Meet the WYA HQ Interns for Summer 2021!
This summer, the World Youth Alliance Headquarters welcomed its second batch of online interns for 2021. Despite the pandemic, this season will keep them busy with organizing key events such as the WYA International Open House, representing WYA at United Nations events, publishing articles on the website, and many more. The WYA internship is a […]
The Power of Persistence
Growing up in Nairobi, Kenya, “the city under the sun”, has been an experience that no gold or silver could buy. Every night before going to bed, one has to have in mind a plan for the next day that is greater than the previous day’s plan. You wake up every day to fight for […]
A Resounding “NO” to Surrogacy
Surrogacy is a practice whereby a woman becomes pregnant to give the child to someone else upon birth. Each year, thousands of women agree to carry the child of another woman at a fee. Over 50,000 babies are born as a result on “shaky legal legs”; conceived by one set of parents yet claimed by […]
How is Dignity Interesting to a Future Biochemist?
On a blissful day, scrolling through Twitter, I came in contact with the World Youth Alliance. Intrigued at the prospect of being identified with an NGO that stands firm behind human dignity and the family, I went on to sign the Charter. Although at the time I knew nothing of human dignity, I only knew […]
WYA Africa: Meet our Batch 2 2021 Interns
Jackline Wambugu is a 22-year-old lady born and raised in the Kenyan highlands of Nyeri County. She left her hometown for the first time in 2017 to join Daystar University Athi-River campus. While there, she successfully completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Community Development in 2021. Soon after, Jackie found out about the World Youth […]
Why Take WYA’s Advocacy Academy?
Last 2020, the World Youth Alliance launched the pilot of its highly requested Advocacy Academy online. Since then, it has been officially offered as part of the available training in all regional offices at the beginning of the 2021. Due to popular demand, regions have released the application deadlines for the Batch 2 and 3 […]
Dear Sisters, Take Control of your Health!
As a woman, one of the most important basic things is understanding our bodies and how hormones affect our health. To be honest, I never really cared about hormones and how they impacted my daily life, mood, anxiety, and even acne. I was ignorant. To me, hormonal education was for the doctors or people who […]
Meeting the 2021 Viktor Frankl Awardees
“Joining WYA’s mission does not stop in signing the Charter. It is rather the beginning of a once in a lifetime journey to create long-lasting social impact.” – Angelo Carlo Roxas, WYA Asia Pacific 2021 Viktor Frankl Awardee WYA is delighted to present the Viktor Frankl Award to exemplary members from the Philippines, Kenya, Croatia, […]
WYA Africa: Meet our Batch 1 2021 Interns
Joy Wangui is a Broadcast Journalism graduand from The Technical University of Mombasa, awaiting graduation in February of this year. Her World Youth Alliance journey started early last year (during the Covid-19 Pandemic) when she signed the WYA charter and enrolled in the Certified Training Program. She is thrilled to work as an intern in […]
CTP Trainers Lead “Read the CTP” Pilot in WYA Africa (Part 1)
During the months of August and September, WYA Headquarters and WYA Africa will be hosting the pilot “Read the CTP with the WYA Trainers” in Africa. Led by the WYA Africa Regional Director, Cynthia Wangari, WYA hopes to introduce the core Certified Training Program (CTP) readings to WYA members and potential CTP trainees, educate members […]
