“ Within each of us resides the

power and courage to choose the

most positive thoughts, words, and

actions in each situation... We

need only choose.”

Unknown Author

Today,

We have the choice to acknowledge our

impact. We have the choice to seize a moment

and live it to its fullest.

We have the choice to be aware of

what surrounds us.

To realize the need and consequences

of our actions,

the opportunities available to each of us.

We have the choice of taking or leaving.

Some do not have that choice…

now stop

… and think

Would you have thought the same if ……

… or had been to these places yourselves?

What if you knew the people in these pictures?

about what you just saw…

If before she was a delegate you met at a conference…

2000, Athens, Greece

You had seen him training perfectly normally before…

2003, outside Baghdad, Iraq

The man in the cage was your brother…

And you had met the soldier…

2004, Kampala, Uganda

Your cousin was waiting for a test result…

December 2004, Sri Lanka

She’s your aunt and the rest of the family is gone…

2005, Nkomazi, South Africa

This was where the family water supply came from…

2004, Russia/Tchetchenia

You saw this kid going to school in the morning

2004, Darfur, Sudan

You visited this perfectly normal African village a year ago…

2005, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

You came back home and this was your city…

Safety drill in Chernobyl contamination zone, April 2006, Ukraine

Your child just got cancer from nuclear radiation…

April 2006, Katmandu, Nepal

The police have just beaten your friend…

April 2006, Bulgaria

Your house is underwater…

April 2006, N’djamena, Tchad

Half your friends have been abducted for a guerilla army

April 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel

You would have been blown up if you had arrived on time for

the bus

July 2006, Bombay, India

You haven’t heard from your dad who commutes by train in

Mumbai…

What kind of world do we live in?

Today’s problems are more global…

More connected…

And more complex…

Than ever…

Something has to change…

Global Problems

Global Solutions

Someone has to change it…

If something has to change…

Think about it …

Are we creating

change as THE

YOUTH?

Globalisation

In a list of the top 100 economic powers

…51 are corporations

Environment

… 2% of the world is forest

Health

More than 40 Million people are living with HIV/AIDS

Hunger

… Almost 800 million people do not have food

Education

… 1 out of every 5 adults is illiterate

Poverty

… Over 1 billion people live on less than 1 US dollar a day

Children

Every minute, 50 children are born in poverty

Democracy

… 62% of states are democratic.

NGO Sector

… 2,091 NGO’s hold consultative status at the UN.

Energy

… 11.5% of energy production comes from

renewable energy sources

Technology

… 214 countries are connected to the internet.

Wealth

… World Economic Output tripled in the past 25 years.

Are you now thinking about…

Where

What

How

Why

Who

When

YOUR contribution to our world?