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Kampala Youth Volunteers Work Together To Improve Ugandan School For The Deaf
Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Iryn Ikkomu from Early Life Radio painting the classroom block By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – With a youth population of almost 70 percent, Uganda is one of the youngest nations in Africa. Last week, as part of Global Youth Service Day, young people from many organizations worked together to make improvements at a school for the deaf. Under the umbrella organization Generation Change, youth helped … Read entire article »
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Clean Up Is Part Of Ugandan Youth Festival
Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Participants at the youth festival play a game at the Red Cross tent By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – With music, games, projects and other activities, young people here celebrated the second annual youth festival last weekend. Organized by Open Space and various youth-led organizations in partnership with international groups that support youth activities in Uganda, the event focused on employment and kicked off by cleaning part of the slum of Kisenyi. A team of youth led by “Kampala City Yange” members took charge of the cleaning effort in the slum in Mengo, part of the city of Kampala. Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Youth collecting the garbage at Kwagalana saving cooperative society compound “The job of cleaning the city is tasked to Kampala City council authority, but they cannot … Read entire article »
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Clean Up Is Part Of Ugandan Youth Festival
Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Participants at the youth festival play a game at the Red Cross tent By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – With music, games, projects and other activities, young people here celebrated the second annual youth festival last weekend. Organized by Open Space and various youth-led organizations in partnership with international groups that support youth activities in Uganda, the event focused on employment and kicked off by cleaning part of the slum of Kisenyi. A team of youth led by “Kampala City Yange” members took charge of the cleaning effort in the slum in Mengo, part of the city of Kampala. Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Youth collecting the garbage at Kwagalana saving cooperative society compound “The job of cleaning the city is tasked to Kampala City council authority, but they cannot … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bwette Daniel Gilbert, Kampala, Uganda
Clean Up Is Part Of Ugandan Youth Festival
Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Participants at the youth festival play a game at the Red Cross tent By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – With music, games, projects and other activities, young people here celebrated the second annual youth festival last weekend. Organized by Open Space and various youth-led organizations in partnership with international groups that support youth activities in Uganda, the event focused on employment and kicked off by cleaning part of the slum of Kisenyi. A team of youth led by “Kampala City Yange” members took charge of the cleaning effort in the slum in Mengo, part of the city of Kampala. Bwette Daniel Gilbert / youthjournalism.org Youth collecting the garbage at Kwagalana saving cooperative society compound “The job of cleaning the city is tasked to Kampala City council authority, but they cannot … Read entire article »
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How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day
By Youth Journalism International Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to convince others of the importance of taking care of the planet. As a lover of natural beauty, Maryam Saeed, 15, a student at Crescent Model Higher Secondary School in Lahore, Pakistan, said Earth Day is everything to her. Earth Day 2012 While every day can be celebrated as Earth Day, Saeed said, it’s still good to set one … Read entire article »
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How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day
By Youth Journalism International Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to convince others of the importance of taking care of the planet. As a lover of natural beauty, Maryam Saeed, 15, a student at Crescent Model Higher Secondary School in Lahore, Pakistan, said Earth Day is everything to her. Earth Day 2012 While every day can be celebrated as Earth Day, Saeed said, it’s still good to set one day aside because the planet, its beauty and resources are depleting.Though she has limited means to take a lot of action, Saeed said she is the girl guide leader at her school, where last year they planted seeds that have grown into plants. They also started a campaign with lectures for Earth Day, plant to … Read entire article »
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How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day
By Youth Journalism International Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to convince others of the importance of taking care of the planet. As a lover of natural beauty, Maryam Saeed, 15, a student at Crescent Model Higher Secondary School in Lahore, Pakistan, said Earth Day is everything to her. Earth Day 2012 While every day can be celebrated as Earth Day, Saeed said, it’s still good to set one day aside because the planet, its beauty and resources are depleting.Though she has limited means to take a lot of action, Saeed said she is the girl guide leader at her school, where last year they planted seeds that have grown into plants. They also started a campaign with lectures for Earth Day, plant to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Connecticut, Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Texas, the Netherlands, Tunisia, U.S.A., Uganda, Virginia
How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day
By Youth Journalism International Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to convince others of the importance of taking care of the planet. As a lover of natural beauty, Maryam Saeed, 15, a student at Crescent Model Higher Secondary School in Lahore, Pakistan, said Earth Day is everything to her. Earth Day 2012 While every day can be celebrated as Earth Day, Saeed said, it’s still good to set one day aside because the planet, its beauty and resources are depleting.Though she has limited means to take a lot of action, Saeed said she is the girl guide leader at her school, where last year they planted seeds that have grown into plants. They also started a campaign with lectures for Earth Day, plant to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Connecticut, Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Texas, the Netherlands, Tunisia, U.S.A., Uganda, Virginia
How The World’s Youth Celebrate Earth Day
By Youth Journalism International Young people around the globe who observe Earth Day shut off appliances, plant trees and try to convince others of the importance of taking care of the planet. As a lover of natural beauty, Maryam Saeed, 15, a student at Crescent Model Higher Secondary School in Lahore, Pakistan, said Earth Day is everything to her. Earth Day 2012 While every day can be celebrated as Earth Day, Saeed said, it’s still good to set one day aside because the planet, its beauty and resources are depleting.Though she has limited means to take a lot of action, Saeed said she is the girl guide leader at her school, where last year they planted seeds that have grown into plants. They also started a campaign with lectures for Earth Day, plant to … Read entire article »
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Ugandan Hip Hop Artist: Save The Trees
Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org In Uganda, hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, known as MC Flower, appears on stage with Nigerian-German hip hop artist Nneka on the left and hip hop artist Keko on the right in the sunglasses. By Bwette Daniels Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – Nine-year-old Ugandan hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, who uses the stage name MC Flower, is taking her country by storm. Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org MC Flower performs Earth Day 2012 She’s a celebrity not only at Makindye Junior School, where she was just voted the entertainment minister for the second time, but in her community and nationally, as she is hitting every Ugandan television station. She chose her stage name, she said, because her name Vannessa means flower. Vanessa lives in the Lukuli zone and Makindye division of Kampala, the capital city in … Read entire article »
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Ugandan Hip Hop Artist: Save The Trees
Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org In Uganda, hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, known as MC Flower, appears on stage with Nigerian-German hip hop artist Nneka on the left and hip hop artist Keko on the right in the sunglasses. By Bwette Daniels Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – Nine-year-old Ugandan hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, who uses the stage name MC Flower, is taking her country by storm. Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org MC Flower performs Earth Day 2012 She’s a celebrity not only at Makindye Junior School, where she was just voted the entertainment minister for the second time, but in her community and nationally, as she is hitting every Ugandan television station. She chose her stage name, she said, because her name Vannessa means flower. Vanessa lives in the Lukuli zone and Makindye division of Kampala, the capital city in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bwette Daniels Gilbert, Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, hip hop, Kampala, Keko, MC Flower, Nneka, Uganda
Ugandan Hip Hop Artist: Save The Trees
Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org In Uganda, hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, known as MC Flower, appears on stage with Nigerian-German hip hop artist Nneka on the left and hip hop artist Keko on the right in the sunglasses. By Bwette Daniels Gilbert Senior Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – Nine-year-old Ugandan hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, who uses the stage name MC Flower, is taking her country by storm. Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org MC Flower performs Earth Day 2012 She’s a celebrity not only at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bwette Daniels Gilbert, Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, hip hop, Kampala, Keko, MC Flower, Nneka, Uganda
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