10 things I learned from YHRI- International youth forum.

Hey!!!

It’s not friYay yet and I’m here with a post! Wondering?

Well, I had to share something of worth and I couldn’t wait until friYay!

And also, this is not a story.

If you’re following me on Facebook, snapchat; you’ll know that I attended a program on human rights and sustainable development goals.

“International Youth forum on human rights and UN SDGs” was a two day program organized by “Youth for human rights Nepal.”

It was a really effectual program with the most passionate, like-minded people from different corners of the world, driven by success and with a vow to change the world to make it a better place to live in.

Here, I will be sharing the top ten things I learned from the event.

1. Learn to learn.

Simple but meaningful.

One thing you were never taught in school was: how to learn. Most of us really never did get taught evidence based learning techniques. What we were taught probably wasn’t actually backed by any research evidence, we were told to use techniques such as memorizing, copying and rereading that have been handed down obediently from generations to generations and been shown to be comparatively ineffective.

So, Learn To Learn!

2. Protesting is not violence, but instead it is standing up.

Till date, we have always misinterpreted protest as violence.  But actually, protesting is standing up for what you believe in, standing up for what is right.

 

3. Youths have ideas, olds have experience; and when they come along, great things happen.

“When the old are not allowed to tell their story, the young grow up without history. When the young are not listened to, we lose unique ideas and have no future.”

Youths are creative, energetic and enthusiastic but on the other hand olds are rich in experience and knowledge, they know how to do things and how not to do things. And with fresh ideas and remarkable experiences, great things can happen.

4. Don’t give fish, teach how to fish.

   

Well, of course if you give fish that will be only for a certain period of time and what after that? But if you teach them to fish that will be forever.  (Or at least until the period the fish hasn’t extinct. Ha-ha)

Also, isn’t giving fish every time making them dependent and lazy?

P.S Fish is only a metaphor.

5. Leave no one behind.

   

If you are familiar with the sustainable development goals, you must know this, “Leave no one behind” which has been the fundamental rallying cry around the SDGs.

6. If you want to become a successful entrepreneur, you must follow these rules:

   

i) My benefit, your benefit equals people’s benefit.

ii)If people talks shit about you, enjoy it.

iii)IR3P

• Interest
• Respect
• Positive
• Perspiration
• Patience

7. Break the stereotypes.

Our society is based on the superficial things, from which we categorize people because of the actions of a small percentage.

Stereotypes are sometimes too stiff and when there is no room for growth, the “tag” becomes oppressive, both for the individuals who are “tagged” and for the category itself.

The challenge is to keep an open mind even for the most rock-hard “tags.”

Because if not now, when? If not you, who?

 

8. Education is the key to unlock the cage of ruthlessness, key to freedom, key to hope and key to turn hope into reality.

   

True education is not preparation for life, education is life itself. Education is not an event but a process, a process we can use to change the world. Education teaches us to raise our voice, without actually raising our voice.

9. Certificate; more like a piece of paper?

   

You don’t need certificates and degrees to become innovators. What you really need for innovation is surprisingly simple. Identify what you are passionate about — which is almost always what you’re good at. Then find an accessible and reasonable way to be the best at it, or at least the best at a part of it.

10. You don’t need a penny to create an impact.

    

If you want to change the world, but you don’t have money to take actions, chill! Actually there is an easy way to do so without costing you anything.

You can share; share anything worth you find in social media, share all the good deeds you are doing in the society, share  new things you get to learn (like I’m doing now). And by doing so, at least you’ll be impacting 1 out of 100 people who are scrolling their news feed.

Besides, the share button in Facebook or the retweet button in Twitter does not come with a price tag!

P.S You can start it by sharing this post 🙂

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Thanks for reading 😀

And please do comment if I missed out anything important from the event.

XOXO,

Rizasa ❤