FOREWORDEL-MOSTAFA BENLAMLIH

UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Contrary to popular belief, it is always a good time to seize opportunities. Armed with sound judgment, situations can be made favorable depending on how they are viewed and used. Any events and encounters can be seen as tools that form a person’s character and be used to one’s advantage. We find further truth and proof of this in those who we consider as the epitome of bottled up poten-tial and opportunities waiting and wanting to be seized—the youth.

The young people of our world are at a point in their lives wherein endless possibilities exist before them. They have with them doors and windows of opportuni-ties that lead them to paths of development, growth and learning. If we examine it closely, to be young is an op-portunity in itself. Youth carries with it unmatched vigor, strength and energy that, when tapped and channeled for the good, can be an indomitable creative force producing positive change in themselves and the world around them.

Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom takes on the challenge of tapping and channeling this same poten-tial. Just like how a prudent gardener tends to its seedlings until they become towering trees that bear many fruits, Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom nurtures its young delegates into global citizens whose knowledge and skills can be exercised for the improvement of the lives and con-ditions of the World’s Poor. Through its humanitarian and developmental programmes, it provides these youths with a venue that allows them to discover and, more impor-tantly, experience work in the humanitarian field.

I am pleased to present the report for Humanitar-ian Affairs United Kingdom’s largest event for the year 2012, the 3rd University Scholars Leadership Symposium in Bali, Indonesia. In this event, more than 450 students, the crème dela crème of their universities, gathered to take part in this annual international conference on leadership and humanitarian work. Within its pages are the accounts of the different impactful activities of the Symposium: the plenary sessions that discussed relevant humanitarian is-sues; the talks of the four inspiring guest speakers; the Learning Journey through which a day of joyful giving occurred; and many more activities that imparted lessons and insights on the involvement of youths in sustainable humanitarian programmes.

More than just a documentation of the weeklong event, this report serves as a testament to the good that our

youth has done and can do. I am confident that the young participants of this gathering will bear good fruit through the guidance of Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom. Fresh talents now join our army in the war against pov-erty in every form. Bright young minds engage in the dis-cussion on humanitarian issues and also propose viable solutions to solve the problems they entail. It is through these endeavours that Humanitarian Affairs United King-dom becomes a partner of the United Nations in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The United Nations commends the organisation for all the effort and care put into training the future leaders of our world.

As you open the pages of this report, remember also to open yourself to the words and deeds of the youth. They want to tell you of the great things that they can do; that they are seeking every opportunity they can to achieve a better world for everyone especially for the poor. They have seized the opportunity to take part in the Symposium so that they may be able to hone their skills and gain knowledge on how to implement successful hu-manitarian service projects. Let us now witness the story of our youths’ journey with Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom and also watch them unfold beyond the pages of this report as they concretize the lessons they learned to affairs that call for their talents.

The University Scholars Leadership Sympo-sium is an international leadership and humanitarian con-ference for Outstanding Youth Leaders from all over the world. This annual event hosted by Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom is both a training ground and a confer-ence for young people to have exposure and experience and, most especially the skills to execute humanitarian work. It is also a venue for all of the youths to spend qual-ity time getting to know new friends, gain knowledge about world affairs, and be motivated to do more good work for mankind.

From August 1-7, 2012, Bali, Indonesia witnessed a culmination of more than 400 young individuals who shared the same passion for humanitarian work. The Sym-posium tackled key humanitarian issues relevant to the global community. Issues such as human trafficking, ur-

INTRODUCTION

ban poverty, child abuse, world hunger and poverty were some of the topics discussed. Four expert humanitarians were invited as guest speakers to provide motivation for the young delegates to be one with them in connecting with communities in need. The Bali Symposium 2012 was the third of Hu-manitarian Affairs’ conferences; succeeding the interna-tional gatherings in Melaka, Malaysia and Pattaya, Thai-land for the first and second symposiums, respectively. The Province of Bali was chosen as the host of the Sym-posium for various reasons. Among them was that the province was known to be a gracious host to its guests who indulge in its cultures and world-class offerings. People came to Bali to witness spectacular things. Many foreign investors have flocked to this province to set up

businesses and share in the spectacles of Bali and have dominated the industries in Bali.

