Victoria Chimbwanda | YourCommonwealth

April 28, 2020 2024 views

Responses by leaders across the world to the coronavirus pandemic have ranged from efficient to questionable. As Canadian writer Robin…

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Health, Safety & Wellbeing

Far from home and dodging coronavirus

April 24, 2020 2116 views

Stay home, stay safe, stay alive. That is the global message as the coronavirus pandemic claims more lives. While many…

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Farming smart in Fiji

April 20, 2020 4072 views

Rinesh Sharma is turning obstacles into opportunities by farming in under-utilised spaces around Lautoka City in Fiji. One of the…

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Culture

Finding salvation in cheerleading

April 17, 2020 1990 views

In high school, cheerleading was Stephen McCubbin’s favourite activity. It saved him from getting caught up in violence in his…

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Bringing out the diamonds in the rough

April 15, 2020 2264 views

Vedant Jain is set on giving children from underprivileged backgrounds the best tools they need to succeed—the discovery of themselves…

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One man’s trash, another man’s treasure

April 6, 2020 2247 views

Joshua Ebin from Nigeria was one 16 finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. The 29-year-old is the co-founder of…

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Culture

Igniting change for Fiji’s young people

April 5, 2020 2888 views

Young people make up more than half of Fiji’s population – but they are mostly excluded from policy formulation and…

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Young Jamaican’s invention could help tackle the spread of viruses like COVID-19

April 3, 2020 1666 views

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland writes about meeting inspirational young health innovator Rayvon Stewart at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) in Geneva…

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Making environmental awareness ‘cool’

March 27, 2020 2308 views

Lalita Gopaul, one of the 2020 Commonwealth Youth Awards finalists, does not mind getting some dirt under her fingernails. As…

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The sky is not the limit

March 24, 2020 2711 views

Growing up, Commonwealth Youth Awards 2020 finalist Samuel Neil had lofty dreams of becoming a pilot. Now, as founder of…

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Leadership during COVID-19

Far from home and dodging coronavirus

Farming smart in Fiji

Finding salvation in cheerleading

Bringing out the diamonds in the rough

One man’s trash, another man’s treasure

Young Jamaican’s invention could help tackle the spread of viruses like COVID-19

Making environmental awareness ‘cool’

The sky is not the limit