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  • Pakistan: Swat - Youth Leaders Training on Video Production

    Submitted by creisen on Tue, 2012-02-07 18:26
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    Visual media is playing a vital role in shaping people’s perception, conveying messages, and understanding what is going on in the world. The youth of Pakistan need to enhance their skills and capacities in film making and video production in order to contribute to the socio-economic development within Pakistan.

  • Tunisia: Gafsa - An Arab Spring Essay

    Submitted by creisen on Thu, 2012-02-02 18:52
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    Revolutions are moments of transition which, once passed, may not need replication. Instead, they lay down an agenda for political and social change that through reform, struggles and democracy may take decades or centuries to be achieved……

  • After Arab Awakening: "Now we need to change ourselves"

    Submitted by Visitor on Wed, 2012-02-01 18:51
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    If you want to know what the Arab Awakening is all about, hang out with teenagers in Tunisia for an afternoon.

    I was recently in Gafsa, a town of 70,000 people in central Tunisia where Mercy Corps has worked for several months.

  • Tunisia: One Year Later, An Homage to the Martyrs

    Submitted by creisen on Tue, 2012-01-31 19:23
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    In order to properly honor the first anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution, we at GCC Tunisia thought it would be best to take the time to remember key events of the revolution, pay homage to the martyrs who have sacrificed themselves for future generations, and discuss the progress we have made as well as, what lies ahead for the Tunisian people.

  • Iraq: Sulaimanyah - Global Health Day

    Submitted by creisen on Tue, 2012-01-31 18:56
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    Global Health Day, First Aid Session in Sulaimanyah

    In recognition of Global Health Day, GCC leaders in Sulaimanyah participated in an intensive first aid training session. After taking part in an initial GCC member only training for the first day, the leaders engaged with non-members on the second day.

  • Gaza: A Day with Deaf Children

    Submitted by creisen on Tue, 2012-01-31 18:00
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    Annually on December 3rd, the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.

  • Pakistan: Quetta - Lets say YES to Peace and NO to Conflict

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Fri, 2012-01-27 15:03
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    Youth leaders of Cyaad came up with an idea to design an action on the GCC theme of the month with the title of LET’S SAY YES TO PEACE AND NO CONFLICT.

    The idea behind this action was to show solidarity with the most targeted and vulnerable community of Quetta recently dwelling in Mariabad.

  • Indonesia: Jakarta - FLASH MOB POSITIVE

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Wed, 2012-01-25 15:13
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    The biggest flash mob in Indonesia was held on December 11th 2011 in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. The flash mob participants were partly made up of communities named kakigatel (Itchy feet) flooded around Monas (Monument Nasional, central Jakarta) since 4 o’clock in the morning.

  • USA: Atlanta - Action Project for AIDS

    Submitted by Eboni on Thu, 2012-01-19 17:53
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    For Halloween at my school we thought about ways that we could benefit the community, ways that we could have fun, and ways that we could raise money for an important issue. In the end, we chose to have a trunk-or-treat where little kids could be able to come to a safe environment, pay a small ticket fee, and go to individual cars to collect candy.

  • USA: San Diego - Food Security Interviews

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Tue, 2012-01-03 13:33
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    My name is Melissa and I am a third year student studying at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). At school I study Political Science in the Middle East. I am part of many organizations in college that deal with promoting international awareness which help solve important global issues of our time such as food security, peace/conflict, and climate change

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