Italian Program
What is the Real World? From the 3rd to the 14th of March 2008, the World Youth Alliance welcomed 61 students between ages 14 and 16, from LIA International School, Trentino, Italy. Exploring the theme “What is the Real World,” WYA crafted an educational program to include the concepts of solidarity, personhood, stewardship, and other […]
MY EXPERIENCE AT WYAA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
When not in a suit! Another morning, groggy and scared like a moth caught in a spider’s web, I struggle out of bed. My dad has just played the role of an alarm clock a few minutes ago, and I dreaded having to be shouted at again. I hit the shower, and in like fifteen […]
The World Youth Alliance Attends The 52nd Commission On Women
The 52nd Commission on Women (CSW) was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York from the 25th of Feburary to the 7th of March, 2008. The CSW was well attended as the opening session was expanded to two main UN conference rooms to enable all the people to hear the opening comments and […]
Changing the culture of selfishness
“Start spreading the news, da dara daraaaaa” well its goes something like that; good old blue eyes did love this city and for good reason. Now what makes my stay here even better is that I´m at the WYA house. It’s the best, though I share with three girls and many would cringe at this, […]
Lost behind the red curtain? About dignity in Amsterdam
At the last weekend I visited Amsterdam –the ‘Venice of the North’-which is only around 3 hours by train from Brussels. That’s a nice city; famous (or maybe rather notorious?) mainly for its libertarianism which is visible on almost every corner of the street, for example in the form of coffeeshops.Worth mentioning in this context […]
Last two weeks were very intensive. We were working at the United Nations during the 52nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). For me it was really amazing to see how the Commissions work because I was studying international relations and political science so I could see everything I knew from the theory just […]
Probably the most beautiful park in Brussels…
Undoubtedly, Le parc Léopold is the most picturesque park in Brussels, especially because there is water there…I mean not only puddles but a nice (and pretty big!) pond. And, what’s important, we (the interns) have the undeniable pleasure to come across the park on our way to the office in the morning and then in […]
