Growing up as a child in the Caribbean is a challenge, growing up in New York is opportunistic, but growing up in London in this day and age is impossible, contends Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. Now the world knows the power of youth. London’s Metropolitan Police on Tuesday released …
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Growing up as a child in the Caribbean is a challenge, growing up in New York is opportunistic, but growing up in London in this day and age is impossible, contends Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. Now the world knows the power of youth. London’s Metropolitan Police on Tuesday released …
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FROM A SOCIAL WELFARIST TO TRANSFORMATIONAL PARADIGM. by Henry Charles, Commonwealth Youth Programme A paper delivered at a public lecture in Nassau, Bahamas on October 8th , 2007 on the theme “towards a paradigm shift in youth development policy” is still relevant today, 4 years later. Introduction Today, we are at a very critical juncture …
Parents should develop trusting relationships with their children in order to prevent and detect child abuse, says Genitta Pascal, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from St Lucia. It was reported in the media that police officers with responsibility for handling sexual assault cases from the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint …
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Parents should develop trusting relationships with their children in order to prevent and detect child abuse, says Genitta Pascal, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from St Lucia. It was reported in the media that police officers with responsibility for handling sexual assault cases from the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint …
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Ever since the 1967-1970 civil war, young graduates in Nigeria have been required to undertake national service. Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo offers an account of his orientation into the training programme. Let us lift our nation high; Under the sun or in the rain; With dedication and selflessness; Nigeria’s ours, Nigeria we serve. Those words make up the …
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Ever since the 1967-1970 civil war, young graduates in Nigeria have been required to undertake national service. Commonwealth Correspondent Ayodeji Morakinyo offers an account of his orientation into the training programme. Let us lift our nation high; Under the sun or in the rain; With dedication and selflessness; Nigeria’s ours, Nigeria we serve. Those words make up the …
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In the town of Musanze, in Rwanda, David Masengesho, a 25-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent, has been helping young marginalised people to learn new business skills and set up their own agricultural cooperatives. I have been working with the Digital Opportunity Trust, an international NGO which helps young people and women to access and apply information and communications …
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In the town of Musanze, in Rwanda, David Masengesho, a 25-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent, has been helping young marginalised people to learn new business skills and set up their own agricultural cooperatives. I have been working with the Digital Opportunity Trust, an international NGO which helps young people and women to access and apply information and communications …
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The Caribbean is relying on heads of government – and journalists – to help prevent and treat non communicable diseases, writes Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. I had the privilege of attending a media workshop in Barbados earlier this month (5-6 August) at which the Pan American Health Organization undertook …
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