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A 'Euro-debate' Needs a Eurogeneration
(Optiuni)
29-04-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Every five years, the European elections timidly tap Europe’s citizens on the shoulder and receive a no less reserved response in return. So let’s give this election a debate which goes beyond national borders.
Only one in three voters...
A Different World
(Scurta relatare)
23-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
A poster hangs on the wall of the second-floor entrance hall, right off the bridge. It announces, in bold black capital letters: CLUB/PUB INTEREST MEETING 9/20. It’s a typical sight in the halls of Stuyvesant—except for the row of army cots set up...
A Talk Between two Young Artists
(Interviuri)
23-08-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Hi! My name is Bo and I work as a trainee at the Music Mayday Foundation in the Netherlands. I play saxophone in an experimental jazz band called Velatropa (see picture). I’ve been working here for a week and I was asked to do a chat interview...
Administration in Crisis
(Scurta relatare)
27-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Principal Stanley Teitel was sitting at his desk at 8:48 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, when he heard a bang and felt the school tremble. He saw that the north tower of the World Trade Center was in flames and called the superintendent’s office....
An article about Environmental Protection from Ghana
(Optiuni)
4-03-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Our forefathers , or ancestors could not explain the methods as they were shrouded in mystery and secrecy and became taboos in the communities. Some forests were declared as sacred “nananom mpo” that is where the spirits of our forefathers liveed....
An article written by Nayyar from Pakistan
(Optiuni)
2-03-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Geographically Pakistan has four provinces, and each province has its own language, along with URDU as the national language, that has the inspirations from Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Spanish and Turkish. But English is the formal official language....
Article written by Harriet Dora Kumah from Ghana
(Optiuni)
2-03-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Taking, my country Ghana into consideration, it is a very attractive sites with many tourists areas which would really make someone happy. In our culture for example, we have some festivals that we celebrate. It is according to clans for example...
Big Business and Big Government – a Balancing Act
(Optiuni)
30-08-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, August (GYRP) – “People come here to get energy.”
This was how Jeff McNeely, Chief Scientist of IUCN-The World Conservation Union, summed up the motivation of delegates attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development....
Brother Deliver Brother
(Optiuni)
28-10-2003
by Yasmary Mora
It is a plausible fact that in this era of GLOBALIZATION in the world in general and on Africa in particular, emphasis need to be place on the doctrine of “love one and another”
In this contemporary era of our Human existence, what the world...
Can Europe Speak With One Voice?
(Optiuni)
29-04-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Should the EU leave world diplomacy to the United States or concentrate on developing its multilateralist possibilities? The foreign policy debate.
Foreign Policy has been somewhat of a headache for the EU. The last decade has seen, amongst...
Circle of Struggle — The Education Initiative (1st Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
I’ve always been told to climb the ladder to success. Here in Canada, I’ve been given the privilege to build myself that ladder. But, with eyes always on the prize, it’s all too easy to forget those who don’t have such privilege. I’ve always been...
Danger of Drug Abuse Among Youth
(Scurta relatare)
2-10-2003
by Yasmary Mora
A drug is said to be a chemical formula specially formulated to effect, cure or relieve from sickness and disease. Chemical scientists classified drug into soft and hard drugs.
Soft drugs are common and simple tablets syrups, etc, which are...
Dilapidated Democracy
(Optiuni)
8-11-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Democracy has traditionally been viewed as the form of government able to deliver the greatest amount of personal freedoms to the greatest amount of people; what happens if you're not one of them?
In Australia, if you're a refugee or asylum...
Diverse Friends Unite Against Racist Backlash
(Optiuni)
27-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Junior Himanshu Suri wanted to volunteer downtown, but his mother wouldn’t let him step out the door. “My parents were scared,” he said. “People don’t see a difference between Sikhs and Muslims.”
Suri, who is Hindu, was referring to the...
FAO in New Youth Project for El Salvador
(Interviuri)
30-03-2004
by Yasmary Mora
In collaboration with the UN Gender Inter-agency Group (GIGNU) in El Salvador, FAO joins five other organizations in the implementation of a new project entitled Interagency Programme for the Empowerment of Adolescent Women in El Salvador. The...
GOOD NEIGHBOURS
(Optiuni)
1-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) – ‘CASTRO, GADDAFI, MUGABE AND BLAIR. THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.’
Message on a roadside advertising hoarding here as leaders fly in for the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. The advertiser...
How Do Children Suffer in Nepal due to the so-called Maoist Insurgency?
