by UNAOC | Jul 17, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Intercultural Innovation Award
In Sweden, we have not experienced the same mandatory lockdowns that many other countries have had to face. Our youth centers and offices are still open, as are primary schools. Yet many people are staying home to protect themselves and loved ones. Many of our youth...
by UNAOC | Jul 17, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Intercultural Innovation Award
A group of women from Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, have sought to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic by hand-making protective face masks for people in their communities. Valentina Gagić-Lazić, one of the founders of the association uniting the group of women,...
by UNAOC | Jun 16, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Youth Solidarity Fund
When the state of alarm was announced in Spain on March 13, my colleague Pilar and I immediately started discussing how we could serve our communities in these moments of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the confinement. Being both of us...
by UNAOC | May 13, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Intercultural Innovation Award
“I went to my sister’s place,” Rama said. “She told me, ‘I have two kilos of rice left. Let’s just divide it up.’” That’s what they did. Divided up the rice, cooked it with salt and made it last for two days. When I called her up, she was brewing tea leaves for...
by UNAOC | May 13, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Intercultural Innovation Award
Now more than ever, we need something to connect and unite us, to help us feel the support of others and overcome loneliness. Bread-making, with its simplicity and universal symbols, is a powerful act of getting people together and coming up with collective ideas and...
by UNAOC | May 13, 2020 | Alumni Stories, Intercultural Innovation Award
The restrictions that came with the Corona crisis demanded great sacrifices from all people. At the same time, they showed us clearly that we are all affected in the same way, regardless of our origin, religion, or skin color. The feasts that people celebrate every...
