WYA North America and Latin America together at UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committe
At the end of November, I attended the 16th Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) in Mexico City. The IBC, a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was created in 1993. It is composed of 36 bioethics experts whose tasks include promoting reflection, developing and supporting educational programming, and making recommendations […]
WYA at World AIDS Day Forum
On December 1, World Youth Alliance was asked to present a short statement at a panel discussion held at the Economic and Social Council on the present situation in the world concerning HIV/AIDS on the occasion of World AIDS Day. North American Director Casey Downing and Director of Advocacy Rebecca Austen drafted the following statement, […]
WYA at the International Bioethics Committee
At the end of November, I attended the 16th Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) in Mexico City. The IBC, a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was created in 1993. It is composed of 36 bioethics experts whose tasks include promoting reflection, developing and supporting educational programming, and […]
iFaith Lecture: Different Faiths, Sharing Traditions
Dear Friends, Hello! I am pleased to invite you to our 2nd iFaith Lecture for 2009. Please don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn about the traditions of three faiths: Catholicism, Islam, and Buddhism. We have invited three speakers (refer to poster) who will be sharing about how their practice their faith. Please refer to […]
World Youth Alliance (WYA) in Cebu
by Rhea Carmelotes Yray Member, WYA Philippines – Cebu World Youth Alliance (WYA) is one of the greatest blessings that poured down to the young people here in Cebu- “the Queen City of the South”. As one of the active chapters in the Philippines, World Youth Alliance- Cebu helped in making these young Cebuanos to […]
World Youth Alliance Fall 2009
The experiences that I have had, and the people that I have met, has shaped me and changed me more then I could have imagined here at my time with WYA. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first arrived, all I knew was, WYA was something special, their mission important, and I wanted […]
MY FALL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT WYA NORTH AMERICA
As I was walking to the WYA Headquarters on the first day of the internship on September 8th 2009, I had butterflies in my stomach. Many thoughts were going round in my head, will I bond with my fellow interns and staff? what is everyone like?, how will I be able to do my projects? […]
THE BEST FALL 2009 INTERNSHIP
Hannah Ondiek, 21 years,Kenya In 2007 immediately after High School, I did an internship in the World Youth Alliance Africa office. We were in the old office in the city. Esther Kanyi was the Director of Operations and our supervisor then and Winnie Beauttah was the Regional Director. It was great working with them and […]
Catch Cinema Ubuchinami on November 27, featuring The Incredibles!
Click on the picture to make it bigger. Feel free to copy and repost it on your Facebook/Multiply or pass it along via email.Help spread the word 🙂 Everybody loved the Disney animated feature film – The Incredibles. It was hilarious! But did you ever stop to consider that it also gave some lessons to […]
The Working Group and WYA
This fall I have been attending meetings of the Working Group on Girls, (WGG) an organization made of up of all sorts of women representing different NGOs that all advocate for girls’ rights. World Youth Alliance strives to protect and promote the dignity of every person, particularly those whose dignity is systematically ignored and abused. […]