The most important reason why Bali was cho-sen as the host of the Symposium delved deeper into a more humanitarian cause. Although distinctly known as a world-class resort, Bali was also the home of locals who did not have much share in the wealth gained by foreign-run establishments. By hosting the Symposium in Bali, Humanitarian Affairs wanted its delegates to know about the plight of the poor who struggle to keep up with the fast-changing developments in our world. The Sympo-sium aimed to bring about the message of love, commu-nity and empathy to ensure that the developments and privileges that each person deserved left no one behind.

H umanitarian Affairs, United Kingdom provides a venue for young people to be trained in do-ing social developmental work in order to nurture them into world-class citi-zens with a global mind-set towards alleviating the problems of communities in need.

It runs programmes across different nations through the relief efforts they extend to countries and communities that are poverty- and disaster-stricken. Humanitarian Affairs believes that encountering different cultures and providing aid to those suffering abroad facil-itates both intellectual and emotional development for the young people it mentors. Through its projects, Humani-tarian Affairs aspires to transform momentary feelings of compassion into a long-lasting sense of responsibility,

community and sympathy for the Global Poor.

Humanitarian Affairs is a London-based non-profit, non-government organisa-tion. As a social enterprise, it is incorporated under the Company Act of 1985 and registered with the Regis-trar of Companies in Eng-land and Wales. The regis-tration number is 6582565.Humanitarian Affairs Asia is its Asia Secretariat based in Pattaya, Thailand. This Office administers the an-

nual University Scholars Leadership Symposium and other programmes and projects held in the Asia and Pa-cific Region. Humanitarian Affairs is a member of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations and the World Alliance for Citizens Participation.

THE ORGANISERS

VisionWe seek a world where every young person has:

A sense of compassion for the less fortunate• A sense of social responsibility

• Opportunity to serve others, and • Opportunity to initiate sustainable development

programmes

MissionTo nurture youths into responsible, competent and com-passionate global citizens by equipping them with knowl-

edge, skills and exposure.

PurposeHumanitarian Affairs aims to

provide youths the opportunity • To engage in humanitarian service,

• Strengthen their awareness of diverse cultures, and • Develop a lifelong commitment to helping others by participating in relief efforts to benefit impoverished

communities in poverty-stricken countries.

StrategyTo promote knowledge and support efforts that improves

effectiveness, scale, and sustainability.To nurture youths through internship placement and

mentorship programme.

SPEAKERSARTHUR GILLETTE

GERALDINE COXRAOUL WIJFFELS

ROBIN LIM

Volunteer work has always been a big part of Arthur’s life. Even as a student at Harvard College, he be-came involved in a weekend volun-teer workcamp at the young age of 20. The work here allowed the stu-dents of the college to aid in cleaning and repainting slum houses in Rox-bury, an African-American/Hispanic ghetto community in Boston. When he moved to Paris on his third uni-versity year, Arthur’s strong spirit for volunteerism led him to join the Service Civil International French branch to continue the kind of volun-teer work he did in the U.S.A.

As one thing led to another, he became Secretary General of the UNESCO-related and Paris-based Coordinating Committee for In-ternational Voluntary Service after he finished his undergraduate stud-ies. His work there had moved him to start leader training for volunteer initiatives in Third World countries. Fruits of his work with this organisa-tion manifested through the creation of projects such as a regional Latin American volunteer leader training

workshop at Sucre, Bolivia that had volunteers from 12 countries build a medical centre.

Arthur’s strong internation-alist convictions have also led him to lend a hand in promoting East-West volunteer exchanges even while the Cold War was ongoing. His first ac-tion in doing so was through join-ing a large workcamp that sought to construct a secondary school in the rural areas of Central Ukraine. He eventually joined more East-West volunteer projects in Czechoslo-vakia, the USSR, and the German Democratic Republic.

