Do something.

[catthu]

Okay, so... you and me, we are all here because we want to make a difference.

I'm new to the organization, maybe the newest member at the moment this post is posted. I'm concerned about the world as much as you do, and I want to do something for the world as much as you want to.

I guess in YFC we are really doing something. But are we actually changing the world in one or another way?

Poetry is nice, and so are posters. But they need to be known to more people than ourselves, and more than that needs to be done. Don't take me wrong, I don't have anything against poetry and posters. I write a lot, i draw and paint a lot, I compose a lot, and my friends call me an artist. But for the sake of results, I simply think that they are not enough.

I don't mean that we need to stop what we are doing, but we need to spread it and expanse it. Some of the suggestions are :

- the E-Z coffee. We have members from more than 43 countries, if I'm not mistaken. And although I'm from Vietnam and signed up as Vietnamese, I'm living and studying in Costa Rica...so you can add Costa Rica to the list. Let's make the E-Z coffee a global event. In every wednesday of July and August, let's all open the coffee stand where you live.

- Currently I'm working on a project to re-open Teen World News. For those of you who know what the site is about, I hope you can help. For you who don't, it was an online publication that involved amateur/professional correspondents from many countries in the world, to write about everything existing. Although there are many such sites, one thing I really liked about TWN was : it's really where all teens can speak up, other teens can listen, and it's international. As a part of the improvement, once I've gathered a number of former correspondents, re-opened the site and become well-known again, I can host all of YFC's publications, announcements, etc. It will take a while, but I think it worths the efforts.

Please let me know your opinions

Thank you

[Zach]

Hi catthu!

Welcome to the YFCI Discussion forums here. I am Zach Komes, Founder and Executive Director of this international organization. Personally, I would like to welcome you to our organization! Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions.

Firstly, I clearly understand what you are saying and respect that. Some of our members, in fact, think we are doing nothing at all to make a difference. Clearly, they are wrong. We believe by uniting and getting youth involved, we can "Do Something" for a better world. By empowering and expressing ourselves through our variety of projects, we can understand how we can make our world a better place to live in.

- EZ Coffee. Actually, this project only has one location. Our organization it self has 43 countries represented (so far, will be updated soon). The "E-Z Coffee Stand" is only one of our many extraordinary projects. Your idea is wonderful! I think that would be terrific. Currently, we only have one coffee stand, to raise money for UNICEF and Heifer International. But, as you said, lets think outside the box!

- Wow, this sounds great! If you could tell us more, that would be awesome! ;D

Thank You!
Zach


Our "Project Page" only highlights some of our off-and-online projects, but these are not all the projects here.

[catthu]

Hi Zach,

When I posted the first post, I didn't check the project site thoroughly, so I apologize and I take half of it back. The other half, I still think that we are not doing things as efficient as we should and as much as we could.

Having been doing fundraising for more than 2 years, I especially like the One Big Charity project, and from that I thought we could expand the E-Z Coffee Stand to global wide. I don't see any reason why it can only be in one location and why we don't make the best of our people.

FYI, Teen World News used to be an unique teen online publication, kind of like newspaper. It was unique because of its international characteristic, with contributors from every continents and loads of countries. Also, it was accessible for everyone, since it didn't impose any criteria on its articles, like length, quality of language, quality of information,... or whatsoever. As long as your writing is acceptable, it's published.

So, about more than one year ago, probably two years, I don't really know exactly, the site was shut down for reasons I didn't know either. Just recently I wanted to restart and improve TWN, and increase its importance to a higher level. It will remain the same features that singled it out from other teen publications; at the same time, I want to dedicate it to the MDGs and activists, youth organizations for a better world.

We are only at the point of starting, and I can't say that we're doing bad. I tried to contact the former correspondents, and some of them replied. One of them was the former article sorter, and he let me have TWN's mail account, with all the contributors' contact details, affiliating organizations details, unposted and posted articles, etc. still there.

TWN was really well-known to other teen publications and youth organizations, and I really hope to retrieve that reputation. I can't say that it's easy though, at the moment we still have many things to organize, and we need a jumpstart. And we're kind of short of time too, since almost all of us are college freshmen, high school seniors, and high school juniors who are applying into colleges next year (including me). But I think the reward will worth the efforts.

If you want to take a look at what TWN was before, please visit www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=338781820#ref338781820 and click on the Cached on the right side. This is my auto-profile which I just knew that I had recently , and I'm really sorry to use this source. But this is the only way to see it.

Thanks

Cat

[Zach]

Great! Thank You for the info. I'll look into it

Zach

[muyiwaprestige]

it's so awesome and remarkable.... we will together gun towards changing the world.

[muyiwaprestige]

i will be the change i want people to see