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I like the idea of this, would be great for trips out with the family.
Shame about that Laurel next to it...
I have put together something new this year....Holiday Homies! Each Holiday Homies pack come with 4 Holiday figures screen printed on chip. Each pack comes with stands to help stand each figure up. Some people have even used them as ornaments on their tree. You can pick up a pack of Homies here: tadcarpenter.com/store/miscellaneous/holiday-homies-/
Homies from the hood. I've known this beautiful lady for many years. I love the fact we have maintained contact with each other throughout the years. Taken in September 2008
“As one among the million voices of Young Persons with Disabilities, the social stigma that we, persons with disability should only stay at home and should not be exposed in the real world is the main reason why many of us are experiencing isolation and that is a barrier to have an opportunity to deal and to engage with other people outside, and also the lack of belongingness and acceptance within the environment. Some of us are still doing their best to prove themselves in their own family, that they are also a member of the community who deserves to contribute and to be a part of the sustainable development of the country. We PWDs are the victims of unending rejection and social discrimination in schools, universities, in some other places/establishments and even in companies.
As a part of the PWD sector I will use my profession as a teacher, as an inspirational speaker and as a theater performer to promote awareness including the rights of PWDs and to educate my fellowmen that amidst of the disability we have, we still have the capability, skills and talents which proves that we PWDs may be productive and has the capacity to contribute to the world’s transformation.”
Maricor Book || Member representing Persons with Disabilities || United Nations Youth Advisory Board || Cum Laude MAPEH Graduate, Philippine Normal University || Teacher and Theater Performer || SDG 10
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Background:
Panel Philippines and IYC Pilipinas, and the United Nations Philippines had thoroughly negotiated and discussed the creation of a youth-led space within the UN in the Philippines that would serve as a consultative body on policies affecting the youth and the localization of the SDGs through the UN Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development with the Republic of the Philippines. Its representatives would come from different sectors – from in-school youth, young entrepreneurs, indigenous youth, farmers, fisherfolk, youth with disabilities, youth in disaster and conflict-affected areas, LGBT youth, youth living with HIV/AIDS, Bangsamoro youth, and other key affected population.
On August 29 – 30, 2018, the United Nations in the Philippines formally launched the UN Youth Advisory Board Philippines as a result of the three years of negotiations and a rigid and thorough selection process. During their meeting at the UN House in Manila, Philippines, we asked some of the UNYAB members, one question: What drives you to advocate for your sector and the SDGs?
Captured by Marikris de Guzman, MY World Advocate, the Philippines
Each Homie is numbered out of 150.
I have put together something new this year....Holiday Homies! Each Holiday Homies pack come with 4 Holiday figures screen printed on chip. Each pack comes with stands to help stand each figure up. Some people have even used them as ornaments on their tree. You can pick up a pack of Homies here: tadcarpenter.com/store/miscellaneous/holiday-homies-/
The following one.
What happened in 1990, when I was 4.
After the collapse of the Khmer Rouge in 1980, my family had moved to the Capital Phnom Penh where she gave birth to her youngest baby son 6 years later. Every day my mother sold seasoned fruits to make a living while my father was an ordinary teacher. Every early morning, she rushed to river bank to buy fruits as she usually did to resell at Orussey market, hoping to make some marginal profits, so she could manage to feed 4 people at home.
In 1990, when my mother returned home from buying fruits, to her very sudden shock and speechless surprise, my mother’s house was being caught on fire. She could not do anything to reverse the course, but just kept watching it being burned down to ash. About half an hour later, she felt very sick and became desperate in no time, but then turned to normal quickly as she learned that her kids and everyone were alright. However, for almost 30 days, after the tragedy, she had become depressed.
Consequences: All was gone!
Money my dad had saved for years and usually kept in his wooden drawer was entirely burned. Some chickens, ducks, and pigs we had raised for months were grilled along with our lovely pet dogs by the unbearable flame. Notebooks, text books and other school supplies we had bought and left were eaten up in smoke. The safest shelter—we called our sweet home, that we used to rest our back and head on each day, that kindly shaded away the heat of sunlight and protected us from getting wet during seasoned rainfall over the years, and that guaranteed the highest security of our daily lives—was lost to the fire.
Approach: Stood up again with resilience and self-motivating approach!
Seeing that she had 4 mouths to feed at home and her kids’ future depended on her, she kept encouraging herself days and nights that things were going to be okay and decided to adopt a self-motivating approach, which she believed would help her recover swiftly from the remorse. With resilience, she stood up again and took risk seeking some small loans from her acquaintances she met at a nearby local market. She then made a bold decision to borrow some riels (Khmer currency) from a vendor with a higher interest. With the loans, she ventured to resell second-hand clothes and continued doing that for over 10 years.
ONE outcome: Her efforts paid off.
All her 3 kids had the opportunity to go to primary, secondary, high schools and went on to tertiary education.
Finally, one of her kids got master degree to study in China majoring in Marketing. It is his first history in his family.
