The #IamABLE campaign for youth with disabilities stems from the request of young people from across the Commonwealth, including Antigua and Barbuda’s Commonwealth National Youth Delegates Jonelle Walsh and Kurt Williams. The campaign seeks to contribute towards the development of a more inclusive society by addressing the marginalisation and discrimination of people with disabilities in …
By Terez Lord, CYPAN Trinidad and Tobago It is from a space of conviction and sheer gratification that the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) asserts its unwavering support of the Commonwealth Youth Council’s (CYC)’s “I Am Able” campaign. The seeds of what bloomed into a grown-breaking and resoundingly fruitful project were planted in the …
The Leading Change team, Cambridge The Queen’s Young Leaders programme is in the final stages of recruiting professionals to serve as mentors. The programme discovers, celebrates and supports exceptional young change-makers from across the Commonwealth. Applications close on Sunday 18th February 2018 – you can apply here. Mentoring will begin in the last weeks of April 2018 and …
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Interested in becoming an influencer and leader for children’s development in your country? If producing high quality reporting and solution-oriented stories about nutrition and early childhood development issues is one of your passions, then apply to this year-long fellowship. The International Centre for Journalists’ Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship is open to journalists from Bangladesh, Brazil, …
Chair of the Commonwealth Students’ Association, Dr Maisha Reza shares her message to young people to celebrate #CommonwealthDay! See all of the CSA’s latest news on Facebook Keep up to date with their work on Twitter
The Goi Peace Foundation is inviting young people in all the regions of the world to enter the 2018 International Essay Contest for Young People. The theme for this year’s contest is: “The Change I Want to Make.” Writers aged 25 or younger as of June 15 2018 are eligible. The contest is organised by …
Youth Entrepreneurs are being challenged to “be the change you want to see happen in this world”. The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is an activity of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) It’s giving interested Correspondents and change agents a chance to “join the movement to create a peaceful …
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The African Youth SDGs Summit has announced the official opening of registration for its second Summit, scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana from 7-9 November 2018. Organisers say that anyone with an interest in furthering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 should consider applying, specifically: African Youth (15-35), other nationals are welcome to apply. …
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“The future of humanity and of our planet lies in our hands. It lies also in the hands of today’s younger generation who will pass the torch to future generations.”2030 Agenda, paragraph 53 The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development adopted on 25th September 2015 is the world`s ambitious development commitment aimed at ending poverty, fight …
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Chimwemwe Manyozo, 28 is, Commonwealth Correspondent from Lilongwe, Malawai and co-founder of Maphunziro265, a youth development reflects on its contribution to making the Commonwealth fairer, more secure, more sustainable and more prosperous. As we are drawing close to the Commonwealth Heads of Government and Commonwealth Youth Forum, I have been battling with the Question ‘How …
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