Looking Towards Our Future

Adizah Tejani

Life as a global citizen….

Tag: Development

  • DFID, MDG’s and Young People

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    On Wednesday the 15th of September, I took the day off work to go and meet Nick Clegg (Deputy Prime Minister) and Andrew Mitchell (Minister for International Development) , along with 25 other young people. Above is the ‘official photograph’ and here is the ‘official press release‘ , can you spot me? I’m at the… Read.

  • Just one week ago the some members of the Yaarah Schools team were waking up after wondering “Is it all really over already?”  Of course we were thinking about FUSIONITE which was held on the Monday 6th of September at the exclusive Avalon venue in Shoreditch. FUSIONITE was our first major fundraising event with a… Read.

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  • Ctrl Meets Nathaniel Peat- Social Entrepreneur P1

    With talk surrounding the ‘Big Society’ and having an increase in social insight, being a social entrepreneur is something that should be looked into. This was my first trans-Atlantic interview and due to the bliss of technology – it was held over Skype…. Nathaniel Peat is a great example of an entrepreneur of the next… Read.

  • Ctrl Meets Bizarre (D-12)

    Eminem may be the biggest seller - but anyone that knows D-12 will definitely know fellow member Bizarre who is part of that eclectic hip hop mix. Bizarre has always been a solo artist (pre and post D-12 days) with notoriously provocative and tongue-in-cheek material, so when news of a possible 1-on-1 came through late on Sunday (July 4) night –… Read.

  • Launch of UN Women

    The launch of the United Nations’ new global body – UN Women – highlights the progress made in the last 65 years of UN work. As Ban Ki-Moon states: “UN Women is recognition of a simple truth: equality for women is a basic human right and a social economic imperative.” This recognition once again will… Read.