Today’s generation of young people, though they are faced with a burden of debt, should heed calls to help improve society and become good citizens, writes 22-year-old Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri in Nigeria. “In a democracy, the most important office is the office of a private citizen.” – Justice Louis Brandeis My fellow citizens, I am tired of …

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Patriotism is valuing a nation which harnesses its resources to provide opportunities for everyone and where the aspirations of the youth drive the hopes of the future, writes 22-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri, Nigeria. My hope is alive. I have won the battle again. To be born a Nigerian is to pick battles with unpatriotism. …

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Patriotism is valuing a nation which harnesses its resources to provide opportunities for everyone and where the aspirations of the youth drive the hopes of the future, writes 22-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Nnadozie Onyekuru from Maiduguri, Nigeria. My hope is alive. I have won the battle again. To be born a Nigerian is to pick battles with unpatriotism. …

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Grenada is full of too many armchair moralists – those who condemn youths without demonstrating an active interest in empowering and educating them, writes Craig Dixon, a 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent living in Grenada. The rampant decadence of youth is Grenada’s most visible secret. Young people are entangled in a widening web of despair, depravity …

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Grenada is full of too many armchair moralists – those who condemn youths without demonstrating an active interest in empowering and educating them, writes Craig Dixon, a 23-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent living in Grenada. The rampant decadence of youth is Grenada’s most visible secret. Young people are entangled in a widening web of despair, depravity …

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Progress towards a National Youth Policy for Guyana is painfully slow despite the opportunity created by the United Nations’ International Year of Youth, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Mark Anthony Ross. It’s almost the end of the International Year of Youth 2010-2011, a year which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/134 under the …

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Progress towards a National Youth Policy for Guyana is painfully slow despite the opportunity created by the United Nations’ International Year of Youth, writes 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent Mark Anthony Ross. It’s almost the end of the International Year of Youth 2010-2011, a year which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/134 under the …

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Life is sometimes full of hard lessons, but young people needn’t wait until they leave school to learn some of the key principles of assuring success and happiness, according to Eva Maria, a 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent in New Zealand. At the start of last month, I was asked to present at a local High School on …

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Life is sometimes full of hard lessons, but young people needn’t wait until they leave school to learn some of the key principles of assuring success and happiness, according to Eva Maria, a 20-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent in New Zealand. At the start of last month, I was asked to present at a local High School on …

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