“The Most Physically Challenging Experience” – Four Days on the Olympic Coast
According to Kenshu Aoki, President of the Global Peace Youth Corps-USA (GPYC-USA) and adventure workshop team leader, “This 4-Day hike truly brought out the adventure in the adventure program.” During the debriefing session, one participant confessed that this was...
Uniting North and South Everyday
On May 3rd, 2012 the Unification Pledge Campaign was launched at the National Assembly Building in Seoul, Korea. The pledge places the question and responsibility of reunification into the hands of every Korean, North and South, with a simple question, “What are you...
Korean News Naver Reports National Youth Summit Held in Kenya to Avert Repeat of Election Bloodshed
National Youth Summit Held in Kenya to Avert Election Bloodshed The following report was published by Naver News in Korea on the National Youth Summit 2013. Published 02-03-2013 18:02 【Nairobi, Kenya】 By Young Joo Yim The National Youth Summit was held at the Kenyatta...
Kenya National Youth Summit Reflects Commitments of the Nairobi Declaration
As the National Youth Summit begins, it is fitting to recall the commitments made in 2010, and the vision that brought multiple sectors from all over the world together to define a Kenyan and African Dream. At the close of the Global Peace Convention 2010, Heads of...
“The best way to reform mankind is through education of the children.” ~Dr. Manu Chandaria
Two weeks ago, UPI reported on three Kenyans in Atlanta who assured, “Kenya next year will avoid the ethnic violence that tore the country apart during the 2007 elections.” The statement references painful memories of post-election violence in 2007-2008 that Hon....
Hope for the Future
Molo is a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley. In 2007, it experienced the brunt of the ethnic violence that followed the presidential election. Thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Today in Molo grass grows over the remains of a school that was burnt to...
Unification Generation – “U-Generation”
The current grandparents and parents of Korea saw their nation torn apart by war. Their generation invested their sweat and blood to build up the nation from its ashes, and shed many tears over the 38th Parallel that carved their families and homeland in half. The...
Becoming One With The Natural World
I was reminded of why I go into the mountains when I read about the mountain challenges of the youth leaders from the Global Peace Youth Corps in Mt. Kilimanjaro and the mountains of Montana. Before any major undertaking I go into the mountains to align my...
Our Children Appeal for Balanced and Sustainable Approach at Rio+20
17-year-old Brittany Trilford from New Zealand addressed world leaders at Rio+20. “In this moment, I am all children, your children, the world’s three billion children. Think of me for these short minutes as half the world. I stand here with fire in my heart. I’m...