articles and blogs

Below is information about YPW: New Global Citizens in the news, interesting articles about the MDGs and blogs about our current projects.

• Annalise's Gap Year
  YPW participant Annalise Blum (age 18) is spending a year between high school and college in Thailand where she is working with an organization addressing longer-term needs of areas affected by the tsunami.
• CVHS YPW Club Recruits Members
  Castro Valley High School YPW Club Recruits Members at their Club Day
• Ecuador Reflections
  Cassie Dara-Abrams traveled to Ecuador in the Summer of 2007
• Leland High School YPW Club
  Philanthropic Leland student raises social awareness about AIDS in Africa, child soldiers in Uganda
• Living on $1 a Day
  Xanthe Scharff of the Christian Science Monitor describes the daily struggle of a family living in extreme poverty
• Malaria Sucks
  UC Berkeley student Stephanie Wang and friends tackle the issue of bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania.
• March Toward MDGs Leaving Millions Behind
  Thalif Deen of IPS interviews anti-poverty movement activists on the lack-lustre three-day UN summit meeting and the failure of world leaders to take action on poverty
• Maria completed her triathlon!
  Maria Porter, YPW's Deputy Director, swam 1/2 mile, biked 16 miles and ran 3.
• Maria in South Africa
  Maria travels to South Africa for the summer of 2007
• New Global Citizens in Action Slideshow
  Check out our latest slideshow!
• Our Slideshow
  Check out our slideshow that we use to introduce ourselves to people who don't know us.
• Richest 2 percent own more than half the world
  Two percent of adults command more than half of the world's wealth.
• Teen Voices Activist of the Month
  Shaina Patel of Leland High School is a Teen Voices Activist of the Month
• The Effects Of Migration On Central American Communities
  by Katherine Zavala, IDEX Program Fellow
• This Generation's Moon Shot
  Bono challenges the world to wipe out poverty and disease. The question now, he says, is whether politicians will prove themselves the equal of scientists.
• Trip to Ecuador
  Ouida Chichester, YPW's Program Officer, is back from her recent trip to Ecuador
• Venice High Brownie Brigade
  Students of Venice High School in Los Angeles held a brownie sale to raise funds for the Ark Foundation School in Tanzania.
• Visit to India
  Caitlin and Amanda visited India in May 2007, check out photos from their trip.
• Want to travel to Bangladesh?
  10 Bay Area students will take part in a 3 week exchange.
• Who are the Invisible Children?
  High school senior Shawn Guna writes about child soldiers in Northern Uganda.
• World AIDS Day at Berkeley High
  Youth Together Against AIDS at Berkeley High School prepares for World AIDS Day
• Y Fest 2006: Consider the Possibilities!
  Amanda Gelender, YPW's Senior Intern, explores the possibilities of Y Fest
• Youth Together Against AIDS in Toronto!
  YTAA is attending the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada
• YPW Co-Founder Named One of the '21 Leaders for the 21st Century'
  Esther Hewlett has been awarded the title of 'Innovator' by Women's eNews.
• YPW in Africa
  Follow the travel blog of YPW staff as they visit Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa to support the work of Youth Together Against AIDS.