Summer Camp Series: The Role of the Artist
From my time at WYA Camp I have learned many things about the human person and their nature. More specifically I have learned about how each person plays a vital role in society. The role I found most people overlook, in my opinion the most important role, of the artist. People often think artists contribute […]
Youth Migration: Challenges and Opportunities
People are on the move every day for various reasons, but some moves are larger and far more filled with risk and danger. Such is case with migration into a new nation for the sake of opportunity and a chance to live. Even more filled with dangers and risks is the move of youth migrants […]
A Dickens’s View on the World Youth Alliance International Summer Camp
In the days leading up to July 7th, I experienced a tumult of emotion. My anticipation for the WYA ISC was very evident to both my family and friends. My apprehension for the camp must also have been noticeable. I would walk around my house asking my siblings if they thought that the camp might […]
Summer Camp Series
My opportunity to attend WYA’s international summer camp has been overall the most eye-opening and culturally enriching experience I have ever taken a part of since WYA’S stance on the rights of a human person and beliefs regarding the development of society are inclusive and relatable in many cultures, we as a group of campers […]
Summer Camp Series: Cultural Encounters
Understanding a culture different from your own is an almost inhuman task, requiring a complete alienation from the attitudes, motivations, ideas, and ways of life which since birth your own culture has ingrained into your very soul. This week I have been shocked and amazed time and time again, having met more people from foreign […]
Swinging on the swing set, very coolly, I asked my friend what she knew about sex; asthird graders, and basically grown ups, it was only natural that we should address the matter. The word had been dropped here and there on the playground and in class; Dayton’s older brother had watched the episode of Seinfeld where […]
Summer Camp Series: A Voice from Mexico
The WYA camp is not only camping by itself, and is not only studying by itself. You don’t feel like you’re in school or as if you’re in a forest-type camp. It feels like being in your second home, where you learn and grow. At the WYA camp, the campers became my brothers and sisters […]
Celebrating Life at World Youth Day
Last Monday, July 22nd, Rio de Janeiro’s most symbolic figure, the Christ Redeemer, welcomed with open arms thousands of young people that reunited in this city for a very special celebration, World Youth Day 2013. Approximately 3 million people from around the world gathered to participate in this great event in an environment of solidarity […]
Summer Camp Series: HIV/AIDS and a Person Centered Approach
33.3 million people in the world live with HIV every day. The incurable disease occurs in every part of the world – also in the first world. Yet being HIV-infected is still a taboo that most people are ashamed to talk about. Being a HIV-patient is associated with being an irresponsible person who has caused the disease himself. He […]
Summer Camp Series: Ahmed Elian
I can certainly say with no hesitation that camp has changed me, for the better obviously. As a kid, I always thought that having a solid, non-changing personality is best. But lately, I’ve been thinking of myself as a blob of clay that still needs to be shaped. I try to embrace change as long […]