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.