(Scurta relatare)
14-05-2002
by Yasmary Mora
The Maoist insurgency which commenced six years ago in Nepal had created many problems in this poor country. The insurgency is making the situation in the country more miserable day by day. The prerequisites of development are being destroyed by...
International Year of Rice
(Interviuri)
30-03-2004
by Yasmary Mora
“ The global community must work together to increase rice production in a sustainable way that will benefit farmers, women, children and especially the poor.”
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf thus equipped at the inauguration of the...
International Youth Gets Its Head Together for the World Summit
(Optiuni)
27-08-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, August (GYRP) – When it comes to a vast concept like sustainable development, perhaps the only thing that youth can come to consensus on is – that it is difficult to come to consensus.
At the first official meetings here of the...
Interview with Bill Seiders
(Interviuri)
2-04-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Bill Seiders has been working as Senior Office, Rural Youth Development in the Sustainable Development Department of FAO for the past 10 years. He began youth development work in 1968 as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, South America....
Interview with Henock Mehari
(Interviuri)
23-08-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Henock Mehari, 26, from Ethiopia, has recently released his debut album. He wrote all the lyrics and arranged his own songs. His album incorporates variety of genres.
Henock was interviewed by Bereket of the Music Mayday Ethiopia team.
B:...
Interview with Melsew Assefa
(Interviuri)
23-08-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Melsew Assefa, 27, just released his debut album entitled ‘Mele Habesha’. The word Habesha is widely used among Ethiopians to identify themselves. Melsew applied the term to show his keen nationalism.
Melsew was interviewed by Bereket of the...
Interview with Meskerem Birhanu
(Interviuri)
23-08-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Meskerem Birhanu is 20 from Ethiopia. She writes lyrics and is about to release her debut album early September. Most of the melody and the lyrics on her album are written by her.
B: When did you start your music career?
M: I used to go to...
Junior Farmer Field Schools Come up in Zimbabwe
(Interviuri)
30-03-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Junior Farmer Field Schools is to be established in Zimbabwe with financial support from Sweden and collaboration from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Catholic Relief Service. FAO has...
Kelem (1er prix littéraire)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Un pli de rideau frémit et une cuisse au galbe sculptural en émerge, noire d’ébène. L’orchestre rugit quelques mesures grandiloquentes. Aux quatre coins de la salle de gala, les fauteuils rembourrés et les lustres somptueux vibrent. Dans la loge...
Kelem (1st Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXT ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH)
The curtain opens, revealing a well-turned leg, black as ebony. The band strikes up and the music blares, making padded armchairs vibrate and sumptuous chandeliers rattle throughout the hall. In the judges’ box,...
La fracture numérique et le monde arabe
(Scurta relatare)
14-05-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Nous continuons notre série consacrée à la fracture numérique, sujet de prime importance qui sera débattu au cours de la deuxième phase du Sommet Mondial sur la Société de l’Information (SMSI) qui se déroulera du 16 au 28 novembre 2005 à Tunis....
La-Z-Boy et sida en Afrique (2e prix littéraire)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXTE ORIGINAL EN ANGLAIS)
Vous êtes devant le téléviseur. Vous voyez les terres sèches et arides de l’Afrique. Ravagées et assoiffées. Un enfant d’environ quatre ans, nu, attire votre regard. Ses yeux noirs vous implorent. Son corps...
Le jeu chez l’enfant : une réalité toute autre (5e prix littéraire)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXTE ORIGINAL EN ANGLAIS)
« Nous sommes des citoyens du monde, mais nous avons une mentalité tribale. »
— Piet Hein
Quand j’imagine ce que l’enfance devrait être, je pense à des enfants qui rient, apprennent et grandissent....
Mental Depression in Youth
(Optiuni)
9-05-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Many young people suffer from mental depression due to a variety of different things they must face in our modern world. As we know, mental health is very necessary to do any kind of work, so depression is a great problem for youth. Youth are...
Michelle's Interview - A Dene Perspective
(Interviuri)
15-01-2004
by Yasmary Mora
1) What is your full name?
Michelle Genee’ Tripe’de’Roche
2) What is the name of the people that you are from? Where were you born and when?
My mother was born and raised in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta (Alberta's first European...
Nature's Gift To Man
(Scurta relatare)
29-04-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Among the snow capped mountain
Between the wooded valley
I am uplifted highly
To see the silver specs of the rising sun
The golden rays intermixed with diamond linings
Falling like the droplets of rain
And coming to bless the day.
It...
Not Your Normal School Day
(Optiuni)
28-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
I watched in horror as I saw what I first thought was rubble, but then realized was people jumping from the building. People stood in the gash in the building waving jackets and shirts trying to catch the attention of the people below. I looked...
