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12 August: International Youth Day 2016
2016 Theme: The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production The theme of the 2016 International Youth Day is “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production”. This year’s Day is about achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It focuses on the leading role of young…
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Help Us Eradicate Child Prostitution in Mauritius: YUVA
Mauritius is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Secondary school-age girls and, in fewer numbers, younger girls from all areas of the country, including from Rodrigues Island, are induced into prostitution, often by their peers, family members, or by businessmen offering other forms…
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YUVA appoints Sandya Seechurn as National President
A board meeting held by YUVA executive board members on Sunday, 8 May 2016 has approved the application for resignation of National President Krishna Athal, and voted Sandya Seechurn as the incoming National President of YUVA. Founder of YUVA, Krishna Athal submitted his resignation to the national board of YUVA due to his new venture as politician…
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YUVA RDR: Understanding Climate Change and its impacts in Mauritius
In line with its Goal 8: Climate Change, YUVA District Riviere Du Rempart, held a half day Seminar at the University of Technology, Mauritius, to mark the International Mother Earth Day 2016, on Thursday, 21 April. “According to the World Risk Report 2014, Mauritius is ranked 14th among countries with the highest disaster risk, where the Flash…
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22 April: International Mother Earth Day
This year, Earth Day coincides with the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which will take place at UN Headquarters in New York. The Agreement was adopted by all 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015. In the agreement, all…
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6 April: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
After fifteen years of progress in the unprecedented Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world turned its attention to the successor Sustainable Development Goals in a period of transition to the newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Sport has proven to be a cost-effective and flexible tool in promoting peace and development objectives. In the Declaration…
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COMMUNIQUE – Essay Writing Competition 2016
YUVA District of Plaines Wilhems has the pleasure to inform you that the deadline for submission of entries for the Essay Writing Competition 2016 are being extended to Monday, 25 April, 2016. Read here for more information on eligibility criteria and guidelines.
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World Water Day: Play Dry Holi
Hundreds of thousand of Mauritians would be celebrating Holi this Thursday, 24 March 2016. YUVA has launched a national campaign on the occasion of World Water Day 2016 to sensitise Mauritians to save water by playing dry holi. Water means jobs Water is the essential building block of life. But it is more than just…
