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Young Diversity Ambassadors and Global Platforms

01.05.24

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. — Henry David Thoreau, “Walden; or, Life in the Woods” Since 2019, the program “Young Diversity Ambassadors” (YDA) has encouraged people to begin their journey in ...

Changes Start from Awareness. Young Diversity Ambassadors and Their Projects

16.08.23

The Young Diversity Ambassadors program is now at its crucial moment. So far, participants have been studying. They took part in trainings, visited different regions in Ukraine to exchange experience. They came together in teams to plan how to change the world for the better and ...

Young Diversity Ambassadors – from training to the action plan

10.07.23

The Young Diversity Ambassadors program aims at helping Ukrainian youth to take the first steps in civic activism. Participants have already attended introductory workshops where topics of their upcoming work were introduced to them. They also visited their peers in other regions...

Young diversity ambassadors. Going on visits

09.05.23

The second stage of the Young diversity ambassadors program is ongoing. In the framework of the program, participants will travel to meet their peers in Volyn, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions. First visits have already taken place. Young people have met strong...

Young Diversity Ambassadors. The Beginning

09.03.23

In January 2023, STAN NGO launched a Young Diversity Ambassadors program. What is it about, for whom, and what will come out of it, – in this article. People and waves Sometimes we say phrases like “historical wave”, “country’s dynamic growth”, or “democratic transformation”. ...

“We are our target”: Ambassadors with Double N tell how to solve a social problem and be in trend

04.12.19

Meet Anya. She is a 16-year-old who lives in Ivano-Frankivsk. In her free time, she volunteers. She is interested in books and videos about self-development, emotional intelligence, and leadership. Anya loves to spend time with other active teenagers, to learn, to gain practical ...

“Until the displaced are given the right to vote for local government, there will be no equality.” — excerpt by Olesya Arkhipova. Part 2.

13.11.19

Olesya Arkhipova moved from Makiivka, Donetsk region to Ivano-Frankivsk in 2014 due to the Russian aggression in the Donbas. Over the next few years, she presented as one of the active IDPs, followed community image activism in Ivano-Frankivsk, undergone profound transformations ...

“Stereotypes continue to work, not against all IDPs, but against the less integrated,” – an interview with Olesya Arkhipova. Part 1

12.11.19