Last summer, I was bored out of my mind because hey, after immense pressure and ever-increasing loads of schoolwork and commitments, when 2 months with no pressure and little to no schoolwork stretches out in front of you, it can often seem cavernous. It’s funny how we often look towards summer holidays as the pinnacle…
This July, I had the opportunity to visit one of the premier Canada Day events in Calgary at Prairie Winds Park, hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā’at (AMJ) Calgary. The community event was filled with speeches, various community booths, games for the kids and a free family barbeque. I thought that the event was a…
Summer in Cowtown is the prime “festival season” as it is a “construction season”; the vibrancy is meant to be taken in through participation, not realizing you have missed out on the fun after hearing about it through post-festival media coverage! Here is a set of festival listings that I have found to be useful…
Last Sunday I had the amazing opportunity to meet the compassionate, caring and intelligent Naheed Gilani at The World Partnership Walk’s: Global Village. Who is Naheed Gilani? Naheed Gilani is a one in a million type of human being that offers his time and knowledge in developing countries to better their economies and quality of…
So this past weekend, I had a chance to go and check out the annual Kiwanis Youth Diversity Cup from June 8-9, 2013 at the Forest Lawn Athletic Park. The Kiwanis Youth Diversity Cup is a fun, free soccer tournament for youth run by Kiwanis in partnership with the Calgary Learning Village Collaborative (CLVC) and the Calgary Police Service…
Hopefully by now you are in touch with the goals of the World Partnership Walk (WPW) through the articles that Malika and Sarena have both written. So on the Sunday morning that is June 9th, I volunteered there along with Malika (we saw Sarena later on) and off the day began! Without further ado, please enjoy this vertical wall…
UPDATE (6/29/13) – Now instead of the Heritage Park project, we’ll be helping out with flood clean-up in Sunnyside. Yay! 🙂 UPDATE (6/26/13) – In the wake of our flooding (see all of YAA’s coverage here), the project at Heritage Park has been cancelled. We are looking for an opportunity for our volunteers who have signed up…
Statistically speaking, at this point, around 25% of New Year’s resolutions will have failed. However, if you are reading this blog, I have faith that you have more willpower than that. Now, since all of you are awesome, I know that you will have made some resolutions pertaining to making the world a better place.…
Weekend’s over, time for the serious stuff again. On our final week we got to visit a Prenatal & Postnatal clinic. We had a family planning workshop at the clinic, and after we got to visit the newly born babies. The youngest baby was only 2 hours old! They were adorable. The…
Yay! It’s the weekend, and it’s time for the Safari trip! Who goes to Africa without a safari trip back? All I can say is, without a safari trip, you won’t really experience the natural beauty of Africa. Our trip began at 5:00am… since driving to the national park required around 3 hours. It’s extremely helpful…
Do you love reading and everything about the literary world? Do you want to spread the love of reading to young children? Want to earn volunteer hours and leadership skills along the way?
Do you have someplace in the world you’re dying to visit, but don’t want your parents to be there? Exotic places like: Tanzania Ghana Kenya Nepal Thailand Peru Why not use a volunteer opportunity to travel and help others at the same time? There are many organizations that organize such volunteer trips for High School…
Raising over $4,000 for Spread the Net Charity, Western Canada’s Interact Club has show success in making a difference in the global community. In cooperation with UNICEF and co-founded by Rick Mercer, Spread the Net is an organization that provides bed nets in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, among other African nations, to prevent the spread…
Do you have free time on the weekends or after school? Do you like lending a helping hand? And do you like having fun? If you have answered yes to these questions, then you are destined to become a volunteer and Youth Central welcomes you! Volunteering is a selfless and exhilarating activity anyone can partake it. You…
Looking for a volunteering gig this summer? Want to travel the world? Why not volunteer abroad with Me To We? (: Me To We is a charity that works in partnership with Free The Children, creating environmental and social change in less fortunate nations around the world. And best of all, it offers youth like…