Painting for Peace
(Scurta relatare)
27-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
As New York City reeled from the shock of the World Trade Center tragedy, hundreds of Stuyvesant students gathered in Greenwich Village on Sunday, September 16, to paint two giant murals commemorating the previous Tuesday’s destruction and the...
Paska (3e prix littéraire)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Une jeune fille réfléchit. C’est presque une enfant, mais son regard est celui d’une femme et ses épaules semblent porter le poids d’une vie et de responsabilités qui n’auraient pas dû être les siennes. Paska réfléchit et elle paraît infiniment...
Paska (3rd Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXT ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH)
A girl is deep in thought. She is almost a child, but has the eyes of a woman. Her shoulders seem to bear the weight of a life and responsibilities she should never have had. Paska is deep in thought and seems...
Poverty in Kenya
(Optiuni)
4-07-2003
by Yasmary Mora
By Neema Hamisi
Poverty that looms amongst us has become a social stigma. It is simple to wish for a star and get a stone in return. Against all odds, survival is noticeable in the teary eyes of a man, barely earning less than $2 a day and...
Remember These Words
(Scurta relatare)
23-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
My name is Usman Farman and I graduated from Bentley with a Finance degree last May. I am 21 years old, turning 22 in October; I am Pakistani, and I am Muslim. Until September 10th 2001, I used to work at the World Trade Center in building #7. I...
Resolutions for Youth
(Optiuni)
14-12-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Resolution on the Youth
What can the youth do to change our world?
What is the situation for youth in my countr?
Noting with deep concern the fact that in Kenya, society is still a long way from appreciating the rights of children....
Risk of Arsenic Poisoning
(Scurta relatare)
14-08-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Thirty years ago, the Bangladeshi government started to pump clean groundwater in order to maintain public health. Before that, surface water from the rivers was the country’s lone water source. Due to the intense pumping, groundwater resources...
Students seem Outwardly Calm
(Optiuni)
27-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Several white flakes of paint fell on junior David Pagano as he sat in the stuffy Brooklyn Tech auditorium. He quickly assured his classmates that this debris did not remind him of the towers’ collapse.
The planes hit, the tower smoked, our...
Successful Extension Youth Development Project in El Salvador
(Interviuri)
30-03-2004
by Yasmary Mora
In an effort to help young people in rural El Salvador acquire knowledge, skills and experiences to enable them to begin a small agricultural business, the Extension Service of the National Centre of Agricultural and Forestry Technology (CENTA) of...
SUMMIT INTERVIEWS: Severn Cullis Suzuki: International Child of Rio
(Optiuni)
22-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) – Severn Cullis Suzuki was a very unusual 11-year-old. Where other children were more concerned about their next Christmas present, she was addressing government delegations from all over the world at the Rio Earth...
SUMMIT SMILES: All Clear?
(Optiuni)
1-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) – “The media will have unrestricted access to any areas that are not restricted.”
· United Nations spokeswoman at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, trying to reassure journalists about tough new...
SUMMIT SMILES: Badging Bush
(Optiuni)
1-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) – ‘Where’s Bush?’ badges are circulating here at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Against a ‘Greetings from Rio’ scenic postcard background, one says: “Even W’s Dad went to Rio.”
Another asks, over...
SUMMIT SNIPPET: KOFI ANNAN’S RECIPE FOR YOUNG MANAGERS
(Optiuni)
1-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) – Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, has a message for young managers of the future.
“Tell them that they should lead. They should push forward for the environment and communities. Don’t wait...
SUMMIT SNIPPETS: PLANET TALK
(Optiuni)
3-09-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Johannesburg, September (GYRP) –
· “If we continue on the way we are going, we will need two extra planets.” – French President Jacques Chirac, addressing the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
· “Remember, we cannot buy another...
The Champion's Creed
(Optiuni)
11-10-2002
by Yasmary Mora
But believe me, it wasn’t easy, I came in as an “innocent Jambite” without a care in the world, except perhaps to be handed that M.B. Ch.B., just like that! Alas, I have known better, I have learnt that the journey is and will be as tortuous as...
The Personal Background of Bhakti Bhandari
(Optiuni)
29-04-2002
by Yasmary Mora
I visited my friends and also the refugee camps at Maidhar. Seeing the over-crowded shacks, poor health conditions, malnutrition, etc., I felt I would lose my mental balance if I lived in the camps, so I decided to stay outside the camps. I then...
