1. “ Within each of us resides the
power and courage to choose the
most positive thoughts, words, and
actions in each situation... We
need only choose.”
Unknown Author

2. Today,
We have the choice to acknowledge our
impact.
We have the choice to seize a moment
and live it to its fullest.
Some do not have that choice…
We have the choice to be aware of
what surrounds us.
To realize the need and consequences
of our actions,
the opportunities available to each of us.
We have the choice of taking or leaving.

18. now stop
… and think
about what you just saw…
What if you knew the people in these pictures?
… or had been to these places yourselves?
Would you have thought the same if ……

19. If before she was a delegate you met at a conference…

20. You had seen him training perfectly normally before…
2000, Athens, Greece

21. The man in the cage was your brother…
And you had met the soldier…
2003, outside Baghdad, Iraq

22. Your cousin was waiting for a test result…
2004, Kampala, Uganda

23. She’s your aunt and the rest of the family is gone…
December 2004, Sri Lanka

24. This was where the family water supply came from…
2005, Nkomazi, South Africa

25. You saw this kid going to school in the morning
2004, Russia/Tchetchenia

26. You visited this perfectly normal African village a year ago…
2004, Darfur, Sudan

27. You came back home and this was your city…
2005, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

28. Your child just got cancer from nuclear radiation…
Safety drill in Chernobyl contamination zone, April 2006, Ukraine

29. The police have just beaten your friend…
April 2006, Katmandu, Nepal

30. Your house is underwater…
April 2006, Bulgaria

31. Half your friends have been abducted for a guerilla army
April 2006, N’djamena, Tchad

32. You would have been blown up if you had arrived on time for
the bus
April 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel

33. You haven’t heard from your dad who commutes by train in
Mumbai…
July 2006, Bombay, India

34. What kind of world do we live in?

35. Today’s problems are more global…
More connected…
And more complex…
Than ever…

36. Something has to change…

37. Global Problems

38. Global Solutions

39. If something has to change…
Someone has to change it…

40. Think about it …

41. Are we creating
change as THE
YOUTH?

42. Globalisation
In a list of the top 100 economic powers
…51 are corporations
Environment
… 2% of the world is forest
Poverty
… Over 1 billion people live on less than 1 US dollar a day
Education
… 1 out of every 5 adults is illiterate
Hunger
… Almost 800 million people do not have food
Health
More than 40 Million people are living with HIV/AIDS
Children
Every minute, 50 children are born in poverty

43. Democracy
… 62% of states are democratic.
NGO Sector
… 2,091 NGO’s hold consultative status at the UN.
Wealth
… World Economic Output tripled in the past 25 years.
Technology
… 214 countries are connected to the internet.
Energy
… 11.5% of energy production comes from
renewable energy sources

44. Are you now thinking about…
What
Where Who
YOUR contribution to our world?
When
Why
How