'Life and love in islands' projects

Island lifestyles and cultures

AIMS Region:

	HIV/AIDS Awareness for School Going Youth, Zanzibar Ameir M. Ussi The goal is to raise awareness amongst teachers and students about the issue of HIV/AIDS especially in the area of infection/transmission, effects and stigmatization and discrimination... >> PROJECT COMPLETED
	HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshop, Mauritius Qadir Mahamoodally A 3-day residential workshop is being organised for youth leaders from different regions of Mauritius to discuss HIV/AIDS, to create awareness among Mauritian youth and to plan follow-up activities... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Recreational Day for Disabled Youth, Mauritius Qadir Mahamoodally Often disabled young people do not feel included in society. The activities planned as part of this project seek to bring together a diverse group of young people to help integrate disabled youth into society in a festive environment... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Young People Against HIV/AIDS, Cape Verde Lourenço Andrade There is a need to raise the awareness of young people about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. We decided that a good way of doing this would be to share information in the context of playing sports that the youth enjoy... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Project Joy - Chinese New Year, Singapore Geraldine Ong Student volunteers will prepare a steamboat feast for 105 disadvantaged elderly persons to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. One of the project's objectives is to bridge the generation gap by promoting interaction between the young of today and our elders... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!

Caribbean:

	HIV/AIDS Project Management Capacity Building for Youth Groups, Grenada Samuel Antoine, Quasi Andrew, Clifton Nedd This Project is conceived as an avenue to build the capacity of Youth Groups on the Island of Grenada to develop and implement HIV/AIDS Projects in response to the National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS in Grenada... >> PROJECT JUST COMPLETED!
	Photovoice: My Island through My Eyes, Jamaica Andrea Edwards, Kemarley Walker, Kevin Williams, Leslie Spaulding, Shamieka Through photography, this project aims to let the youth become artists and positive advocates in their community... >> PROJECT JUST COMPLETED!
	Folkways of Bequia, St. Vincent & Grenadines Raison Compton The goal is to document for future generations, the oral history and traditional practices of their island home... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Kwéyòl Exchange Program, Dominica-Seychelles Jahisiah Benoit Jahisiah travelled to Seychelles to experience their Creole festivities. The aim of the Exchange Program is to learn from each other's initiatives to enrich Kwéyòl (Creole) activities back home... >> PROJECT COMPLETED
	Camp Sanguine, St. Kitts & Nevis Claricia Langley The Ambassadors of Cayon High (past students) organised a camp geared towards providing varied opportunities for current students of the school to discover their true being and self-worth... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Palé Kwéyòl, Dominica Jahisiah Jeremiah Benoit This projects was developed out of a desire to preserve and revitalize our Creole culture and to spearhead a movement to preserve Dominican heritage whilst increasing the use and understanding of the Creole language... >> PROJECT COMPLETED BUT ONGOING. CHECK FOR NEW UPDATES!

 

Pacific:

	Let's fight HIV/AIDS together, Papua New Guinea Norman Wai The project aims to sensitize as many as possible, the 14,000 school youths in the Province on HIV/AIDS. This will be done through awareness raising activities and radio broadcasts... >> PROJECT JUST COMPLETED!
	Tonga Canoe Festival, Tonga Vanessa Tui'one The first National Canoe Festival is intended to educate young people about traditional carving methods and lifeways... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Traditional Treasures: Preserving and reviving the Niuean language, Niue Lynsey Talagi The aim of this project is to keep alive the Niuean language amongst the Niuean community in Christchurch, New Zealand, especially those who were born in New Zealand... >> PROJECT JUST COMPLETED!
	Teaching and promoting the fire-knife dance, Samoa Lene Leota & Clare Leota The project aims to work with underprivileged children and develop their pride and self-esteem through knowledge of the Samoan performing arts... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Training and developing young people to be actively involved in their communities, Samoa Enele Westerlund Exposing youth to a lifestyle characterized by love, care, warmth and faith as opposed to the prevailing lifestyle of drugs, sex and materialism... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	On the Spot Radio Program, Tonga Ebonie Fifita We want to inform the young people of Tonga and the entire community about the Millennium Development Goals and how these goals specifically relate to the Pacific region and what action can be taken to help achieve these goals... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	National Pride & Unity, Federated States of Micronesia Osaias Santos Young people demonstrate their pride by designing appropriate posters and banners for the unity and pride of our youth across the nation... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Dream Cast Drama awareness program, Solomon Islands Kennedy Folasi A talented group of youths are dramatizing the issues affecting young people in the communities around Honiara, Solomon Islands. Their goal is to promote active participation of youths in their communities and to bring awareness to social issues affecting young people... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!
	Young Leaders for a Sustainable Fiji, Fiji Catherine Nisha The Young Leaders programme are now in the process of forming a Youth Parliament Alumni that will enable them to coordinate their work together and be a powerful group that will be a 'voice' for young people in Fiji... >> PROJECT COMPLETED!