WYA Africa: Meet our Batch 1 2018 Interns
Barbine Irabaruta is a Rwandan citizen currently pursuing her bachelors degree in finance at Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. She enjoys adventure, cultural diversity, meeting new people, traveling, and participating in productive activities. She is also passionate to make a difference in whatever she does. Barbine joined World Youth Alliance with a […]
Reflections on my WYA Africa Journey as Regional Director
It’s amazing when I look at how far I have come since I begun with WYA in 2015. I can’t explain how the value of the human person as explained by the intrinsic nature of human dignity continues to become more and more important in my life. WYA continues to instill in me the value […]
Meet the 2018 Viktor Frankl Awardees | 10 Ways to Start the Year Right with WYA
GLOBAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2018 We welcome 2018 with a bang as we introduce our Viktor Frankl Awardees.This year, two events to definitely watch out for is the 19th WYA Birthday Ball on March 10 and the 15th International Solidarity Forum on Human Dignity and Bioethics on March 5-8. Both will be held in New York City, so be sure to reserve […]
Meeting The 2018 Viktor Frankl Awardees:
“Because every engagement with WYA is worthwhile” WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, Mexico, and the United States of America. Now on its second year, the Viktor Frankl Award is presented to outstanding members of the World Youth Alliance who have made […]
5 Questions with WYAAP’s newest Director
Have you met Joyce? Joyce Cedeño is the new WYA Asia Pacific (WYAAP) Regional Director of Operations (RDO). Born and raised in Manila, Philippines where the WYAAP headquarters is located, she first encountered WYA in 2014. A year after, she joined the regional internship where a lot of her best WYA stories took place. “I […]
WYA Croatia Week and the WYA Family experience
I’ve always loved to travel, see new places, learn something new from each culture, delve into their customs. Therefore, I was beyond happy when WYA Europe told me they were going to send me to Zagreb for five days for the WYA Croatia week. I knew I was going to visit the city, as well […]
WYA Europe Hosts 2017 ELC on Migration and Development
“The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety”, said once Felix Mendelssohn, an artist from the 19th century. This year’s ELC was a stark example of such a statement. Young people from all over Europe and beyond gathered to give their contribution to the issue of migration currently affecting the world. What harmonized a […]
We Need to Talk About the Rohingya
Today, all it takes is one Google search to get a hold of news and information from wherever, whenever. In fact, people don’t even need to visit online news outlets to keep themselves updated with current events. Our Facebook and Twitter feeds are bombarded with new information and new trends. In this fast-paced world, people […]
Wings For Change: Children in the Refugee Crisis
Wise men say you learn something new every day if you pay attention. I’m sure everyone would agree, but then it’s hard to actually acknowledge the new things you absorb each and every day that makes you richer. Last Wednesday, though, I met a group of very special people that made me pay attention. They […]
Reflections on communism: Why was there no Nuremberg for communism?
Nazism vs. Communism: What’s the Difference? On October 17th WYAE was present at the conference on ‘Why was there not a Nuremberg for communism?’ hosted by MEP Marek Jurek in the European Parliament. After attending this event, we came up to a conclusion that Nazism was communism’s closest ideological competitor. Ideologies such as Nazism and […]