Dignity, Solidarity and Purpose: Reflections from my Summer Camp experience
Some people may think that WYA’s International Summer Camp program is a standard summer camp program where kids have fun, meet new friends and enjoy nature. Well, it is definitely so much more! I don’t think I will be able to sum it all up in just a few of words, but I’d like to share some of […]
How WYA Makes My Dream Come True
Since I was little, I knew I wanted to change the world. As a curious and savvy book reader, I enjoyed the classics that my dad read to me at bed time and devoured in the warm summer evenings, the adventure stories that I borrowed from my grandpa’s shelf. I found special inspiration in Frances […]
Advocacy Team attends consultation at the OAS
On Friday, February 6, the Organization of American States (OAS) hosted its national consultation with US civil society, in order to prepare for the VII Summit of the Americas, to be held in Panama in April. After a presentation by Ambassadors Alfonso Quiñónez and Jorge Miranda, as well as a video conference with Ambassador Max […]
Abortion, A Real Story
My sister lived in the U.S. for about two years and during this time, she got pregnant. My family and I were very excited because it was her first baby and my second nephew or niece. Despite her distance from our native Chile, we were happy because our family was about to become larger. During […]
Women and the UN
Women is one of the most popular topics right now in the international agenda and within nations. This is very important because women consistently represent a vulnerable group all over the globe. There are places where education is banned for women, and these are usually where we find leaders such as Malala Yousafzai, who struggles […]
International Arts Forum: A Dream Come True
One day I had a dream to change the world, in which nations were unified, peace available to all and no suffering. That is something that I was looking for since I was a child but I never understood. I received criticism. Sometimes I was teased and scolded. But my desire and feelings always remained […]
Summer Camp Series: Ximena Vidales and Joanna Liu
From Ximena, a WYA member from Mexico: “In this summer camp I’ve been practicing my dignity through different talks, but also in a dynamic way. We have gone through different topics that in my opinion are very necessary for the whole society nowadays. I met people from different parts of the world and I could […]
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 […]
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 […]
