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The World Heritage Youth Forum
The Canadian Commission for UNESCO was proud to work with Parks Canada and other partners in organizing the Youth component of the 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee. The World Heritage Committee held its annual meeting in Québec City from July 2 – 10, 2008, coinciding with the city’s 400th anniversary celebration.
The World... (read more)
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Welcome to the Make It Happen blog where you can learn more, become involved and even apply to participate!
Make It Happen is an e-course for passionate international young leaders who want to learn on how to become effective changemakers in the world. The pilot of this course will run from October 2008 to January 2009.
This is your... (read more)
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Beau Dozier - music news
Info about Beau Dozier
That arrest was a result of a felony fugitive warrant put out by Arizona authorities following DMX's failure to appear in court last Tuesday to face a marijuana-possession charge from earlier this year. Officials in Miami nabbed X outside a Wal-Mart when they spotted him sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle that had... (read more)
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Russia or Georgia?
Although apparently unrelated, this entire mess began with Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence. Right from the beginning Russia has formally opposed such a move.
However, the truth is that Russia is not an ally that Serbia can rely on. And the truth is that Serbia was just an excuse for Russia to pursue its own goals. Just like... (read more)
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YAHAnet Art Contest - Winners Announced!
To celebrate the launch of YAHAnet (Youth, the Arts, and HIV & AIDS network) and the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, an exciting new contest was hosted by YAHAnet to promote further dialogue and expression around HIV & AIDS.
THE CONTEST:
Applicants had to submit an original work of art (visual, performance, or text) that... (read more)
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Pathways and TIG
My TIG Youth Engagement Coordinator position is being renewed this year. I will be working on climate change workshops for September to December, Social Networking for Social change workshops for January to March, and then April I get to choose a workshop topic. I will also be attending an event a month for networking, blogging on the Creating... (read more)
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Support the Peacevillage San Jose de Apartado
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Approximately 400 people will go on a Peace Pilgrimage from October 1st to October 5th, 2008.Peace workers from Israel, Palestine and many more countries - including representatives of the “new South American spirit of resurrection”... (read more)
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Great!!!
I am inspired by TIG. If anyone like-minded people want to share with me please write me. (read more)
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PROJECT IMPACT
PROJECT IMPACT (PI) was designed to generate the much-needed awareness among the residents of FESTAC and leave with them an indelible impact of sustainable development, which that it did. The project powered by corps members EKWEVUGBE TOBORE LA/07B/0059 and GEORGE-OKOLO DANIEL LA/07B/2587, involved a three-day long event. On the first, PI... (read more)
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Daily Motivational Quotes
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling (read more)
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PAINS OF MY PRIDE
One outstanding factor in the Nigerian leadership is their ability to make or create positive and developmental initiative. Over the past few years, since the coming on board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a body set aside to pilot and fast-forward development plans in the oil rich but impoverished zone in Nigeria. In order... (read more)
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RONALD M. CANTER
LAWYER RONALD M. CANTER Statutory compensation law Statutory compensation law provides advantages to both employees and employers. A schedule is drawn out to state the amount and forms of compensation to which an employee is entitled, if he/she has sustained the stipulated kinds of injuries. Employers can buy insurance against such... (read more)
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From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent
MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising.
The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo was a unique case and should not be seen as a... (read more)
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Sickle-cell disorder killing 100,000 infants a year
At least 100,000 infants die from the sickle-cell genetic disorder in Nigeria every year, and the country still has the highest incidence of the illness in Africa.
“From available statistics, 100,000 infants die from sickle-cell disease in Nigeria annually, making it the number one sickle-cell endemic country in Africa,” Sadiq Wali,... (read more)
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INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY WITH GLOBAL XCHANGE VOLUNTEERS
The Global Xchange volunteers with support from the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and the British Council on 11th – 12th August 2008 organised a 2-day event to celebrate the International Youth Day (IYD) as well as to take action on Climate Change.
The theme of this year’s IYD was “Youth & Climate Change: Time for Action”. The... (read more)
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Deserved chances
Sometimes . . Its not only the motivation that's lacking . . Quite very often it so happens that the situations are not conducive and this is when our enterprise is taxed to its maximum . . The only thing that can support further development in any and all fields is community support and the support work of members . . So come one and all . .... (read more)
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I did not attend World youth congress in canada
Young people and leaders converged in Quebec Canada recently up to 21st of august 2008 for the world youth congress. I have been receiving many emails asking me if i attended but did not. I will be happy to receive updates from my friends.
Thank you. (read more)
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Mwawasa's Death
Mwanawasa's death could stir political bickering in his ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy [MMD], and the man to gain would be opposition leader Michael Sata.
"There will be a lot of infighting for the presidency as the MMD has no party vice-president, who should have been an automatic replacement for president Mwanawasa. They may have... (read more)
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capacity building?
recently i had a discussion with a fellow youth worker on capacity building. she is planning on establishing a local youth based group which is aimed at looking at their immediate needs and facilitating the stakeholders to be accountable to their responsibilities. so she was saying what she needs most is capacity building for her group. and the... (read more)
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Asian Zither Festival enlivens HCMC in September
Performers from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea and Vietnam are expected to participate in the second Asian Zither Festival in HCMC early September.
The participants will bring their best traditional music to the four-day festival, which aims to keep the music alive.
Several exhibitions and talks by music... (read more)
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Untitled
In Response towards obtaining seedlings,I shall look into ways of obtaining seedlings,I have contacts with Specific Seed Collectors,which are given free to the girlguide group I help to work with.Any Specific types of seeds needed? (read more)
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The Invisible Children
The Invisible Children is an organization put together by a a group of college students took a trip to Uganda. They went to document the war but once they got to the village where they would be staying, they learned about a group of kids who live in fear constantly. The children spoke of a group called the LRA(Lord's Resistance Army). They would... (read more)
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