by Amelia Mitchell Bleary eyed and half asleep, I reluctantly stumbled out of bed and began my preparations for an important day. It was April 25, Anzac Day, and as an Australian Air Force Cadet I was anxious not to be late for my local town’s Dawn Service. In Australia and New Zealand Anzac Day …
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by Archibong Bassey Like many children living in Nigeria – a malaria endemic country, I battled Malaria while growing up. Despite my mother’s tireless efforts with limited resources, the disease always struck, leaving her burdened with guilt as she nursed me to recovery. In Nigeria, at that time, only 2 per cent of households reported …
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Who we are The Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) is the official representative voice of the more than 1.2 billion young people in the Commonwealth. The CYC was first established in 2013 with the support of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Commonwealth Youth Programme. It was endorsed by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their biennial summit in Sri …
Sakshi Thakur is the founder and CEO of Humanism, a social enterprise that aspires to eliminate global poverty—one job at a time. Founded in 2018, the initiative employs women who face social and economic barriers to safe employment in Pondicherry, South India. The women hand make wholesale textile merchandise and retail products for Australian and …