Identity and Exclusionism in Modern day South Africa (Culture)
by Odilile Lindiwe Ayodele, South Africa
In post-apartheid South Africa, there are an alarming number of stories illustrating high levels of violence and discrimination. Recent spates of xenophobia during the month of May, and increasing...

The Vietnam Youth Forum: about youth, for youth and by youth (Environment)
by Hanh Zung, Vietnam
Leadership camp? Youth forums? These venues, familiar to youth worldwide, have until recent been a foreign concept to youth in Vietnam, where academic accomplishments receive priority over social...

Impact Story (Culture)
by NESTA, Dominica
My name is Delroy. I was born in the small capital of Roseau, in the Commonwealth of Dominica. My mother was 15 and my father 18 when I was born, so I was raised by my grandmother. I was lucky...

Kiryat Arba' - the difficulties of peace between Israelis and Palestinians (Peace & Conflict)
by M J, Palestine
After Israel prevailed in the war with the Arab countries in 1967, the Israelis began to govern the West Bank, which had been under Jordanian control before the war, and Gaza strip, which had been...

Between Mumbai and Bangalore (Education)
by Ray Myers, India
This was to be a unique time in a sixty-four year old life. Returning and working in the town where I worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer forty years ago is surely an opportunity that very few...

Who will Arise to the Climate Challenge? (Environment)
by Kartikeya Singh, India
Youth: comprise 48% of the global population, or roughly 3 billion people. It is our future that was at the negotiating table in Bali last December at the UN Climate Change Conference. Yet we, the...

Do boys always like blue, and girls pink? (Culture)
by Omar, Canada
Boys like blue. Girls like pink. Boys like toy trucks. Girls like Barbie dolls. These statements seem to capture what is normal and natural in most societies. Indeed, we cannot help but notice...

Traditional Healers and HIV/ AIDS (Health)
by Umar, Uganda
67% of Ugandans reside in rural areas where modern healthcare services for HIV/ AIDS, other STDs and Malaria are scarce and far beyond their financial reach. The majority of these people are...

The March of Remembrance and Hope: a collision of past, present and hope (Human Rights)
by S, Canada
If you have not experienced injustice in your life, well, some might say you’re pretty lucky. But if you have not experienced genocide in your life, many would agree that you are definitely...

The consequences of leadership (Freedom of Expression)
by Dereje Amera
In our living world, various leaders have come, passed by and influenced our reality as human beings. They have interfered in the decisions and moral choices that societies make in the daily...