Virtual Reality Films Screened at Athletics for a Better World
By Di Cao – Global Youth Advocate at the UN Millennium Campaign (L-R) Olympic Champions and IAAF Ambassadors, Joanna Hayers and Dwight Phillips, IAAF President Lamine Diack, UNDP Country Director Agi Veres & UNDP Head of Policy and Partnerships Hannah Ryder. UNDP and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) co-hosted a celebration of the social […]
Clouds Over Sidra Screened at World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Champions
From September 10th-12th, the Millennium Campaign had the pleasure to present a Virtual Reality screening of the film, Clouds Over Sidra at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2015 in Dalian, China. Clouds Over Sidra,which was created to support the United Nations Secretary-General’s MDG Advocacy Group’s call for partnerships to build resilience in […]
“我的世界”调查| 数据告诉你大家到底关心什么! Youthink China Survey Data Shows What People Really Care About
By Evonne Tang, Youthink Center (English Translation by Alice Chen, UN Millennium Campaign) Initiated by the United Nations, the “MY World” survey has been going on for over a month’s time in China through the outreach of Youthink Center and many other partners. So far, we have not only assembled a large team of volunteers, but also encouraged […]
‘我的世界’关注留守儿童－UMUNC Takes MY World Survey to “Left-Behind Children” in China
By UMUNC China Serene Lian “优梦中国”在My World招募志愿者活动取得巨大成果之后，我们的团队进而开始思索：我们的调查结果真的能让世界知道中国真的需要什么吗？是否我们的调查能够真正覆盖多样化的中国青少年群体？我们怎样才能让处在更复杂环境中的人有机会表达自己的需求呢？ UMUNC China has worked towards made great strides in gaining support from volunteers to promote MY World in China. Our team was concerned with how to really use our data to let the world know what China really needs. Can our data really illustrate the multi-dimensions of China’s […]
Volunteers in China Collect Over 70,000 Votes in 2 Weeks!
By Evonne Tang from Youthink Center The Chinese youth-led organization YouThink has taken on an amazing initiative to collect MY World votes and their results have been astounding: in 2 weeks more than 3,000 volunteers in China have collected over 70,000 votes—with more offline votes yet to be counted! One volunteer, Cheng Yachan, was able to collect […]
Collecting offline ballots from Millennials in China
Blog post by Ms. Chen, World Youth Foundation Volunteer in China. On 15-16 January, Ms. Chen collected 164 offline ballots at the school where she grew up in Jiangxi Province. Today I went to the school in my hometown that I attended 14 yrs ago, promoting the MY World 2015 Survey as an alumna of China’s Millennium […]
Launch of localized MY World Website in China
Blog by Evonne Tang, Youthink Center China On November 1st, MY World China’s newly improved website, www.myworld2015.cn, was unveiled during the World Youth Forum 2014 annual meeting, organized by MY World Partner, Youthink Center. The localized Chinese website was created in collaboration with Youthink, the UN Millennium Campaign and UNDP. MY World is a global survey for […]
First Offline Mobilisation in China: 3,000 Factory Workers Vote For a Better World
July 20, 2014 By Alice Chen, MY World Communications Team Over 3,000 factory workers from rural Shanxi Province voted for a better world through the MY World Global survey. When the factory manager heard about the United Nations MY World survey through relatives who lived abroad, she became curious and searched online to learn more […]