



URI Young Leaders Program -
URI Youth Ambassadors
Aim: The purpose of the URI Youth Ambassadors program is to develop the leadership capacities of young people from the URI network and likeminded organizations, and to grow and strengthen the movement by building up this new generation of interfaith leaders. Over the course of a year, those who are chosen as our inaugural Youth Ambassadors will receive training, tools, mentorship and opportunities to participate in interfaith activities and events. In exchange, Youth Ambassadors will commit to organize an interfaith service project in your community, set up a URI Cooperation Circle[1] in your locality or cross-regionally around a specific topic, and utilize social networks and media to publicize the ideals and vision of the URI. All interfaith-interested young people ages 18-30 are welcome to apply. We, the members of the URI Young Leaders Program Steering Committee, commit ourselves in any way possible to help you along the way, and to help you manage these responsibilities within your busy lives, whether you work, study, or have other important commitments. We will do our best to help you feel connected and supported in your valuable service.
To apply to become a URI Youth Ambassador, please fill out the enclosed application and submit by email to stalcott@uri.org, or by fax to +1-415-561-2313. You can also apply online at: http://www.uri.org/youth/youth.html and submit the form directly.
Applications must be received by October 31st, 2009!
Commitments: URI Youth Ambassadors will commit to the following activities over the course of one year, January – December 2010:
a. To initiate a URI Cooperation Circle in your locality or cross-regionally around an issue of your choice that will be a vehicle to fulfill the ideals of URI and your individual aims for local or global interfaith engagement;
b. To participate in at least six (6) of the URI Young Leaders Program monthly live chats to share your views with other members of the URI Global Youth Network on a variety of topics;
d. To publicize your activities and share progress on your projects over the course of the year through regular blogging on the URI online community, youth broadcasts, and networking (which may include public speaking).
e. To organize an interfaith community service project in your community for the 72 Hours Project – A Global Celebration through Service (http://www.uri.org/anniversary/10years/portal.html).
f. To participate in 4 quarterly conference calls (or possibly web-casts) with the Steering Committee members and other Ambassadors to share your progress and learning along the way.
We anticipate you will spend about 2-3 hours a week working on your commitments. Specific time commitments include:
- 1 hour every two weeks, check-in with your mentor by email or phone
- 1 hour every two months, participation in Young Leader live chats
- Approximately 4 hours a month dedicated to the planning of your service project
- Approximately 4 hours a month dedicated to setting up a local Cooperation Circle and energizing its activities
- 1-2 hours per month, contributing your ideas and writing articles for the monthly young leaders’ blog or other networking activities
- 1-2 hours every three months for quarterly conference call with all Ambassadors
Benefits and Opportunities: To help you in fulfilling these commitments and to develop your capacity as interfaith leaders, the URI Youth Ambassadors will:
Timeline:
Sept 30th – Application Process Launched
Oct 31st – Applications Due
Nov 20th – Youth Ambassadors Announced
December – Youth Ambassadors are connected with mentors, sent orientation materials
Dec 29th – Welcome / Orientation Conference call held with all youth ambassadors
and steering committee members
Mar 15th – First conference call check-in on progress
Jun 15th – Second conference call check-in on progress
Sept 15th – Third conference call check-in on progress
Dec 15th – Final evaluation conference call
(Live chats are usually held on the last Sunday of each month at 15:00 UTC / GMT)
Up Coming Conference! Barcampphnompenh will be host conference of all things Technology,communication and innovative.It is a user generated by conference. Open,participatory workshop-events whose technology related to content is provided by participants Venue: Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC) Date: 03-04[sat-sun] October,2009 Any concerns,please go to http:barcampphnompenh.org








I, Sok Sidon, a member of Cambodian Research Group(CRG) and representative of Youth Leadership Challenge Alumni(YLCA) was invited by Cambodian Research Group(CRG) founder to participates in the workshop on the theme of ‘‘Changing approaches to development in Cambodia’’ which is organized by Cambodia Research Group from 8th -1oth of January 2009 at Pannasastra University, Cambodia.


