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A letter about the ¨Migration Crisis¨ from a Honduran girl
There are ways to solve social/political problems. It's understandable that countries may not react positively to foreign people entering their territories, but it is also understandable that there are human ways to solve conflicts. Tear gas, hitting, discrimination, among many other things are some of the situations that migrants are dealing with. This is a TOTAL violation of their human rights. This is not about migrants from Honduras alone, it is about humanity and the way we are ending it ourselves. There are hundreds of people from Central American countries migrating who are suffering...
Overcoming obstacles by believing in yourself
Take action on children’s rights
What are you waiting for?
If I hadn’t taken a gap year, I would have had the same life as every university student does in Hong Kong now (studying, tutoring and hanging out with friends). Simply, I ditched everything that I had in Hong Kong, and I started a new beginning in Kazakhstan as a United Nations Volunteer for UNICEF. Before I made this move, all of my friends were criticizing me about my decision. They were saying, ‘Why don’t you go to the volunteer programme after your graduation?’ ‘You are going to miss a lot because you are not getting immersed with us.’ Honestly, I also struggled a lot before I came here...
On World Children’s Day, meet the children standing up for children’s rights
Tomorrow will be better
Sitting alone by the corner of her building lost in thought. Oh God! Why me? Why do I keep getting poor results from my exams, she exclaimed. When will all this struggle end? It is not as though I don’t study, I try my best to study as much as I can, yet no improvement. She sobs as tears roll down her cheek. Nkem! Mother approaches calling and looking for her, she finally saw her sitting by the corner filled with tears rolling down her cheek. Mama I am tired of trying so hard and everything seems fruitless. Nkem it’s okay, remember tomorrow will be better don’t worry, stop crying. She hugged...
What are you waiting for?
what are you waiting for? what’s holding you back from living the life of your dreams? what’s holding you back? I ask again the world needs you the world needs your heart, your passion, your excitement. humanity needs you, only you can make that dream of yours become a reality. what’s holding you back? let go of your insecurities, believe in the incredible power you have, listen to your heart and great things will start happening around you. listen to your heart and get out of that destructive zone in which you’re at right now we need you, the world wants to see the real you. the real you that...
The self love
What is self love? It is acceptance, affection, courage and respect for ourselves. It is related to high self esteem, it has no similarity to self-centeredness or pride. All human beings are different, these differences make us unique, authentic, valuable and make us shine with our own light. Don't be discouraged if someone tells you otherwise; forget about prejudices, belive in yourself. Love yourself as you are, love what you do and others will show you, the same affection and respect. Happines is the success of self love, so accept yourself, love yourself, be happy and you can find the...
Why is it important to open up to your parents and how to do it?
Do you remember the last time you went through an emotional breakdown? Whose face popped into your mind when you felt like reaching out? Was it that of your parents? For many - certainly not. A child’s well-being can be influenced by many factors, but the parent-child relationship is undoubtedly the most significant aspect governing it. Adverse childhood experiences, different parenting styles and a parent’s own mental health define the mental growth and development of the child in early years but the manner in which the conversation takes place between the parent and child continues to shape...
Letter to my younger self
Hey little me, I wish you had written down a couple of questions for me to answer today. It is hard to think what you would have wanted me to talk about specifically, since I am you and not, at the same time. My last resource is guessing. I am not sure if you ever desired advice from an older self in order to take decisions. So even though you did not wish for them, here is a couple of bits of advice: To the one I was 15 years ago, math is hard but learning is great. Do not feel like you need to follow what everybody else does in order to feel part of the bunch. Keep being loud and kind; you...
"Love Yourself" : Two words that have changed million of lives
"Love yourself." How can a two-word sentence can be so powerful, that it has changed lives of milion people? It is just a reminder that no one tells anyone. No one reminded us that we need to love ourselves. BTS did. When I first started it, I took a very simple step. Earlier, whenever I went through very hard time, I just wanted to leave the world. I might not really want to die, I just wanted to escape. When I came to know about Love Myself, what I did was during such bad times, when the thought of death was about to come in my head, I told myself, "Love yourself." When people made me think...
Racial Discrimination: a deadly poison
Racism is not just an added stress to individuals of minority ethnic groups, but is a pathogen which generates depression. Racism usually occurs at workplace and schools and is mostly experienced by immigrants and refugees. The immigrants and refugees are often taken advantage as labour force, human trafficking and even cases of rape and child marriage. Their human rights must be protected, so they will have the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education to eradicate poverty, and end child marriage. Being...
Being a Muslim girl in America
Who I am and who I want to become
So my teacher gave an assignment to write an essay about WHO I’M GOING TO BECOME Typical right? But being the procrastinator that I am… I did it three hours before class…. After all how hard can it be? One hour to plan, One hour to draft And one hour to edit I sat there and began to write…write…write…write When class had begun and I handed her the essay I was like "I've been up all night working on this I deserve nothing less than an A” *wink My teacher looked perplexed Trying to figure out what I meant, holding the page of my future Torn from the book of my heart Written by my experiences She...
Live Life to the fullest
Live life and live it to the fullest!!! This statement is the most overused yet motivational line that is used in the 20th century of life. It has been used so much that it lost its value, its significance that it’s just that a statement that is used with the hope that it will bring someone some light, some energy, something for people to feed on, to read on . This is more than a statement its a feeling that cant truly be described. BUT I am here to say that this statement is…..well…. actually… true. I know this because I’ve experienced it…I actually felt it and lived it. I was in Florida on a...
Think positive and act wisely
Beaten For Buying Books
It was around 10:30 in the night when this girl, around 14 or 15 years of age, came and stood next to me in a market place. She had a pen and a notebook in one hand and her little brother, in the other. She told me how she didn’t like to beg but her mother forced her to do it every day. She asked if I could get her something to eat which she could take home for all her siblings. She had tables and alphabets written in her notebook. She doesn’t go to school. There is someone who comes to a nearby Metro Station every day to teach her a few basics. She was upset because she couldn’t understand...
#womenempowerment: It's time that we stand up
As young women, it is important that we love and support each other to empower and enrich the minds of other young women as the future leaders. And it's not only about commending each other when we do good and amazing things; it's also about everyday ordinary women who wake up every morning, striving for a better future, where by they can live in peace and knowing that they won't be #MeToo. I think it's time that we as women stand up and take charge, make a difference and be heard in this male dominated world, and show that when women stand together they can move mountains.
Is your democracy in danger?
Democracy is the basic fundamental right of an individual. The strength of nations lies in democracy. Democracy allows the people to elect their representatives and form government. The general idea is that Democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people. We never thought of how our democracy could be in danger. There are various incidents that have taken place all around the globe, which are the prove that democracies can die if the people living in democracy do not identify the cause of its collapse and also not taking necessary actions to protect it. Whether it is America...