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Nicole Brown, a youth affairs professional from Jamaica, encourages fellow young people not to be intimidated by ‘those who appear to be greater’ I believe that in each and every one of us, there is something that we have to share with the world and what I want to share with the youth of the …
Time for young people to break the cycle of fear Read More »
Activists from six Commonwealth countries meet to develop toolkit for advocacy A coalition of young climate change activists are meeting in London this week to develop a toolkit for young Commonwealth citizens to engage in climate change education and advocacy. The event follows last year’s successful launch of the Young Climate Change Initiative Network to …
After studying at the St Nicholas Anglican Secondary School in the Solomon Islands, Lawrence Nodua was offered a place on the Commonwealth Youth Programme’s course in Youth Development Work. This diploma is taken by recent school leavers, police officers, government and NGO employees and youth workers. As well as equipping them with the knowledge on …
Commonwealth diploma inspires student to set up youth group Read More »
Youths in Malawi, like many African countries, face a lot of challenges with the major ones being poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment. Limited social and economic opportunities for young people has led to an increase in number of young women aged between 13 -25 indulging into commercial sex. This puts them at high risk of catching …
Addressing the HIV/AIDS challenge among school drop outs Read More »
From an early age, Latoya Giles and Shela Singh were close friends. This friendship remained throughout their school years, when they would often share dreams of what they would do when they grew up. It was only a few years after they both left school, that their friendship and Shela’s future dreams were dealt a …
Young Guyanese seek to quash ignorance about HIV and AIDS Read More »
An HIV-positive young woman describes her work as a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador for Positive Living Pooja Thakur, 27, is a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador for Positive Living (YAPL). She was diagnosed with HIV in her early twenties soon after she lost her husband to the disease. She is one of the estimated 2.27 million people currently …
‘Your attitudes and leadership consistency will be pivotal’ — Deputy Secretary-General It was a day for ceremony and celebration in Chandigarh yesterday (weds) as the Commonwealth’s newly-elected youth leadership took their oaths in an hour-long Installation Ceremony Presided over by the Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba. On Tuesday, at a special Youth Leaders’ Conference in the …