality to that concept.
Oh, and if you can't read it between the lines, I do like our current tagline.
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