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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 31^st, 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:

1. Be paired up with a member of the YLP Steering Committee from your region, as a resource and a mentor for your interfaith ambassadorship;
2. Be provided with a camera and headset to document your experience through pictures and video and to assist you in participating in conference calls and live chats;
3. Be given a full scholarship to attend at least one URI gathering and training opportunity in your locality or region over the course of the year;
4. Be provided with orientation and relevant training materials to assist you in carrying out your commitments.

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 15^th – First conference call check-in on progress

Jun 15^th – Second conference call check-in on progress

Sept 15^th – Third conference call check-in on progress

Dec 15^th – Final evaluation conference call

(Live chats are usually held on the last Sunday of each month at 15:00 UTC / GMT)

Continue reading Apply Now for URI Youth Ambassadors!…

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.

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

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

YCC- Youth Leadership Challenge

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

This the photo of Cambodian Blogger Summit

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………

Continue reading Cambodian blogger summit Workshop…

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

www.soksidon.wordprss.com