Internship Experience by Awele Oguejiofor
I’d like to share with you our intern Awele’s article about his internship experience here at the WYAAP office. Awele has been living in the Philippines for several years now, but he is originally from Nigeria. My World Youth Alliance Experienceby Awele Oguejiofor I was first introduced to the World Youth Alliance during Anna Halpine’s […]
Everyone is invited to WYAAP’s first 2010 General Assembly and House Warming Party!
Come one come all! WYA members and friends are most welcome to join us on March 6, 2010 for our GA and House Warming! Our new address is 11 J.P. Laurel Street, Xavierville 1, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Hope to see you in our event!
Stepping inside the United Nations During the commission on social development, I had the opportunity to step foot inside the United Nations for the first time. It has been a life-long dream to sit among working intellectuals in a forum wherein prevalent global issues get debated upon and resolutions are the expected outcome. I was […]
¡Seamos el México que queremos ver!
En 1995, en Naciones Unidas se creó la primera Plataforma de Acción sobre la mujer. Me quedé sorprendida al leer sobre la gran intervención que hizo México hace 35 años tomando en cuenta problemas que afectan a la mujer en aquel tiempo. Desafortunadamente, muchos de esos problemas siguen siendo los mismos: la violencia contra la […]
MAHLULI DUBE’S WYA INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Hailing from that wonderful land south of Nairobi, Kenya called Bulawayo, Zimbabwe…. I have had the amazing opportunity to join the World Youth Alliance as a spring intern from January 25 to May 7th 2010. So far the experience has been simply stellar. I live in a house with seven other interns who are as […]
An internship in World Youth Alliance. Bernard de Lovinfosse
I would like to express my gratitude to all whose have supported the work of the WYA and all the persons with which I have worked. I was accepted to make the internship and I hope I had given to WYA some “local colours” as one of the few Belgian interns in being accepted. This […]
WYA Oral Statement at the Commission on Social Development at the UN
Today, I had the wonderful opportunity of presenting WYA’s oral statement to the UN Commission on Social Development. The major theme of the Commission is social integration, and listening to delegates issue statements on the meaning of this phenomenon for their cultures has led me to reflect on my own experiences. When I was offered […]
WYA Austria in Sopron!
On January, 30th, the Austrian National Chapter went to Sopron, a little Hungarian city at the Hungarian-Austrian border. Besides a “culinary approach” to their neighboring country, the group had a guided tour in the city and a discussion on the effects of Communism. Congratulations and Bon Appetit!
Benjie Lelis’ speech at Anna Halpine’s Visit to Manila (December 12, 2009)
Earlier this month Anna Halpine, founder of the World Youth Alliance, paid a visit to Manila. On the 12th of December 2009, we held “Anna Halpine Live in Manila”, a talk and meet and greet for the World Youth Alliance’s local friends. The following is a speech given by member and former WYAAP intern Benjie […]
Me lo contaron y lo olvidé. Lo vi y lo entendí. Lo hice y lo aprendí!
International inter – Luz Cardona Canales So far so great! Even though we are in the end of the year in 2009 the tasks in the WYA Europe increase and are the key of the end of each year (as annual report, Christmas cards, dignity project and meetings) with the aim to make the final […]