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Supporting youth work can pay off for Nigeria

YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Youth work is not a recognised profession in most developing countries. But with hundreds of highly skilled and talented youn...
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Building tomorrow in Uganda

YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Building Tomorrow recruits and trains young Ugandan university graduates and sends them to rural and under-served schools and...
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AIM-ing high for Bangladesh’s children

YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Mohammed Sayed started offering lessons to students in Bangladesh’s slums while still at university. In Bangladesh, nea...
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Deadline extended: 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards

November 14 is now the new deadline to send in entries for the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards! Are you, or someone you know, a changemaker? Click here...
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At last – A university for the Eastern Caribbean

Last month, the University of West Indies opened a campus in Antigua and Barbuda, the first UWI campus located in the Eastern Caribbean. Ariana Joseph...

Building tomorrow in Uganda

AIM-ing high for Bangladesh’s children

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Highlights of my UN meeting

April 22, 2019 1183

Earlier this month International Day of Sports for Development and Peace was celebrated and Alvin Ma,…

Happy International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2019!

April 5, 2019

“Education watchdogs highlight challenges”

January 26, 2019

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2019 CYA winner

Commonwealth Youth Awards 2020

Enter now: Commonwealth Youth Awards

September 8, 2019 1073

Nominations have opened for the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards which will see winners awarded a cash grant to…

From seaweed nuisance to fertilizer innovation

April 1, 2019

Stand to End Rape founder wins youth award

March 26, 2019

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