YAPI History 2004-2010

Developed seven course curriculum modules for United States high schools and updated.
Developed nine resources papers and updated.
Developed two new monographs: street children, and refugee children, each with supporting education modules.
Developing continuing education courses for DC Public School Teachers, with support of the District.
Participated in the CWLA/Deepalaya NGO Professional Exchange to India through the U.S. State Department.
Recruited, selected, and trained six youth leaders from the U.S. to attend the Children’s World Congress (Italy).
Provided training at the World Conference on Mental Health and InterCAMHS World Conference in New Zealand.
Provided training on child labor and its effects to American Psychological Association and Congressional Fellows.
Provided introductory training on child soldiers to the National Forum on Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Provided introductory workshop on human exploitation to the youth leaders of the Religious Action Center .
Served as a panelist on the State of the World’s Exploited Children to the National Young Leaders Conference.
Served as a consultant on three documentary films: Violence of Light; Poetry in Wartime; and one yet unnamed.
Provided advice and contacts to the Oprah Winfrey show for a program entitled: Atrocities against Children.
Hosted Indian and Ukrainian Professional Exchange delegates through the U.S. State Department to discuss child issues.
Hosted Turkmenistan Youth Exchange Delegates through the U.S. State Department; served as lead speaker.
Published several articles at Family News and Focus, Caribbean Voice, Washington Post, Education Update, etc.
Served on the North American Regional Consultation to the United Nations Study on Violence against Children.
Assisted with Global Action Day: the largest lobby event ever on behalf of children’s rights (107 countries).
Consulted the new Acting Director of the International Child Labor Program at the U.S. Department of Labor.
Consulted with Congressional offices and government agencies on child labor, Cocoa Protocol, and Tariff Acts.
Attended the World Bank Commission meeting on International Child Labor with ICCLE and the Global March.
Served as the Chair of the Youth Participation on the CRC Committee, and as a Steering Committee member.
Developed a website to educate youth and the public about national/international child issues and to facilitate access to resources, listed as Website of the Week in Parade and the School District Administrators Magazine.
Accepted to the NGO Committee on UNICEF which provides us with a voice and consultative status at UNICEF.
Provided summer programs to more than 90 DC children with Reaching Out’s Summer Enrichment Program.

YAPI History 2004-2010

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