The Perspective of a New Zealand Youth
(Optiuni)
24-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
What happened WAS a tragedy, no one deserves to be murdered, not ever. On the other hand there is a lot of biased talk going around, most of it being centred on the Arab people and Islam. This is not only unjust and worrying, it is another...
The Shadow of Child’s Play (5th Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
“We are global citizens with tribal souls.”
— Piet Hein
When I think of what childhood should be like, I think of laughter, learning, and growth. Sadly, millions of children experience little of this because they are entangled in a complex...
Thinking About Diamonds
(Optiuni)
17-03-2008
by Yasmary Mora
I have spent the better part of two years thinking about diamonds. Before presuming to make a movie that might be seen by millions, I felt an obligation to try to better understand my subject. And so I’ve studied their science, their history and...
Time to look at Customs
(Optiuni)
10-02-2005
by Yasmary Mora
In Turkey, women have won numerous rights which have stunned the Muslim world. Despite this, Muslim traditions are often stronger than the simple right to life and respect.
In regards to women’s rights, even though Turkey is in many ways...
Unconventional Revolution
(Optiuni)
29-04-2004
by Yasmary Mora
FACED WITH A YAWNING DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT, THE POLITICIANS OF EUROPE HAVE OFFERED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO PETITION
“I have reached the peak of desperation!” In March 2000, 300 unemployed Romanian miners, passed through the mining valley of Lupeni...
Une lutte sans fin — Initiative en matière d’éducation (1er prix littéraire)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXTE ORIGINAL EN ANGLAIS)
On m’a toujours dit qu’il me fallait gravir l’échelle du succès. Ici, au Canada, j’ai même eu le privilège de construire ma propre échelle. Cependant, quand on a les yeux fixés sur le haut de l’échelle, il est trop...
Violations of Human Rights Through Corrupt Practices in Governance
(Optiuni)
3-11-2003
by Yasmary Mora
Human rights are topical issues not only in Nigeria but also across the globe and the third world particularly. First and foremost is the need to elevate these rights to a certain pedestal following the rapid transition of these societies from...
Volunteering Experiences
(Optiuni)
28-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Among the hordes of volunteers donating time, goods, and their very blood after the September 11 tragedy were dozens of Stuyvesant students.
Despite having been so close to the horror, many Stuy students were eager to return to the area to...
War and Discrimination
(Optiuni)
19-11-2003
by Yasmary Mora
Discrimination in my personal view is the part of human conscience that makes him supercilious or rather makes him see only the inferior sides of their fellow beings. As a youth and leader, my first perception about discrimination is that, it is...
What Do You Really Know About Child Labour? (4th Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
There are two forms of child labour: harmful child labour and non-harmful child labour. Non-harmful child labour is essential to the survival of some families, and it involves children doing non-dangerous activities such as selling fruit or...
Your Future Starts With You
(Optiuni)
20-10-2003
by Yasmary Mora
Future simply means expectation, places you want to reach in life or your destination. This will take a process, which means is a day-to-day activities and your daily routine for the bigger goals that will result to where you are going....
Youth Action Summit culminates succesfully
(Scurta relatare)
14-08-2002
by Yasmary Mora
Planning three week’s worth of activities for 100 young people from over 60 different countries is no easy task. Patience, tolerance and coffee are required in equal doses.
The Youth Action Summit, organized by the Netherlands’ branch of United...
Youth in the Philippines Also Feel the Fear of War
(Optiuni)
27-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
More than a year ago in May 2000, small bombings took place within the shopping malls of the Philippines’ capital, Metro Manila. Though not many were injured and very few died, people were scared.
The youth in the Philippines was more or less...
Что я хочу рассказать миру о Росссии
(Optiuni)
17-11-2004
by Yasmary Mora
Нет в мире подобных России раздольной
Цветов наших ярче и крепче пород,
Бессмертен народ наш, великий и вольный,
Наш русский, наш вечный, наш гордый народ!
Он выпрямил реки, в бил в землю причалы,
Задумал и сделал – и быть по сему;
Он все...
‘Normal’ Redefined for Students
(Optiuni)
28-09-2001
by Yasmary Mora
Leaders on all levels, from President George W. Bush to Student Union President Jukay Hsu, have preached the importance of a return to normalcy, exalting the productive and therapeutic benefits of routine. But for Stuyvesant students, displaced...
“La-Z-Boys” and AIDS in Africa (2nd Prize Writing)
(Optiuni)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
You examine the screen. You survey the dry and arid land of Africa. There it sits: desolate and thirsty. A young child, naked and around the age of four, pulls your attention. The dark pleading eyes lock yours. His skeletal frame, a mockery of a...
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