Leading a mission trip provides church leaders and involved adults with an opportunity to help the young people in your group learn about the power of helping others while spreading the message of Christ. On the surface, it’s more of a learning opportunity for the youth involved than an experience that teaches leadership skills, but there are a variety of lessons that even the adults on a youth mission trip are positioned to learn. If you’re receptive to the experience and approach leading a … [Read more...]
Youth Christian Mission Trips, 10 Lessons Learned
10×10 Campaign is Girl Rising, Melissa Hillebrenner
Today’s generation of youth, the largest in history, has the power to change the world. But many of the 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries won’t even get to go to school. Girl Up is a founding partner of 10x10, a global action campaign that advocates for educating girls in developing countries. At the center of the 10x10 Campaign is Girl Rising – a feature film directed by Academy Award nominee Richard E. Robbins narrated by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Priyanka … [Read more...]
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, the girls are OFF!
They are climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro for many reasons - to get to the top, to realize their own dreams - but, most of all, to show the world: What Women can Achieve. That is why they believe that education is so important for girls everywhere. Setting off for Kili...the 10-woman team and WFP staff members. Copyright: WFP/Fizza Moloo DAR ES SALAAM -- For the 10 women – seven Nepalis and three Africans – gathered at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro on the last day of February, it was no small … [Read more...]
ECOSOC is arranging a Youth Forum on 27 March
Shaping tomorrow’s innovators “Empowering young people is crucial. Half the world is under 25 years of age. Young women and men everywhere want decent jobs." They want dignity! They want a greater say in their own destiny,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently. With the purpose of leveraging the potentials of youth in solving global challenges, ECOSOC is arranging a Youth Forum on 27 March. The number of young people in the world has never been higher with 1.2 billion being … [Read more...]
Celebrating ‘all-female team’ to climb Mount Kilimanjaro!
DAR ES SALAAM – They have conquered the world’s highest mountain. They have climbed the highest peaks in Europe and Australia. Now, seven Nepali women – members of the most successful all-female team ever to scale Mount Everest - will join three African women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Their attempt on Kili (5,895 metres) will begin from the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi on Wednesday 27 February. The climb is being supported by Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and … [Read more...]
Noorjahan Akbar – YOUTH of ACTION™
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this young woman with the vision to Take Action against the atrocities that the women of her homeland have suffered for generations; with intention is to 'break the change' of abuse, all forms of Violence Against Women. As co-founder of Young Women for Change, we celebrate her Courage to fight for Women's Rights in Afghanistan. For example, she is a prime example of how most activism on this issue is by young women, the … [Read more...]
Celebrating ANIM Tour in NYC, Carnegie Hall, Feb 12 is the next stop!
February 8, 2013 Afghan National Institute of Music tour completes 1st stop in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON – The Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) has made history with the start of its first U.S. tour. Since arriving in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, members of the Afghan Youth Orchestra and other smaller ensembles have performed an astounding six times culminating in a historic performance at the Kennedy Center on Thursday evening. The free Millennium Stage … [Read more...]
“Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012″, DESA reviews.
“As a strong partner in development, the cooperative movement works with the United Nations every day to empower people, enhance human dignity and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) 2012 came full circle on 19-20 November with events and festivities at UN Headquarters in New York. 150 representatives gathered for this two-day event themed “Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012″. … [Read more...]
No Holds Barred: This Atrocity Ends Here
This Atrocity Ends Here It is her core-her being- her most private self-her pride-her DIGNITY When you violate it you have stripped away her dignity, self confidence, pride & well-being And so with a warped mind, a sadistic spirit that derives pleasure from her pain He chooses to target it- pushing the dagger into her fresh wound Society has normalised it-it happens, men shall be men & shall be men They blame her-she wanted it or she looked for it, her skirt was too … [Read more...]
National Girls and Women in Sports Day – FEB 6
NGWSD Central Welcome to the 27th Annual Celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day! NAGWS is one of four Coalition members who plan the Washington, DC-based celebration on Capitol Hill and prepare the materials and products available for you to host an event in your school or community. On February 6, 2013, thousands of sports educators, coaches, athletic directors, recreation directors, association members, sponsors, students, and parents across the country will show … [Read more...]
World Youth Report calls for participation of young people
The Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-DSPD) is in the process of preparing its 2013 World Youth Report (WYR) on Youth Migration and Development. The Report will offer a multidimensional account and/or perspective of the life experiences of young migrants and young people affected by migration. The report will address youth migration from a youth viewpoint, accommodating young peoples’ concerns over migration from their own … [Read more...]
Teaching Respect for All, anti-racism curricula
Can respect for all be taught? A new mapping study has collected policies, practices and materials dealing with teaching respect from all over the world. The study identifies good practices to develop learners’ knowledge and understanding of other cultures and peoples; exercises to develop empathy, self-confidence, openness to new experiences and flexibility in behavior. All these abilities help counter hatred, prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and bullying. … [Read more...]
Challenges and hope for world’s indigenous youth
Indigenous Youth: Identity, Challenges and Hope The world has never faced such a large youth population as the one inhabiting the globe today, with about 40 per cent of the world population under the age of 25. With the recent economic crisis and high unemployment rates, there are many challenges facing today’s young generation. The world’s 67 million indigenous youth face even greater challenges, but have big hopes. To address these issues, indigenous youth experts from around the world … [Read more...]
Young Uruguayan Women aim to boost Role in Politics
Young Uruguayan Women aim to boost their role in politics Six of the 25 young women leaders who took part in the tutorials visit the Legislative Palace in Montevideo. Photo: UN Women / Mónica Álvarez “Being a women and being in politics is unusual,” says Lorena Teijeira, 30, a young member of the National Party. “The time dedicated to the party, time that you spend in meeting after meeting, with your weekends devoted to activism – it’s incomprehensible for many of my friends and … [Read more...]
Children are Teachers
Make Your RECOVERY more Joy-filled, listen to the Children! "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Unknown Children truly are the teachers of life, they teach us how to laugh, how to play, how to enjoy the simple things in life. When you are around children one finds it impossible not to smile, and why? Because children see the truth and beauty that surrounds them. Even in the face of darkness … [Read more...]