The SEPLAA Young Leaders held an art colouring activity with special children at Ameen Maktab. At first the young leaders Amal, Dina and Zaina, were also shy but they were soon interacting with ease with the very special children. The art sheets were prepared by Dina Malik, the concept was given by Zaina Malik (‘Who Read more about Special art with special children[…]
Colombo- Pakistani child, Dina Fraooq Malik (11) was selected as the only Pakistani and youngest participant to speak at the Global Youth Forum on Climate Change (GYFCC) as part of the Sri Lanka Next Conference & Exhibition at Colombo on 18th October, 2016. The GYFCC was attended by 200 international participants including students, academia, media Read more about Pakistani Child Advocate speaks at Global Youth Forum on Climate Change[…]
Report by Amal Farooq Malik and Dina Farooq Malik SEPLAA Young Leaders Club. The SEPLAA YLC, through one on one interactions, explained the concept of the SYLC 100 Leaves campaign to over 47 experts from 27 countries at the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo from 17-19 October, 2016. The campaign was a 10 Read more about SYLC 100 Leaves Campaign Part 2: An International Child Advocacy Campaign to highlight Climate Change Impact[…]
It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down. Reduce the usage of plastic bags! SEPLAA Report: The SEPLAA Young Leaders Amal Farooq Malik (13) and Dina Farooq Malik (11), attended the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo from 17th-19th October 2016. It was a great learning opportunity for the young Read more about SYLC 100 Leaves Campaign Part 1: The Advocacy Plan[…]
Colombo- The SEPAA Young Leaders will be conducting an international environment preservation campaign called the ‘SYLC 100 Leaves Campaign’ to highlight the need for environment preservation and climate change adaptation from 14th- 20th October, 2016. The campaign comes as a follow up activity of the SEPLAA Young Leader’s Club semester on ‘Creativity for Change- Climate Change Adaptation’ Read more about International Environment Campaign Launched by Pakistani Children[…]
The members of the SEPLAA Young Leaders held a Youth Policy Dialogue on ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ and created a position paper on the matter that will be forwarded to relevant stake holders in August 2016 as part of the Creativity for Change’ Semester. The young leaders discussed the role of youth in climate change adaptation, suggested Read more about Creativity for Change Semester: Climate Change Adaptation[…]
By Amal Farooq Malik. Of all the development areas, climate change is an area that is not getting its due share of importance amongst the youth of Pakistan. Youth aged up to 25 years of age accounts for more than 65% of the total population in Pakistan making them an important priority area to engage Read more about Engaging Pakistani Youth in Climate Change Adaptation[…]
By Momina Naveed As part of my SEPLAA YLC Peace Semester project, I chose to do research on the topic of child labour and its related dimensions, investigating why young kids are made to work, what is their own wish and why are they unable to pursue their dreams. For this purpose, I did several Read more about Pakistani children need to be freed from Child Labour[…]
By : Momina Naveed As part of my Peace Semester project, I chose to do research on the topic of child labour and its related dimensions, investigating why young kids are made to work, what is their own wish and why are they unable to pursue their dreams. For this purpose, I did several interviews Read more about SYLC Advocacy Post 7: Childhood Compromised[…]
Report by Sadaf Sajid & Amna Liaqat Under the SEPLAA Young Leaders’ Club Peace Semester held from January-April 2016, the last session of the semester was conducted on ‘Regional Peace and peaceful relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan’ which focused primarily on terrorism and the mindset behind it. The blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park Lahore was a very Read more about Pak-Afghan Relations: Understanding the Obstacles to Peace[…]