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First I had played volleyball; there were two teams, male and female. I enjoyed playing it. Similarly, we played coco ball; but due to lack of ideas I couldn't play well. Baseball is my favorite game. We were really tired. Games keep fit our body.
young people must be discuss on global current issues like Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Human Trafficking, Gender discrimination, plight of children and aware about leadership skills for tomorrow. Normally, in the human rights events they had workshop on Communications/organization (Coalition Building, Advocacy, NGO’s/Civil Society) and use of the media in human rights reporting. We have also attended that.
Informal meeting had ended by 10.00 PM after which participants retired to their rooms. It was wonderful that nobody was willing to sleep. Lots of friends were hanging around in the common room. We even made tattoos in our bodies. Some people were in computer room because the computer room was opened only after 9 pm. After surfing the Internet for some time, I went to sleep at 2 am.
Our breakfast time always started at 8.00 am in a different building. Because of the late night, some time we woke up late and missed the breakfast and ran to attend the workshop which started from 9 a.m. Likewise, Dinner time was fixed at 5.30 pm. onwards and we always had to be on time. We had to do everything on time. Some times some of my friends also missed dinner.
Some areas of campus were not easily accessible to people with disabilities and differently able people were requested to contact the accessible van for transportation around campus. This service proved how much they care for differently able people.
Whisky! Mr. Valery, A Russian friend who is a layer invited us to test Russian whisky in the common room around 10.00 pm. Some friends collected ice and cup from the university kitchen. Babara, a Polish girl served whisky with ice for all friends; I had also taken a cup and tested it very slowly because I am not used to whisky. Amazing, I finished it very fast and shared my experience that Russian whisky is like water. After that she gave me a full cup. That was real whisky, which was rolling my head. It was first time that I drank whisky as water, it made us relaxed.
We visited a university's agriculture farm. There were lots of cows and buffaloes. They used a developed technology for the getting milk. Animals got care more than three times a day. "Farm animals got better care than me', my dear Mr. Sarada, a Cambodian friend joked. That area was rolling green hills. Manager of the farm not only briefed us about its activities but also provided us with ice cream. I had taken chocolate ice cream. Since we had no time to eat it there, we eat it at the bus. Ms. Sreyashi, an Indian girl, who was already on the bus with vanilla ice cream, requested me to stay with her. She sang the Nepali song, 'Kanchi ho kanchai…'. I feel that Indian girls are practical in life and have a good sense of humor. We both had finished our bus trip with good chat, but not ice cream. Since we had taken the medium size it was difficult for us to finish. I don't eat chocolate ice cream later; but wanted that moment.
I was really inspired for their respect for time and it’s important for them. We were attending a workshop on land rights issues till 6.40.PM; the organizer informed us we must finish dinner before 7.00pm. All the friends finished dinner very fast because they all were interested in the open mike and culture night. Already lots of friends were involved in the rehearsal. This type of platform provides the culture exchange among participants.
Wow! On that day every one came in their national dress, and expressed their culture and dress. Due to the organizer late information I didn’t have my national dress. By the way, I had postcard, banner and interactive CD provided by the Nepal Tourism Board. I distributed it. Ice cream, cake, juice and drinks (not more than coke stuff) were provided during the programme. We all liked Aida Pena Celis, the Columbian girls' performance. Finally, we all danced together.
Actually, participants don’t sleep after official workshop. With the end of the culture programme, around 10.00 pm, we started our own campaign. In the university we went to the bar and took beer in the open sky. Some friends were coming with pizza and K.F. chicken. Either boy or girl; all youth participated equally there till 2.00 pm. It's late for me to check emails so I went to the computer room and wished good night for all.
Now, Global current trend is peace. Every person needs peace. So, we had discussed on peace education, conflict resolution and politics and NGO's.
An Interesting point was that we had four groups to make an action plan. Our group had made an action plan for "child armed conflict in Nepal". During a proposal presentation we all had different interesting fields but the majority was for children. We had discussions about its implementation and formulation.
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Enos Opati Ongute | Mar 10th, 2007
Thanks for the conference. I wish to attend as i,m an aspiring politician in Kenya.
God bless your efforts.
Enos
efforts Enos Opati Ongute | Mar 10th, 2007
Thanks for the conference. I wish to attend as i,m an aspiring politician in Kenya.
God bless your efforts.
Enos
Great Enos Opati Ongute | Jul 23rd, 2007
Good work. Encouraging more young people to take action.
Enos
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