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Creating a Global Community for Teens

Are boys experiencing more peer pressure than girls? Does it make a difference if you live in Asia or Europe? Should vaccinations be...

Reflection from a Tired, Happy Senior

Why do students participate in Buddies Without Borders Forums? What do they get out of it other than awards? Here is an excerpt of a...

The Winners Are...

The Award Ceremony for Be the Change: Creating a Kinder World was a blast! Teens from over 25 countries came together on Sunday to...

Teens Are Rethinking The Best Way to Change the World

As conflicts continue in Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Myanmar and beyond, it is crazy to think that humans are bringing this to...

What Teens Seek to Understand About Kindness

Oscar Wilde's flippant observation about advice ("(Passing on advice) is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to...

Reflections From Teens on How to Be Kind and Why

Be the Change: Creating a Kinder World Online Forum has come to a close yesterday. Eleven teams of teens representing 24 countries got...

Learning AND Doing - How to Be the Change

In the past four weeks, students in the Buddies Without Borders Online Forum - Be the Change looked into how "kindness" can be...

Conflict vs. Service - Ways to Change the World

I have roots in USA, Taiwan, and China. The recent tension in the Pacific made me recommit my beliefs that violence and provocations are...

IB + SDG = Global Citizenship

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting thousands of IB educators during the Global Conference in San Diego. This week I am in Taiwan...

Wellness for Teens Forum - Outcome Report

A few months ago we completed the Spring Forum on Wellness for Teens: Good Health and Well-being at the Time of Pandemic. Seventy-eight...

Kicked Off! Thanks to International Association for Human Values

Be the Change - Creating a Kinder World Buddies Without Borders Online Forum has been kicked off! Here is a big shoutout to our two...

Kindness Challenge Kicks off Next Week!

Nowadays it is hard to be kind. Mass media is full of reports on violence and injustice; social media is full of images that either make...

Team Coaches Are Onboard!

Please join me in welcoming the coaches for the upcoming Buddies Without Borders Online Forum - Be the Change: Creating a Kinder World!...

Irish and Ghanaian Student Leaders Share Perspectives and Visions

Rowan Beddows is the president of the BWB Club in Villiers in Ireland and Ohemaa Asibuo recently started a BWB club at Tema International...

Local Action Meets Global Goals - Changemakers in Japan

Two of my favorite things to listen to when I go for my morning jogs are: 1) News 2) Ted Talks. However, a couple of days ago, the Ted...

Local Action Meets Global Goals - Changemakers in UAE

Yesterday I went for my daily walk in the neighborhood. As usual, within half an hour, I picked up and recycled about a dozen discarded...

International Internships for Global Student Leaders - Deadline June 19

After month-long collaborations across nationalities in the Buddies Without Borders Online Forums, successful participants are offered a...

What We Learned From Jan 6, Gun Violence and Russian Aggression

It is hard for me personally to imagine why there are people who think that attacking the Capitol, selling weapons to youth, and bombing...

Local Action Meets Global Goal - Changemakers in Cyprus

Students who successfully demonstrated their leadership ability in the Buddies Without Borders Forums are nominated to apply to establish...

Actions We Took

In the past three days, I participated in the UNA-USA Leadership Summit in Washington DC. It was a remarkable and inspiring experience. ...

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