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"eRko – Hnutie kresťanských spoločenstiev detí" (eRko) is a Catholic youth organization in Slovakia.〔(Homepage of the EU youth portal )〕 eRko is a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations "Fimcap". eRko is registered at the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic as a non-governmental organisation. eRko is also a member of CIDSE.〔(Homepage of CIDSE: Our members )〕 eRko is based in Roman Catholic parishes as well as in Greek Catholic parishes.〔(Petrík: The Second Vatican Council as an impetus to the New Evangelization in the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia, p. 14 )〕 eRko is one of the biggest children's organizations in Slovakia. ==History== *1973: During the Communist rule in Slovakia Catholics were not allow to organize themselves in organizations. However, nevertheless some activists started to lead children from Christian families in 1973. Until the 80s the number of these activists increased and an underground movement was established. This movement had the goal to help children to become of mature personalities, thus enabling them to contribute to the development of the Church and the society in which they live. The movement wanted to base this formation on the Christian ideals and the utilisation of personal life as the basic substance.〔(Homepage of oneworld.at )〕 *1989: The velvet revolution in 1989 increased the liberties for the inhabitants of Slovakia to organize themselves. This encouraged the foundation of various associations by citizens and performance of miscellaneous activities. Also the originally "illegal" Christian underground organisations registered officially and started working publicly and freely.〔(Homepage of oneworld.at )〕 *1990: After the end of the Cold War it is possible for eRko to register at the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic as an official non-governmental organisation.〔(Homepage of the EU youth portal )〕 *1995: The project Dobrá Novina was set up. *1998: eRko becomes observer member of Fimcap.〔(Homepage of KjG: eRko from Slovakia )〕 *1999: eRko organizes the campaign Peace for Sudan. During this campaign more than 10,000 children from Slovakia, Kenya and Austria sent letters to president El-Bashir and colonel Garang expressing their hope for peace in Sudan.〔(SCIO Sudan Monthly Report Aug 1999 )〕 *2002: In 2002 eRko sent first three volunteers to Nairobi, Kenya. From that time eRko has gained experience of preparing and sending volunteers to work in the area of development cooperation.〔(Homepage of the EU youth portal )〕 *2013: eRko becomes a member of CIDSE.〔(Homepage of CIDSE: Slovak eRko joins CIDSE alliance of Catholic development agencies )〕 *2015: eRko celebrates its 25th anniversary in Košice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ERko – Hnutie kresťanských spoločenstiev detí」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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