Youth Leadership Challenge participants went to joint to party at Erin Soto’s house (USAID )Organization Representative in Cambodia in order to get to know each other more well, strengthening friendship, make good relationship with each other and also with many NGOs Leaders, especially the honor Leaders from the USAID Organization and also from other institutions in the party.

Beloved Friends and all,
I got really great experiences with other friends in Youth Leadership Challenge Participants the same me both Season 2 and 3 during my time in YLC Program Party at Kien Svay Resort .

In picture is all my good friends in team work. We are so happy to see and discuss with each other about how to contribute to society and be an outstanding youth in society.


Dear All,
First of all , let me introduce and show you with my grateful letter to thank to Mr Bernard Krisher who has played direct and active role in the development of Cambodia over the years. He has founded the Cambodiadialy Newspaper and many other worthy project including the following: Hospital of hope , NGOs styled medical facility in Phnom Penh City Center to health treat poor patients, Japan Relief for Cambodia and American Assistance for Cambodia. He has done fund raising all over the world to build hundreds of schools in remote rural Cambodia and has provided countless scholarships for children of the poor , young woman and other disadvantages people. The school building project was part of matching fund scheme involving world bank funds.
Mr Bernard Krisher is very interested in a direct conversation with students and young people of Cambodia over the opportunities to do something meaningful in one’s life for the future job marketability . he has alluded to the idea of Cambodia Peace Corps and very concept of youth volunteerism.
If all friends are interested with his work and want to know about him please go to check in his Website.
What I am very satisfied with now I am working with his organization at the rural school,and Especially , I have already joint Cambodia Peace Corps to provide humanitarian service by transfer my know ledges and experiences to the poor students, poor kids, and many activities of my working now day with social issue to develop my country. I will work with him and all other altogether for social accountability with NGOs and the government that will reduce poverty and offer an opportunity to less priviled children to enjoy a better life in the future. With my true intention I am happy to wish him have a great luck , more healthy , more happiness and get successful all his work in life
Every times I wish him all the best.
Sidon Sok
Young Cambodian.
Cambodian Young Leaders Summit «Building a Strong Cultural, Intellectual and Spiritual Foundation for the Future» Cambodian Young Leaders Summit Leadership for a New Generation.

Global Peace Initiative of Women, Young leaders International Peace Council is the program in Partnership with Dharma Dhrum Mountain Buddhist Association. Global Peace Initiative of Women is organizing a gathering of young Cambodian community leader in Siem Reap From November 15th- 19th,2007. The attendees represent the first generation born after the genocide, who will be the future leaders of the country. The purpose of the conference is to provide participants with the platform to come together to constructively shape a collective vision for my nation that will strengthen and guide our role in civil society. The gathering aims to allow participants to build and extant all our networks and to learn and become inspired by the successful work and best practices of other young people in my country. It will be an opportunity for linking inter-related issues -education, employment, poverty alleviation, human right, civic responsibility, and healthy ecological systems. I thought, It was great rare opportunity for young Cambodians to gather together to discuss on the current problems facing youths and to understand the important of its roles in building a strong cultural, intellectual and spiritual foundation for the future Cambodia. Thank to the Global Peace Initiative of women in partnership with Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association. The forum itself did not only help to provide a platform for the young to discuss the issues, strengthening the network, but it also helped to envision our future plan. How many of us ever think of our future plan? Honestly, I did not think too much in detail of it until I was asked to fill the form of this summit:

1-What is your vision for the future of Cambodia?
2-Where do you see yourself 10 year from now?

Lovely friends I post this question to all of you and hope all of you who did not think for your future plan, please start from now, then you can direct your actions toward your aims.

Lovely friends, Here is the photo during conference and I would like to present you this is Cambodian Young leaders Summit group photo. You can see all the participants in Cambodia and from USA, Taiwan, Sudan, China, Thailand and Vietnam who have attended in the conference in Siem Reip Province on November 5th-19, 2007.

