GERMANY:
In March of 2000, the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program staff traveled to United States Army bases in Germany to deliver special "Train-the-Trainer" programs for high school student leaders whose parents are stationed overseas.

The comprehensive trainings prepared two leadership groups from Mannheim and Heidelberg American High Schools to facilitate MVP trainings with middle school students who also live on the bases.

Select students at each high school were invited to join the MVP Program based on their leadership status and ability to influence peer culture at their schools.

The thirty (30)student leaders selected from each school dedicated themselves to working hard and making the trainings a success. Each group will present the MVP Program to middle school students this spring.

In addition to training student leaders, MVP staff also provided awareness raising training to the faculty and administrators at Mannheim American High School.

The trainings continued a relationship between Sport in Society and the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University.

MVP staff previously worked with the Family Life Development Center to provide MVP trainings to the U.S. Marines Corps at bases worldwide.

Plans are currently underway for the MVP Program to return to Germany in September to conduct a "Train-the-Trainer" program for faculty, administrators and youth service providers from several different bases.