A Long Flight But A Good Week

I didn't have time to blog in 2 places whilst I was at the Global Youth Forum, so all my entries from the event itself can be found on the WAGGGS website at http://www.wagggs.org/en/globalyouthforum/blog.

There were some very great things about the event. The thirst for progress and better lives for the members of their communities was evident from all the yougn people who attended.
However I feel one thing was lacking. There was no space to talk about the specific measures that young people are already employing to improve their world. The Bali Declaration - the document coming out of the forum - has lots of broad statements about what governments should do and what the UN should do. And maybe they'll get round to doing that in 10 years time.

So as my follow up action, I want to put these demands in the hands of young people today, to open a platform to discuss what we're already doing, how that can be expanded and built upon, and how we can start seeing the change today.

Join the discussion for 5 days in January on Facebook. You can join the event at https://www.facebook.com/events/534602049885251/ and tell the world about the change you are making, or be inspired by somebody on the other side of the world.
I look forward to seeing you there.