A Thousand Miles, A Thousand Memories
I came thousands of miles away to the country of the Philippines to do an internship and to explore something new—perhaps a walk on the beach, or a dive into the sea. Different scenarios ran through my mind, but I didn’t actually expect to join World Youth Alliance (WYA) Asia Pacific’s Tenth Summer Camp. The […]
A Valuable Internship at the World Youth Alliance Middle East
When I first came to Lebanon, I was constantly looking for opportunities to integrate into the active youth society. One day, as I was going through my newsfeed on Facebook, I came across an event entitled “Arab Emerging Leaders Forum: The Impact of the Arab Spring on Youth”. Eager to know more about the event […]
Young filmmakers inspire through stories of love, hope and dignity
Xandrino Mangunay, a former MIFF winner from Asia Pacific, shares that his life was transformed after he first completed his film titled Laum and through his participation in the 2013 MIFF. “I believe that God entrusted us this talent in making films for a purpose. And that is to do something that brings him joy, […]
Why I changed my mind and joined WYA: An unexpected journey of an 18 year old :)
We all know that opportunities come and go, some come and stay, some never even show up. My dad told me jokingly that he wants me to join an organization that engages with the youth. I really had a negative attitude towards the idea because I had already put in mind that, immediately I step […]
World Youth Alliance: An Eye-Opener
When I first heard about World Youth Alliance, I didn’t give it much attention; I perceived it as one of the many organizations in the country. However, my interest in the human rights field drove me later on to inspect the WYA’s website. And I was surprised by what I laid eyes upon. The historical […]
A fight for a better society
“POVIJEST SLOBODE JEST POVIJEST OTPORA” * [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Young people across Western Europe witness and sometimes participate in various meaningful, but all too often meaningless protests and demonstrations. There are so many different causes, dubious goals and motives that such public demonstrations only cause apathy in many observers. On the contrary, in the […]
EAF 2016: “Learning how to see again”
Following Pieper’s thought, this year’s European Art Forum challenges us to re-think the topic of perception and representation with the theme: “Art and Culture: Learning how to see again”. When Josef Pieper wrote his short essay, first published in 1952 and entitled “Learning how to see again”, he was not interested in considering the mechanisms […]
What is Beauty? Intervention of Mafalda at the European Arts Forum 2015.
During the first edition of the European Arts Forum held in Brussels last November 2015, 40 young artists and art-lovers as well as scholars, European decision-makers and cultural associations representatives from around Europe gathered together to examine the relationship between art and the human condition. We had the great joy to welcome Mafalda Pereira da Cunha […]
Philosophical, cultural and political reflections on how Beauty will save the world
Filozofske, kulturne i političke refleksije o tome kako će Ljepota spasiti svijet [tabs] [tab title=”English”] Exposition from the European Arts Forum 2015 in Brussels Probably many of you are already familiar with the sentence said by Prince Miskhin in Dostoyevsky’s novel The Idiot: “Beauty will save the world“. Not only that he said that, but […]
Our Greatest Freedom is Our Freedom to Choose Our Attitude
On January 22, the World Youth Alliance had the great opportunity to take part in the March for Life in Washington D.C. Despite the snow and the cold, four members of our organization joined thousands of people to defend Life, to defend the dignity of the most vulnerable human being, to defend the right to […]
