All the way from Pakistan to Denmark (3)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Quote

"I particularly appeal to our intelligentsia and students to come forward and rise to the occasion. You have performed wonders in the past. You are still capable of repeating the history. You are not lacking in the great qualities and virtues in comparison with the other nations. Only you have to be fully conscious of that fact and to act with courage, faith and unity".

Message to Pakistan Day, issued from Delhi March 23, 1943

By a strange coincidence, the Egyptian Revolution happened on the same day as Iran’s Revolution.Can the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolution provide fresh impetus to the noble Palestinian struggle for self-determination?

Apply now: South Asian Youth Conference 2011

Hey all,

Glad to inform you that the first South Asian Youth Conference will be held in Bangalore, India from May 23-28th on the themes of peace and mutual understanding.

The Conference is being organised by a committee of SAARC youth led by the Blue Ribbon Movement. It will be held at the facilities of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. The Conference will have a programme of plenaries, skills workshops, round tables, action projects and cultural events – on the pattern of the World Youth Congress programme.

SAYC is a unique opportunity to be a part of an international gathering of achievers.
Participating in it will
- Give you an international perspective of the South Asian Region
- Learn critical and hard-to-find skills like conflict resolution and cultural sensitivity
- Let you represent your country and understand it better in the process
- Help you build new friendships and associations
- Provide you a flavor of the Indian culture
- Give you an opportunity to explore India
- Be a strong resume bullet point helping you in your future career

Deadline to apply:28 February 2011

Application form available at:http://www.sayc2011.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/SAYC2011_ApplicationForm.doc
For more deatils please go to: http://www.sayc2011.org/

Wish you all a best of luck!

All the way from Pakistan to Denmark(2)

All the way from Pakistan to Denmark(1)

Flying all the way from Karachi, Pakistan, landed at the Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup Airport on 19th January 2011 to participate in the semester studies, forty minutes from the capital Copenhagen.

For Pakistanis, it is arduous to get a visa of Denmark and there was a long wait before I finally received my passport. It is lamentable to know that the Norwegian embassy in Pakistan has denied visa to fellow Pakistani talented youngsters who were selected to attend an international youth peace festival in Norway to be held in February 2011. They refused me the visa in the year 2007 for the same event. Their reasons for the refusal of visa to attend a peace event, an event that has the objective to bring youth from around the world at one platform for peace are absolutely absurd and illegitimate. It is therefore pivotal that both the governments of Denmark and Norway review their stringent visa policies in order to make botheration free visa process for the youth of Pakistan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan must raise this issue at diplomatic levels with the respective countries, but for this to happen, those Pakistanis who were selected out of thousands of applicants should collectively act now.

However, now that I am here in Denmark, it is time to talk about building the bridges of friendship between Pakistan and Denmark.
Danes are fun loving people and I have met with youths here who have all the ingredients to be the future leaders of Denmark. In Pakistan, I know there are number of young people who are doing remarkable voluntary work and despite various impediments, in situation of conflict, they are standing together for peace loving society. This is the young generation that we don’t talk much about, they are the silent majority, they are the ones who will take our countries to new heights and will open new chapters of our friendship.

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Possibilities of working wiith UNICEF Rural Voices of Youth (RVOY)-Pakistan

The UNICEF Rural Voices of Youth (RVOY) is a Voices of Youth (VOY) initiative launched by a group of young people in Nigeria in 2005. Pakistan is now among 35 countries where this project is presentlly running. RVOY has the objective of linking young people from rural areas and the hard to reach in different countries, who do mot have access to the internet, to explore,speak out and take action on global issues that are important to them in order to create a world fit for children.

UNICEF Rural Voices of Youth-Pakistan is exploring the possibilities of working with credible youth associations,clubs and organizations with their outreach in rural/slum areas of Pakistan. If you want your organization to work with us in our future consultations, discussions, other initiatives, and be included in our database, please send an email of interest highlighting nature of work in rural areas and with complete contact details including postal & email address,telephone & website (if applicable) of your organization to:

rvoypakistan@gmail.com latest by 17th January, 2011.

Thank you for your interest!

To know about Voices of Youth, please go to: www.unicef.org/voy
http://blog.voicesofyouth.org/?p=2072

Note: At this stage, only as an organization, you can send your request and not as an individual.

With kind regards,

Bilal Masood
National Focal Point-Pakistan
UNICEF Rural Voices of Youth