Cambodia has suffered deeply.
From deep suffering comes deep compassion.
From deep compassion comes a peaceful heart.
From a peaceful heart comes a peaceful person.
From a peaceful person come a peaceful family and community.
From peaceful communities comes a peaceful nation.
From a peaceful nations come a peaceful world»
The late Venerable Maha Ghosananda.
Peace and love to all:
From my personal perspective, I think that people in our country are living under poverty situation. We all want to improve the standard of the living life- all want to live in peace and happiness not just in the past and present time, but also in the future. All do not want to see war and live in war. From this concept of people are thinking and with my own perspective, I understand that we can build our capacities and abilities to achieve our goal to build and enhance peace and strengthen the value of our lives, then we will reach the goal surely is to building peace altogether in society and promote peace, citizens’ positive thinking, creative thinking, philosophy and ethics learning and practices for a peaceful and wonderful living. The best is keep yourself in positive thinking and practicing, it will help ourselves to challenge each other, our critically to shape our world in order to make it a better place to live in, so that we can reach the joy and tastes of life.
In Peace,
Sidon
Learning and teaching methods for Self-Development, I think it very important and great useful to all human being to study , think, and share deeply. I am please to ask you all to learn and share it all of the useful of these knowledge to all our friends who are not yet getting this knowledge sharing. I got this useful sharing from my good friends who are active in sharing information. I would like to thank them a lot regarding to these sharing. For this meaning “Learning and Teaching Methods for Self-Development”. They provided 7 inspiring concepts:
1. “Learn for yourself, not for others”
2.“No one can teach you unless you are willing to”
3.“Do not only try to learn by heart”
4.“Do not only focus on a specific skill, but other social skills”
5.“Try to work and learn in team”
6.“Learn from others, especially the experienced and inspirable figure”
7. “Teach other of what you have learnt”
What are the concepts about? What have I had learn?
1. The more we learn, the more we know. It is a way to improve ourselves through learning. Do not wait other to order or ask you to read or study hard. Be proactive!
2. Grammatically, “Learn” is a verb. So we need to do an action. Unless we commit ourselves to learn, it is useless for others to push us. Only when we are willing to do so, we can achieve it.
3. There are three learning style: learning by heart, learning by practice, and learning by analytical thinking. Currently, our education system is adjusted to learning by heart. Therefore, it is necessary that we should change our attitude to be more proactive and critical thinkers.
4. Try to read more and be aware of general knowledge rather than sticking to a point of view.
5. “Many heads are better than one”. Our plan is kept improving by sharing with others. Also we can build our social communication and characters. Competency without Character, we fail. But Competency with Character, we will achieve our goal.
6. A model or a public figure can help to inspire our life. For example, there are two inspiring models of mine. One is the King Javaraman VII who had high leadership and spiritual commitment to his own people. Another one is Gandhi. His concept of “Non-Violence” and struggling character impressed me the most.
7. Try to build leaders surrounding you. Do not afraid that others will be better than you. It will not decrease your ability, but it even help to improve your knowledge and capacity. We will create a multiplied impact.
Question of thoughts from the training:
- What do you see differences between (8+2 = 10) & (10 = 8+2)?
- What have your teachers teach you? And what have you had learnt from them?
- Asked yourself what do you want to see yourself in the next 10 years?
Peaceful greeting to all:
As we know in our life, we can not predict it how it goes in the future. Mean that no one can predict the future, so if we do not see or have our own future or luck we have to create it.
Youth Leadership Challenge Alumni Grounp went to educate young and old people about how to protect STDs and HIV/AIDS during Water Festival which is organized by HACC and NAA.



