“From the moment I met WYA, I have always been incredibly inspired”: Meet WYA’s first batch of 2017 interns in New York
What happens when you put eleven young ladies from five countries under one roof for three months? You get impromptu lounge discussions on politics and culture, freshly-cooked dumpling soup and chicken curry, and weekday movie nights crying over Hachiko — and you easily realize that girls run the world indeed. This particular set of ladies […]
U.S. to stop funding organizations that provide, promote abortion abroad
President Trump signs executive order limiting foreign assistance grant eligibility Jan 23, 2017 WASHINGTON—Today, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating a development aid policy which prohibits U.S. agencies from issuing grants to organizations that promote or perform abortions abroad. This policy is commonly known as the Mexico City Policy, as it was first […]
The Best Kind of Sound
If Christmas in the Philippines is one thing, it’s the joyous array of sounds that inevitably remind us that the holidays are upon us. Such sounds include young carolers chiming from door to door, the buzzing of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping, and blissful laughter, as both young and old spare their final […]
Protection of the vulnerable by health care institutions
Recently, new laws that allow doctors to help terminally ill patients to end their own lives have been approved in places like Washington, D.C., and the U.S. state of Colorado. It’s essential that we look at the impact that this law will have on the patients, doctors, the government and the society. What we are […]
My Furaha Camp story: An eye-opening experience worth remembering
I woke up feeling quite excited for the 2016 WYA Africa Furaha Camp. I’m an outdoorsy kind of girl, so sleeping in tents, doing fun outdoor activities such as hikes and games are some of the undertakings I was waiting on with bated breath. As I’ve grown older, I’ve found such peace in appreciating things done […]
Human Dignity as the GrundNorm
Brown skin, Black skin, White skin, But red blood. Same brains, Same currency, Same buses, But different rights? He donated ‘black’ blood, It saved a ‘white’ life The black blood did not choose; it did not discriminate It blended with the ‘white’ blood Little babies in playing parks They know not […]
Share the joy of Christmas WYA LA members
The Christmas Season is finally here! And, we at the WYA Latin America office want to take a moment and say THANK YOU. Thank you, to everyone of you for being part of the World Youth Alliance family during this year. We appreciate your support and we would’ve not been able to everything we did […]
Winter is Coming, Build an Ark! (Ways the Bold and Brave can Give Back to WYA Europe this Holiday)
For some time now I have the impression that the winter is coming in Europe. And when I think about it, I feel the seriousness of this sentence in a similar manner Ned Stark does in the Game of Thrones series. I mean here in the intellectual and spiritual winter, not the physical one, of […]
8 Things we’re thankful for this season
2016 was a year of growth and was filled with countless stories of hope. As we greet the holiday season, it’s only apt that we take a look back at the things that made our year worth remembering. Here are 8 things that WYA Asia Pacific is tremendously thankful for this holiday season… #08 […]
What if…
What and If are words, two very simple and overused bundles of letters, that when placed side by side can have the ability to permeate onto the unconscious and the conscious, inhibit the will to want and the will to do, and imprison people in a state of being immensely miserable. I confess that, […]