Vamos al siete once
After a month a hassle, further registration problems, two busted knee’s, two cops, being rip off by a taxi driver from the airport, and getting lost at the Banamex Centre Shannon, Theo and I finally have our conference badges for the AIDS conference. It honestly felt like some form of obstacle course to get to […]
Summer Internship in NYC
“It’s going to be so much fun!!” Irene, the Africa Region D.O. had kept on telling me this, regarding my summer internship at the WYA International office in New York. But I was still in doubt. I was among the last interns to arrive at the WYA house and I walked in when the orientation […]
Mi punto de partida
Motivar a jóvenes como yo, a que vivan esta transformación cultural inspirados e equipados con herramientas a proponer una visión clara de la persona humana con alegría y autenticidad es mi punto de partida para tomar parte de esta gran aventura que es la WYA Latín América. Soy Carlos Càceres Sarubbi, un Paraguayo con todas […]
The International Solidarity Forum
The thought of attending the ISF had passed through my mind but I wasn’t sure if I would be able to attend. Life happens as it should and sometimes wishes are granted. And so I ended up in Manhattan in the famous city of New York. The tall buildings in Manhattan were something I had […]
Comentarios del Programa de Verano WYALA 2008
A un mes de concluido el programa de verano en la sede de América Latina, algunos de los participantes nos han envíado comentarios de su experiencia… En primer lugar tenemos la participación del único hombre de la casa, a quien no le faltó disposición además de que nos alegró la semana con sus múltiples “Dignity […]
Welcoming Shannon
The AIDS conference begins this sunday so the WYA delegates from Canada that are going to be going with us have begun arriving.On Tuesday, Shannon Joseph, the North America director flew in from the New York and from the very first moment we introduced her to the city and our everyday activities.Her first drowsy excursion […]
Music, muffins and mochas
This past weekend, World Youth Alliance held its first Coffee House here at the WYA International Headquarters in New York. The idea was that a Coffee House would be a fun way to impact culture on a local level. It would create a space to actualize the ideas of WYA in regard to human dignity, […]
New York, New York
What an expansive and diverse city it really is! I have spent several days in the last few weeks exploring New York- top to bottom, side to side, Midtown to Harlem to TriBeCA- researching the city to find stops for the upcoming WYA New York Adventure Scavenger hunt. Gina Fullam, the intern in charge of […]
We Came, We Saw, We Did our Best and We live! -Viviamo! Africa
VIVIAMO! PARTICIPANTS TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AFTER A JOB WELL DONE ASANTE,THANK YOU, DANKE,GRACIAS,MERCI TO ALL VIVIAMO! PARTICIPANTS(21-06-08) Words cannot explain the thoughts and feelings I had as I saw Viviamo! Africa come to be on 21st June. Since late Last year, Noreen and I had worked at creating initial plans for the project. I […]
More Dignity Projects
With Majo we went to the Museo of Antropologia…..aparently as an historian I could not miss out on it. That day Heike, went with Tlama to have their caricature’s taken and went afterwards to the Museum of Modern Art. Through this visit we had the chance to take a break of work, breathing ancient Mesoamerican […]