Dear my best counterparts and all friends,

I am happy to present my warm compliment to all of you . Some picture below is my photo during YPD Program. YPD Program which is a program give me a lot of experiences and know ledges, especially my Counterpart, group in Kompot Province also (YPD2007) both all participant from Cambodia and Sweden. So here are some pictures that I took during YPD Program . I am very glad to put it in my blog. It is good picture memory that I can not forget it. Further more, great new experiences that I had learn during YPD. I would like to thank Khmer Youth Association (KYA) which provide a great opportunities to me and others participants. I can not forget this opportunities I always remember it in my mind and heart. I am very happy to post these pictures in to my blog so that all friends can see it.




Hello from Sidon,

I am a Youth Partner in Development Participant (YPD)2007, after this program I am also a Participant in Youth Leadership Challenge among top 16 of Youth Council of Cambodia that now I have been selected for the Youth Leadership challenges Program that deducted from 238 candidates .This program is produced by Youth Council of Cambodia and cooperation with IRI . Supported by USAID. YLC program will show on CTN TV Channel in September at 11:45-12:45 am. This competition has eight activities like:
1-Fund raising, 2-Debate, 3- Find signature and thumbprint for petition, 4- Feature Video Production, 5- SMS Support, 6-Facilitator in Seminar, 7-Drawing Picture
8-Public Speaking

and one activity has seven steps such as Task giving& Team Division,Training,Preparation,Activities,Judging,Reward for winning team and the last charity.and I can pass throught first.i was drop out from this Challenge with Second activities .in fact i am very happ with program because I can know a bout my abilities and knowledges .i know it is a real abilities that i can compete with other candidate from 238 person.

I would like to inform you that I am a candidate in Youth leadership Challenge i was selected by youth Council of Cambodia(YCC). you can see me in this Picture and all the candidate and now we are friends, one Group as YLC group.we have 32 canditdate blus YLC before. YCC is a Youth council of Cambodia, an Organization,Non-Government,Non-profet working with youth and for youth


Peace to all:
Hi, I am Sok Sidon, very happy to create my own blog and very glad to joint with all blogger team both in Cambodia and the world . I would like to share the information that I know to all what I can share and I am please to get all information from you all too. Welcome all your feedback and comment friends regarding to my blog . I update it well I need your help so that edit it. I want to learn more how to design my blog to be the professional one, please teach me to design it, because I am not an IT Expert. It is very useful site to provide good information and advantage news to all readers and friends around the world. I would like to inform to you all my friends about my blog is: www.soksidon.wordpress.com and again welcome all your comment and feedback.
Lots of love,
Sok Sidon
YPD2007
Dear Beloved Friends,
Youth Leadership Challenge program is new one program of Youth Council of Cambodia (YCC). Youth leadership challenge provided youth leader to compete and challenges each other among participants until the last is winner. This program has 8 week and 8 exam activities to challenges to all candidate that participated YLC program.


I was selected from 300 candidates to participant in this program. It is very useful and important program fro me. In this program, each competition exam they provided participant into two groups. After ended one each exam competition. we , YLA participant get funding to give to Orphanage Center and Street Children Organization.



Cambodian blogger Summit has held on workshop about blogger in cambodia and provide with thnology and blog to Participant for 2day at Panasasta university. during 2 day i am sok sidon as young blogger i was participated in worhshop and helped cambodian Blogger summit to prepare the activities in this workshop alson. it was very suprised and very exciting to a bout cambodian blogger and got alot of knowledges and Experience with blogger team from cambodia and USA , Australia , singapor………
Peace to all:
I am Sok Sidon, was born in Tapor Village, Ta Sous Commune, Svay Chrum Distirct, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia. I have 6 brothers and 2 sisters. I would like to work with youths, especially children to help and develop society to reduce all issues , especially poverty reduction. Below it is my contact ,
Please feel free to contact me in any time if you would like . I am please to welcome you all with my best regard, warm compliment.
I wish you all good luck, good health, more happiness and get successful all your work in life.

In Peace
Sok sidon
HP:(+855)16 61 84 21
Email: soksidon@gmail.com
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