The National Youth Forum (NYF) was initiated in 2004 by the National Youth Council (NYC) with the aim of addressing the call by PM Lee Hsien Loong to enhance the level of youth civic participation.
The NYF follows from the Remaking Singapore Committee recommendations to provide a formal platform for youth from a variety of backgrounds to study policy formulation and debate national issues.
Outside Cathay Cineleisure – across from the *scape Youth Park – DJ Rosalyn Lee — who appears in ONE (SINGAPORE)‘s “Make Time for Them” Stand Up campaign — shared with participants the horrible fact that every three seconds a child dies from extreme poverty. She then led the audience in a moment of silence.
Secondary 2 students from our school were requested to gather at our school’s parade square in the morning of the 17th of october, to create a human formation of the words STAND UP! each Secondary 2 class formed one letter, and the event lasted about one hour. Teachers and student helpers from our school’s United Nations Club helped out in organising the students.
During a Hari Raya house party, we will Stand Up Against Poverty.
A dialogue session about human rights, hunger and poverty; and what YOU can DO about it.
we think personal action begins right from the heart, and the well-being and peace of each individual can bring about a sense of community-how people can come together. At Poverty Powwow-lets explore what we can do to take action.
yoga asanas (sound mind and body) 4pm drum circle (percussion jam for anyone to join in the beat) 4.45pm
Recital of declaration.
Photo-taking
we are having fringe contests: art, essay and poem on the theme “voices of poverty” we have self-made information posters on MDG goals. we are going to design the numbers 0 to 9 on the actual day.
