Emerging Leaders Conference – Meet the New European Parliament
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Today I would like to present an extraordinary project that is called Meet the new European Parliament in which I had the opportunity to participate in thanks to the World Youth Alliance Austria. However, it will not be one of these day-to-day reports on the activities in which we took part in. […]
What does World Population Day mean for the Philippines?
I was a senior in university when the RH Law, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act was passed in the Philippines. Long and impassioned debates rendered my country divided. I remember my friends passionately arguing their positions. There were public debates and campaigns and rallies. But despite eventually obtaining legislative fiat, the resistance […]
Where is the energy to (re)charge our global SDGs?
On the 18th and 19th of June, along with three other European World Youth Alliance interns, I went to the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels. A whole new world opened up when I walked through that door. Was it due to the several airport-like security checks? Could be at least part of it. At […]
New spring of Human Dignity Curriculum in Croatia
In the spring semester of the school year 2018/2019, the Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC) programme was conducted in primary schools in Croatia. We, the WYA Croatia Chapter members had the opportunity to teach the HDC in two primary schools in Zagreb: First Catholic Primary School and Primary school Ivan Mestrovic. In First Catholic Primary School […]
Why I Chose WYA’s Advocacy Internship as my First Career Move as a Lawyer
Last May 3, 2019, a lifelong dream became a reality as I found out that I was one of the 1,800 out of the 8,000 who passed the 2018 Philippine Bar Exams. I was finally a lawyer, and it was pure bliss for my loved ones and I. The many years of hard work, sacrifice, […]
Meet the WYA Warriors: The Summer Interns of Batch 2019 in New York!
As summertime arrives in New York City, World Youth Alliance welcomes the second batch of 2019 interns under the Global and North America program. From June 3rd to August 16th, 15 new interns from around the world will come to acquire a deeper understanding of WYA’s philosophy on the dignity of the human person. Other […]
“Summer Paradise”
I was recently selected for the World Youth Alliance Asia Pacific (WYAAP) 2019 Summer Camp program. I was truly excited to visit the Philippines, a rapidly developing country in the South-east Asian region. Reveries and expectations filled my mind while waiting for the dates to arrive. I remember singing the song, Summer Paradise in front […]
How WYA’s mission to defend human dignity helped me forgive the boy who raped me
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] On March 18, 2016, I was drugged and raped by a boy my age. To this day I don’t know his name, I can’t even remember his face, which may be a good thing, if it wasn’t because I used to see him as every boy I saw. I kept wondering if […]
WYA Africa: Meet the Batch 2 2019 Interns
Milkah Ndung’u is a Kenyan, born and raised in Nairobi. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication from Tangaza University, The Catholic University of East Africa. She is passionate about humanity and social cohesion which led her to start a forum, Global Hope. She, together with other like-minded youths, have taken it upon themselves […]
How WYA Encourages Future Young Leaders
Between the 22nd and 26th of May 2019, WYA Europe collaborated with WYA Portugal in organising an Erasmus + project called Young Leaders for Tomorrow where I participated as an intern in the Brussels office. The event was organized in enthralling Lisbon and funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The young people who arrived to […]