Captured by Nen Neou, MY World Advocate, Cambodia
detailreiches Geburtstagsplakat für Herrn Nüsse, inzwischen der siebente Teil der Atomic Homies Collection, gedruckt auf acrylglas
“Since I was young, I was taught and raised in an anthropocentric society where climate change and global warming was not a big issue. I used plastic bags, bottles, straws and other single consumed materials on a regular basis which were directly harming Earth. However, my perspective has drastically changed after sixth grade Life science course. I have encountered that climate change is a big issue that has to be dealt in an alarming point, and realised I was harming the Earth. Since then, I joined an environmental club name Greenhawks not only to minimize my ecological footprint but also to raise awareness of environmental issues. After five years, I became a leader of this amazing club and we have expanded since then. I am a passionate leader that inspires members. Our club involves great deal of time and energy as it is an empirical experience of saving Earth. Although some jobs are repetitive and tedious, I believe I was leading the members in an inspiring way that led us to a successful team.
Greenhawks deals with all kinds of environmental problems such as Recycling (Green box Collection: collecting papers, plastic bottles, straws, bags), Gardening (organic materials for a sustainable vegetation), and even Composting (proper disposal of food waste). To raise a concern regards excessive consumption of plastics and papers in our society, we have participated in big events such as Trash Hero, Paper Ranger, collaborated with Wells Thonglor and Wells primary school to educate future youths about 3Rs (in the theme of Reuse, Reduce, Recycle!). Not only in-school, but we also have collaborated with New International School of Thailand’s (NIST) Plastic Free NIST and Rooftop Garden, and Zero Waste Thailand. Moreover, to promote a sustainable culture in Bangkok, I have recently talked to a cafe called Featherstone: As a loyal customer of featherstone cafe, I have negotiated the hall manager to ban plastic straws and implement stainless straws, in that way the firm is reducing its ecological footprint, and also creating a better (greener) brand image in business perspective.
These experiences allowed me to broaden my perspective and made our school community more sustainable. I look forward to bringing more innovative ways to improve our community to a green community.”
“Earth is what we all have in common.” - Wendell Berry.
Ruby Song, Student at Wells International School & 2018-19 winner of the EARCOS Global Citizenship Award
Captured by Katina Grigoraskos, MY World Advocate, Thailand
“I am a Moro, born and raised in Manila. My parents are from Malisbong, Sultan Kudarat and Pikit, North Cotobato – conflict areas in Mindanao. They fled to Manila, hoping for a better chance in life. But 25 years later, the heart could no longer contain its longing for a home. I am now a physician, with plans of coming back to Mindanao, hoping for a better chance to serve. As a medical doctor and a young peace advocate, I aim to be of service to contribute to health outcomes of our community and advocate for peace, justice and strong institutions in the Bangsamoro.“
Jasmine Suleik || Member representing the Bangsamoro || Vice Chairperson || United Nations Youth Advisory Board || Medical Intern, University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital || Member, Young Moro Professional Network || SDG 3 and SDG 16
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Background:
Panel Philippines and IYC Pilipinas, and the United Nations Philippines had thoroughly negotiated and discussed the creation of a youth-led space within the UN in the Philippines that would serve as a consultative body on policies affecting the youth and the localization of the SDGs through the UN Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development with the Republic of the Philippines. Its representatives would come from different sectors – from in-school youth, young entrepreneurs, indigenous youth, farmers, fisherfolk, youth with disabilities, youth in disaster and conflict-affected areas, LGBT youth, youth living with HIV/AIDS, Bangsamoro youth, and other key affected population.
On August 29 – 30, 2018, the United Nations in the Philippines formally launched the UN Youth Advisory Board Philippines as a result of the three years of negotiations and a rigid and thorough selection process. During their meeting at the UN House in Manila, Philippines, we asked some of the UNYAB members, one question: What drives you to advocate for your sector and the SDGs?
Captured by Jose Mateo (Joey) Dela Cruz, MY World Advocate, the Philippines
“I advocate for health and innovation towards the achievement of the Global Goals. By combining and strengthening our technologies to help young people, particularly in health, we can go and innovate on breakthrough mechanisms to solve different problems. I realized that we can achieve this by using science to address different needs through developing innovative solutions and maximizing technology. This is one way for me to contribute to the achievement of the Global Goals”
Neil Lomibao || Member representing In-school Youth and Young Entrepreneurs || Chairperson,
United Nations Youth Advisory Board || MS Innovation in Business Student, Asian Institute of Management || Aspiring Health Entrepreneur || SDG 3 and SDG 9
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Background:
Panel Philippines and IYC Pilipinas, and the United Nations Philippines had thoroughly negotiated and discussed the creation of a youth-led space within the UN in the Philippines that would serve as a consultative body on policies affecting the youth and the localization of the SDGs through the UN Partnership Framework for Sustainable Development with the Republic of the Philippines. Its representatives would come from different sectors – from in-school youth, young entrepreneurs, indigenous youth, farmers, fisherfolk, youth with disabilities, youth in disaster and conflict-affected areas, LGBT youth, youth living with HIV/AIDS, Bangsamoro youth, and other key affected population.
On August 29 – 30, 2018, the United Nations in the Philippines formally launched the UN Youth Advisory Board Philippines as a result of the three years of negotiations and a rigid and thorough selection process. During their meeting at the UN House in Manila, Philippines, we asked some of the UNYAB members, one question: What drives you to advocate for your sector and the SDGs?
Captured by Jose Mateo (Joey) Dela Cruz, MY World Advocate, the Philippines