As you are probably aware of, we have just completed our Spring 2012 Cycle of Project applications. We were really pleased to receive such a large number of applications and are currently deciding which initiatives we will support. The results will be published here on 31 May for CAPs, GAPs and WBI-CAPs. The annual [...]
This year on the 18th of August, UWC Red Cross Nordic will be hosting a Nordic Peace Conference in Oslo. Following the signing of a “Declaration of Intent for Peace” at a conference in Brus- sels, the UWC RCN community has committed to fostering peace and creating peace related projects in advance of the International [...]
In 1948 Eleanor Roosevelt predicted that human rights would creep like “a curious grapevine” into public conciousness around the globe.Dismissed at that time as utopian fantasy, her forecast has proven more prescient than the scepticism of her critics. The prepositions that all human beings- whatever their nationality, culture, or location possess specific inalienable rights simply [...]
FOFA – Firmes Oportunidades, Felizes Adolescentes (Firm Opportunities, Happy Adolescents) In an increasingly competitive society, individualism and machismo have been causing numerous social problems to nowadays world. When such perspectives are focused on the schools, we can clearly see those concepts, whether they are activities that value more individual initiatives or on the veiled prejudices [...]
The I AM KENYAN project is a global initiative that is Kenyan driven. It aims to promote peace and patriotism through the use of photography. Background. In 2007, tribal clashes arose in Kenya as a result of uncertain election results that led to enmities among different tribes. This [...]
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ZUNA OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE VISIT TO WFUNA Let me start by Congratulating the Zimbabwe United Nations Association Team and myself in achieving this long awaiting exposure that was presented to us on Friday the 24th of March in New York on my official meeting with the WFUNA President and the Youth Delegation that consisted [...]
The opening reception of the Young Professional Summit and Brussels Forum, and the first thing we heard were the most simple and inspiring words. A senior director of the German Marshall Fund spoke those wise words: “If you are tall, act taller, if you are (insert name), act more (insert name). And so the high [...]
Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality will organize its first Young Queer faith and Sexuality Camp from 10-14 April 2012 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This camp aims to build dialogue among diverse young people, particularly from different faith and sexual identity. The theme of this camp is “Building Peace through Diversity”. It will be a spirit in [...]
After reading features I chanced upon from the Daily Graphic dated ‘Monday, February 8, 2010’, ‘Wednesday, February 24, 2010’, and ‘Tuesday, May 4, 2010’ all written by E. Kwame Mensah, I saw the need to get involved, try to understand and make known to as many young people I could reach with the good news- [...]
Diversity is a way to build peace. Young people are so diverse, including their sexual and faith identities. However, non-normative [...]
Transformers Project was born from the experience of a break-dance crew from Palmela, a village 50km South Lisbon, in Portugal. Among b-boys [...]
DESCRIPTION In Kenya, there are a considerable number of young people from diverse backgrounds with immense potential. This youth population should place [...]
Peace of Art is an arts conflict resolution and peace making, Community Action Project. The initiative involves 30 young artists from [...]
Liberia has a ”free and compulsory” primary education policy, but paradoxically also has an eighty percent illiteracy rate. The country’s weak [...]
African Oracles is a Pan-African youth led initiative whose vision is to use the arts as a counter to conflict in [...]
In the city of Haifa, where Arab and Jewish communities live together, one would assume that intercultural interaction would develop naturally. [...]
Violence amongst young people – My project is needed because the government of Sierra Leone does not provide peace building materials [...]
This project aims to inform people about Latin America’s most important and vital issue: Resource Exploitation. Its goal is to raise [...]
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