Archive for April, 2008
Representatives from Beyond Borders was invited speak at the 7th annual Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The brief speech by Guruparan touched on aspects of youth participation in Sri Lanka based on his experience at the Sri Lanka Youth Parliament and Beyond Borders. The speech was followed up by a Question and [...]
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Wrong turn @ Ja-ela
Forum Theatre crew of Beyond Borders performed a revised version of “wrong Turn”, a forum theatre based on a poverty theme. The play was performed in ja-ela by invitation of the Law & Society Trust on the 26th of April, 2008. The play, intially produced on behalf of a CEPA event, was done in Sinhala [...]
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Tags: Activism, Forum Theatre, Ja-ela, LST, Sri Lanka, Young people, Youth
(A journey following river Yamuna in India to witness the sources of pollution that has given rise to the black river in Delhi. This river is one of the main sources of water in Delhi and the surrounding cities, and carries a large portion of its water to river Ganga, the largest river in India. [...]
Filed under: India, Youth-Culture-Society | 2 Comments
We are organizing a film/documentary (mini)Festival on Social and Development issues. In keeping with our vision for Active Global Citizenship, and in the spirit of free and open knowledge sharing, the event will be in the format of an unconference.
The entire event will be in the format of an unconference. That is, the event [...]
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Tags: documentary, Film Festival, Sri Lanka, Unconference, Youth
Peace one day is a concept by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley. He was at a musical concert, when Jeremy had an idea: what if there was one day when the world stopped fighting? A worldwide ceasefire – a non-violence day? A Peace Day? After years of work Jeremy finally had his wish in 2001, when the [...]
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Tags: Peace, Peace One Day, Sri Lanka, Youth, Youth Decleration
“In a world where it so easy to connect to one another, we still remain very much disconnected” Says Queen Rania of Jordan, who’s on a mission to break stereotypes about the Arab world. Her chosen ‘weapon’ – Youtube. From now till August 12th, The world [...]
Filed under: Peace-Conflict-Governance, Youth-Culture-Society | 1 Comment
Tags: Arab, Queen Rania, Religion, Stereotypes, Youtube
BB Pakistan Revival Blog
A few BB-ites in Pakistan have set up a Beyond Borders Pakistan Blog, to reactivate Beyond Borders in Pakistan.
Here’s a few key paragraphs from the Sunniya’s post outlining why she started the blog:
Beyond Borders Pakistan started under British Council in 2003. Several projects were conducted for the welfare of the society and to create awareness [...]
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Tags: Bangladesh, Beyond Borders, Change, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Youth Activism
The Liberal Youth Forum (LYF-India) is a movement of young individuals, informal groups and formal associations collaborating to create access and choice in social, cultural, economic, political and environmental spheres for a freer and more prosperous India. On April 5th, 2008, the Liberal Youth Forum will formally announce its launch at Hotel Peninsula Grand, Andheri [...]
Filed under: Events-Activities-Announcements, India, Youth-Culture-Society | 1 Comment
Tags: Centre for Civil Society, Freedom, India, Liberalism, Libertarianism, LYF, Youth
Following is a video excerpt of a presentation by Prof. Ajith De Alwis (University of Moratuwa) on the impact of Climate Change in Sri Lanka. The video was part of a larger forum organized by Beyond Borders in collaboration with the Youth Yatra Project on Climate Change in Sri Lanka.
Prof. Ajith takes a youth-focus in [...]
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Tags: Climate Change, Sri Lanka, Youth
Activiating Youth
First appeared in the Sunday Times Mirror Magazine on 30th March 2008.
One in every six people in the world is a young person. And all over the world, young people almost always have been the first to speak out on issues that are affecting them, and their communities. Be it in the form of a [...]
Filed under: Media, Opinions, Sri Lanka, Youth-Culture-Society | 1 Comment
Tags: Beyond Borders, Colombo, Peace, Social Change, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Youth Parliament, Youth Activism
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