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Yale Young African Scholars Program
The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is a high-intensity academic and leadership program designed for African secondary school students who have the talent, drive, energy, and ideas to make meaningful impacts as young leaders, even before they begin their university studies. YYAS brings together students from across Africa in this seven-day, residential program and…
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MENA Regional Youth Advocacy Workshop on Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) will organize a MENA regional advocacy workshop on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) for young people from 12 to 16 December 2015 in Amman, Jordan. Organized in partnership with the Generations For Peace, the workshop aims to build the capacity of dynamic young leaders from the MENA…
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Volunteer as Photographer
Photography serves to define the window through which we view, interpret, and communicate our societal ideals and problems. It guides our understanding of beauty and pain, of joy and sorrow, of accomplishment and struggle. A photograph can be a call to action, or a call for contemplation. Photographs are capable of altering our perception of the…
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16 October: World Food Day
What is World Food Day? World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. On October 16, people around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger in our lifetime. Because when it comes to hunger, the only acceptable number in…
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Driving a Wedge Between Democracy and Politics
Following the recent shenanigans happening in what we call our National Assembly, I really am left wondering whether the politicians – the men and women who have taken the oath to lead and rule our country, the same people who have dedicated their lives to making our country a better place – are at all even…
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Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria
Area of study or research: Natural Sciences Technical Sciences Human Medicine, Health Sciences Agricultural Sciences Social Sciences Humanities Arts Type of grant: Grants, Research promotion Detailed type of grant: Semester and/or one-year grants, Research grants Funding: National Target group: Undergraduates, Graduates, Postgraduates Funding organisation: OeAD-GmbH on behalf of and financed by the Scholarship Foundation of…
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NO to Corporate Social Responsibility, YES to Personal Social Responsibility: YUVA New Strategy
In its first session of the Central Committee meeting on 11 October 2015 at YUVA Head Office, YUVA has decided to adopt and implement the Personal Social Responsibility spirit in the organisation. One of the key areas of interest of YUVA has always been how YUVANs as individuals and groups can improve Mauritius and the world. To…
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11 October: International Day of the Girl Child
Today is not your typical Sunday; it’s International Day of the Girl Child. While the very well-known International Women’s Day started over 100 years ago in 1909, the International Day of the Girl Child is fairly new—only four years old. Yet it’s goal is a powerful one: In December 2011, the United Nations declared October…
