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Never too young to help

Sunday, 10 June 2012 22:39 Written by Gabriela in Promoting peace and justice

Some people say that I'm too young to participate in theses groups in order to help the world and people in it, but this week I notice that I can do much more those people can imagine. I've been to the Youth Blast Conference in Brazil, I'm from Rio de…

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SAVE MULLAPERIYAR!

Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:33 Written by Guest in Resilience and disaster preparedness

SAVE MULLAPERIYAR (KERALA, INDIA)

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Peace study in South Korea

Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:14 Written by Haejin in Promoting peace and justice

Peace study in South Korea Abigail Blake (US) ...Overall this trip was an amazing adventure. I will never forget. I learned so much about a culture that was so foreign to me and a culture I would have probably never have ventured to if it were not for EIL. I…

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The "20 Days of Making a Difference/20 Dias Para Fazer a Diferença" campaign

Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:11 Written by Up with People in Protecting the environment

Our international youth group Up with People will be representing 20 different countries at Rio+20. We are widely known for our musical performances around the world but we are making our visit to Brazil even more meaningful with an interactive and online campaign. We're holding our "20 Days of Making…

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Spending time with disabled people: engaging in fun activities together

Sunday, 10 June 2012 15:34 Written by Guest in Improving social inclusion

I live in a small city in Italy, Forlì. Although Italy is a progressive country about disability (for some of its laws) I experienced the fact that a few people can really manage to have a honest confrontation with disabled people. We fear what we don't know and this is…

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Education the communities in Nairobi about the importance of handwashing, use of latrines and keeping the environment clean

Sunday, 10 June 2012 10:17 Written by Guest in Better health-care

I volunteered in the year 2010 at the kibera slums in Nairobi as one of the medical team sponsored by the Aga-Khan university hospital. our main objectives were to educate the community about health leaving and their contribution towards it. The kibera slums is highly populated and the community are…

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Offering medical care and clothes to people in rural areas of Sudan

Sunday, 10 June 2012 02:30 Written by Guest in Better health-care

In 2008 we are agroup of about 30 male&female studying a course about community developement. at the end of the programe we decide to do something to our community. we chose a village northen to khartoum in Sudan called"umnagazo" the people suffering some difficulties in their life, specially poor healthcare…

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Producing organic fertilizer

Sunday, 10 June 2012 00:21 Written by Guest in Protecting the environment

We lanched the site to produce vermicompost in Azad university, science and research in Iran in 2011. and we were able to produce organic fertilizer from waste. we were satisfied our parents for converting home waste to vermicompost. we are now developing our work in our town, Tehran.

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I would like to improve and extend the quality of life for everyone

Saturday, 09 June 2012 23:48 Written by Zafirah Mitchell in Fighting poverty and hunger

My name is Zafirah Mitchell, Most of my father’s family including my father served in the military. My father would tell me stories of places he visited and the people he met there. Also living in California I had a wide variety of friends whose family were immigrants from different…

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Working for peace

Saturday, 09 June 2012 10:46 Written by Mohammed Washala Abdi in Promoting peace and justice

My name is Mohammed Washala Abdi from Kenya. It was a great honor having got the opportunity to serve as an international UNV in UN mission in Sudan (UNMIS) stationed at the Ethiopian/South - Sudan Border County of Pochalla in the Jonglei state as Team leader/operations officer during the landmark…

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