SWY 18

The itinerary of the 21th Ship for World Youth program 2009 is as follows:
- Arrival of the participants from overseas: January 14, 2009
- Program for overseas participants in Japan: January 15－22
- Departure from Yokohama Port (Japan): January 23
- Refuel, food and water supply in Vanuatu: February 2
- Port of call activities in Tonga (Nuku'alofa): February 5－7
- Port of call activities in New Zealand (Auckland): February 11－14
- Refuel, food and water supply in Vanuatu: Feb. 19 - 20
- Return back to Tokyo (Japan) March 5.
Participating countries for SWY21 are:
- Canada
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Republic of the Fiji Islands
- Japan
- Republic of Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Kingdom of Norway
- Republic of Peru
- Kingdom of Tonga
- United Arab Emirates
- Republic of Vanuatu
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Republic of Yemen
Source: http://www.swyaa.org/swyprogram/index.htm

Some photos from the SWY20 Departure Ceremony at Yogohama port, JAPAN (24th Jan. 2008)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kajioka/sets/72157603790050754/

Photos by: Kajioka

Totally, there are 59 countries all over the world have participated in the Ship for World Youth Program as follows:

Algeria, Argentina , Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,
Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, The Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Russia,
Western Samoa, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania,
Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States of America,
Venezuela, Yemen

In SWY20, Vanautu island will participate in the program and will add up the number of participated countries to 60!

Source: http://www.swyaustralia.org/swy_faq.htm