{"id":9,"date":"2018-04-09T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T09:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/db_fbd\/\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-02-02T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:07:09","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/global-pen-friends\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global Pen Friends is an <strong>exchange project <\/strong>between six universities located in India, Nicaragua, DR Congo, Morocco and Belgium where students are matched with a Pen Friend to write each other letters about topics related to one of the the 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to stimulate an<strong> interpersonal exchange<\/strong> between students that wouldn\u2019t otherwise easily get in touch with each other, about topics that affect their environment and personal life in sometimes different and sometimes similar ways. 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All letter exchanges are then published on this blog.<\/p>\n<h3>Partners involved<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xiss.ac.in\/\">Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS &#8211; India)\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nludelhi.ac.in\/home.aspx\">National Law University Delhi (NLU &#8211; India)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/ucbukavu.ac.cd\/\">Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Bukavu (UCB &#8211; DR Congo)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uca.edu.ni\/\">Universidad Centroamericana (UCA &#8211; Nicaragua)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/nl\/\">Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ump.ma\/en\">Universit\u00e9 Mohammed I (UMP &#8211; Morocco)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Apply to this project<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/en\/centres\/usos\/global-pen-friends\/\">Click here to see our call<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USOS Global Pen Friends 2023 - Spanish\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7F332SMjWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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