Jagriti Yatra 2015 – Train ride for a better world
Written by Sailesh Singhal Ever wonder what can happen on an epic train ride across India to talk about the SDGs? Here’s your answer! I was a part of a Jagriti Yatra journey with 449 other young people to 12 destinations in India to share news on the SDGs and the World We Want. A Yatra […]
JCI India Hosts Aeromodelling Show to Collect MY World Votes
From JCI India The 1st phase of the MY WORLD awareness launch was done during the Trade & Fun Fair of JCI Ankleshwar – an Annual event that has been held for last 12 years. The event was launched by Imm. Past President of JCI India Deepak Nahar, in the presence of 5000 people in Ankleshwar, India. […]
MY World reaches 5 MILLION votes – The Celebration!
September 25, 2014, NEW YORK Blog by Caya Johnson, Global Youth Advocate THANKS A (FIVE) MILLION TO ALL MY WORLD PARTNERS! If you were unable to attend, please enjoy the web-stream and picture album of the celebration The evening of 25th of September during the UN General Assembly week brought together MY World friends from far […]
Youth Diary from Pune, India – By Mr. Aakash Shah, Global Youth Advocate
Today, I would like to talk about the person who changed my dream of working for development on a global level into reality. He is the person tp whom I give all the credit. He has been a strong pillar to support me in my initiatives and has helped me implement them as planned. […]
Reaching Out to Youth in the Poorest Regions of India
By Ms. Natasha Kanvinde, MY World 2015 Youth Ambassador. Ms. Kanvinde has collected over 3,000 votes in the past month and she continues to reach out to youth in the poorest regions in India. The annoying ringing of my alarm clock woke me up at 5am on a Friday morning. My unaccustomed system groaned in […]
Youth Aiming to Reach 1 Million Young People in Pune, India
This is a letter written by Aakash Shah, Founder and President of Action for Pune Development, and Global Youth Advocate for MY World 2015 and World We Want 2015. He is striving to collect a million votes in Pune, India. It is an honor to work as a Global Youth Advocate for My World 2015, and […]
Reaching out to the most marginalized in India
YASR, Youth Action for Social Responsibility, is one of the many MY World partners in India. This organization has distributed our survey across the nation, specifically in the district of Panna, a municipality in the state of Madhya Pradesh famous for it’s natural resources and wildlife reserves. Reaching out to over 1,000 individuals in this […]
Making every vote count in India
UNV Field Unit in India has mobilized thousands of Indians to vote for the My World Survey. Where internet or mobile options are not available, UNV’s partners at the grassroots level are supporting offline surveys since March 2013 reaching out to thousands of Indians to engage them in the post-2015 process. So far, about 2500 offline […]
AFRC INDIA: Youth Volunteers Catalysts of Active Citizenship
A team of 20 enthusiastic youth took it upon themselves to reach out to their communities in Wayanad District of Kerala (India) to hear their unique perspectives for a better world, through the Offline My World Option Survey. For nine days, this team of youth volunteers traveled extensively throughout the district and collected approximately 500 […]
Bringing the People of India into the Global Conversation
Press release “I am thrilled that by making a simple phone call people can take a virtual seat at the UN to participate in a global conversation on the roadmap for the future” – Ms Priyanka Chopra Mumbai, 27 May 2013 – The United Nations has invited citizens from around the world to vote on […]