Archive for March, 2008
1. Appoint a committee
of professors, such-like.
2. Do extensive consultations and research for years.
Copy-pasting from Youth Policies which have been drafted following extensive consultations and research, also qualifies as “extensive consultation and research.”
3. Launch the policy
If you’ve done the extensive consultation and research as mentioned in step 2, the launch of the draft should be followed [...]
Filed under: Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society | Leave a Comment
Tags: Activism, Beyond Borders, Colombo, National Youth Policy, Policy, Sri Lanka, Youth
Young people in South Asia and in particular Sri Lanka are disillusioned with both mainstream and alternative spaces for political action says K.Guruparan speaking at the International Conference on Youth and Democracy in South Asia in Pune, India.
Guru was presenting a paper on youth participation in decision making and policy making processes using Sri [...]
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Tags: Activism, Beyond Borders, Democracy, India, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Youth Parliament, Youth, Youth Participation
A 1000 bucks in your pocket
I am not a great story teller.Or maybe I am or maybe I think I am.
Anyway, I got my drivers’ license recently,and man! it was one hell of a ride.I am not being sarcastic, and no! when I say one hell of a ride,I don’t mean the number8 turn bikers take.It’s whole bribe scene I [...]
Filed under: Opinions, Sri Lanka | 2 Comments
Tags: Colombo, Corruption, Sri Lanka
Same Veil. Two very different perceptions.
Sometimes, a picture is more than just a thousand words.
Filed under: Identity, Opinions, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society | 17 Comments
Tags: Christianity, Diversity, Faith, Identity, Islam, Preceptions, Religion, Sri Lanka, Unity, Youth
The Godaya Initiative
BB-ite and the author of the ST Mirror’s Godaya Column, Dinidu, has started a (somewhat) novel concept aimed at helping the poor – Peer2Peer charity.
Dinidu has this his to say about what he calls The Godaya Initiative on his site :
The Godaya Initiative is a result of one of my travels to Hambantota which resulted [...]
Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, Sri Lanka | 1 Comment
Tags: Charity, Colombo, Development, P2P Charity, Poverty, Sri Lanka, Youth
Are you a drama queen/king? Are you between the ages of 16-26? If you If you answered yes to both questions, then we would like you to be a part of the Beyond Borders Forum Theatre outfit. We are a voluntary youth led youth run organization who use Forum Theatre as a tool to help [...]
Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, Media, Sri Lanka, Theatre | 2 Comments
Tags: Beyond Borders, Colombo, Forum Theatre, Sri Lanka, Theatre, Volunteer
The Sri Lanka Youth Parliament is a youth led, youth run initiative, whose aim is to mobilize and create a network of young people to bring about positive and sustainable change to issues that affect youth and their communities in Sri Lanka .
The first step towards this endeavor was the ‘first sitting of the Sri [...]
Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, Sri Lanka | 2 Comments
Tags: Activism, BCIS, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Youth Parliament, Youth
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And to keep a long story short(I mean SHORT!),as the title reads;the BB Blog just got reviewed by BlogsWeLuv.com
You can read the blogsweluv review here
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Conversations
Through the looking glass, I heard music, saw laughter and color pass by.. Life is a whirlwind of joyous moments. Then, I opened my eyes…
BB India presents.. Conversations
Filed under: Festival, Fun, Identity, India, Media, Peace-Conflict-Governance, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tags: Beyond Borders, British Council, Change, Conflict, Conversations, documentary, Identity, India, New Delhi, Video, Youth Activism
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