The Oxfam International Youth Partnerships (OIYP) program is now recruiting participants for its 2010 – 2013 program. OIYP is the Oxfam International Youth Partnership program. It is made up of 300 young people, aged 18-25 from around the world, who are called Action Partners. Recently the Action Partners took part in the Kaleidoscope event, an [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Oxfam International Youth Partnerships (OIYP)
Posted: October 11, 2009 by bennetthaynes in OpportunitiesTags: Oxfam
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ASEAN Summit Updates: Civil Society Inputs and ASEAN expected outcomes
Posted: October 11, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Human Rights, Indonesia, News
Civil Society’s Inputs for the Role of the ASEAN’s Secretary General to the promotion and protection of human rights in ASEAN Submitted in Jakarta, Indonesia on 26 August 2009 1. We, civil society organizations from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and from different thematic issues such as child rights, [...]
ASEAN Youth and Climate Justice!
Posted: October 10, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Climate Change
On October 5th, ASEAN Youth Movement participants took it to the streets for Climate Justice!!! P’ Muai from the Human Rights Lawyers Network acts out a skit about forest rights Deer from the New Step Movement in Nakhon Si Thammarat, getting youth excited for the following day’s march Youth from Nakhon Si Thammarat after a [...]
Lots of interesting information and resources here… And SEA Change – Southeast Asian Youth for Change – maybe something for us to connect with?
Tripartite Core Group Press Release The Tripartite Core Group to Raise US$ 103 Million for Post-Nargis Humanitarian Activities Yangon, Myanmar, 2 October 2009 At the first Recovery Forum meeting held in Yangon today, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) reviewed the funding situation for post-Nargis recovery activities and decided to hold a post-Nargis Assistance Conference (PONAC) [...]
My Trips in Laos
Posted: October 9, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth Movement, Our WordsTags: Lao PDR, Thailand
My trips in Laos From P’ Ae (a Thai youth leader based in Chiang Mai) I am writing here a story of my trips in Laos during September and October 2009 for my work and studies. It such a long time since 2007 that I visited Laos due to I finished my job there, but [...]
Environmental Education in Vietnam
Posted: October 9, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth Movement, Our WordsSave education to save the environment By Lan Tuong * Nguyen Hai Hau in Hanoi is very worried about an essay her son has to write for his fifth-grade literature class. The assignment is to describe a beautiful river in or near a student’s hometown as a means to express the student’s love for their [...]
Useful article about the National league for Democracy and U Win Tin – from The New York Times: YANGON, Myanmar — U Win Tin, Myanmar’s longest-serving political prisoner, was tormented, tortured and beaten by his captors in the notorious Insein Prison for nearly two decades. Now, at 80, he faces a new kind of torment: watching [...]
AYM Press Release
Posted: October 3, 2009 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Youth & Media
See our Press Relase here ASEAN Youth Movement – Driving Southeast Asian Youth for a Sustainable Future Bangkok, Thailand – The ASEAN Youth Movement is a new project organized by youth networks and civil society organizations from around the ASEAN region. Youth activists, NGOs, students and social entrepreneurs have joined together to form a voice [...]