In 1963, Arthur became a staff member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). His career in UNESCO was dedicated to years of serving projects related to illiter-acy, and cultural and built heritage. His hard work and dedication caused him to be awarded the position of Di-rector of the Division of Youth and Sports Activities.

Looking over his career and

life’s works, one can say that Arthur Gillette is truly passionate about pro-moting active and intelligent youth participation in the solutions to the problems of the global community. His book, One Million Volunteers – The Story of Youth Volunteer Ser-vice, is a summary of his experiences as a volunteer and attempts to encour-age volunteerism across the globe.

Arthur Gillette Retired Director – UNESCO

Geraldine CoxCountry Head – Sunrise Children’s Village Cambodia

In 1970, Geraldine began her ca-reer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs where she had her first posting in Phnom Penh. This was at the time the Vietnam War spilled over into Cambodia. Her experiences in this country had left a lasting im-pact on Geraldine and she carried

this with her even after succeeding postings in the Philippines, Thailand, Iran, and America all throughout her work with the government before resigning in 1987. Upon returning to Australia, she worked with The Chase Manhattan Bank in Sydney for 8 years.

During a return visit in 1993, Geraldine became involved in help-ing an orphaned Cambodian child. Coming from this experience, she co-founded the Sunrise Children’s Vil-lage. She eventually moved to Cam-bodia in 1996 and began work as an Executive Assistant for the Cabinet Director in the Cabinet of the First

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Prime Minister of Cambodia, HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh. She then managed the orphanage during her spare time.

Geraldine has always been proud of being an Australian, but Cambodia has stolen her heart and the children of this country have charmed her so much. After being be-stowed full Cambodian Citizenship in 1999 by King Norodom Sihanouk, she spends half the year caring for the children in the orphanage as “Big Mum” and the remaining time raising funds for the orphanage through her travels and by any means she comes up with.

Gerladine’s story has been told in different ways through pub-lications and other forms of media. Her autobiography, Home Is Where The Heart Is, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2000. Hollywood also

bought the rights to create a feature film based on this book. The docu-mentary, My Khmer Heart, was also made to Geraldine as she went through various challenges to keep her orphanage, along with the chil-dren she was caring for, together. This film won the Hollywood Film Festival Documentary of the Year Award in 2000 and has since been

bought and screened by HBO and Discovery Cable Channels. Her story has also been featured in a variety of television programs in Australia such as the Australian Story, The Sunday Program, This Is Your Life, Four Corners, Today Tonight, The 7.30 Re-port, 60 Minutes and Talking Heads.

Through the enormous amount of love and hard work she puts in, Geraldine has provided opportunities for the young Cambodians she cares for to achieve the brightest of futures through the orphanage’s sheltering and educational programs. Sunrise Children’s Village now prides itself of caring for hundreds of Cambodian children who would have otherwise been victims of poverty, prostitution, slave labour and child trafficking.

Raoul Wijffels has always been a lover and teacher of music. In his quest to understand more of the art in developing countries, Raoul found himself in Indonesia in the middle of his research on the conditions of mu-sical development.

In 2006, this professor from the music conservatory within the University of Rotterdam discovered something truly unique during his travel in Indonesia—the Indonesian youths were brimming with raw mu-sical potential! In his words, he de-scribed his experience of this discov-ery:

“What I found touched me

deeply. All Indonesians seem to be born as an artist. Young peo-ple are physically very smart. And they dance, draw, play gui-tar, percussion and can all sing beautifully. So much talent! But so little recognition! And no serious guidance or facilities. Apart from the mainstream in-dustry, there is not really a pro-fessional and independent artis-tic sector.”

Oftentimes, young Indone-sians who venture into music group themselves into bands that play beats and tunes on makeshift drums, old guitars and raw vocals. Talented as they may be, these youths do not

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receive much opportunity to pol-ish their skills. As the Government’s Department of Education mainly fo-cuses on the subjects of English and Mathematics, schools only provide the basic requirements and exposure to Music as a subject being taught in classes. Professional training then be-comes a privilege for a few who can afford it.

Coming from Holland, Raoul understands that the Dutch have al-ways had access to learning more about music. This understanding has left him wondering about the condi-tions of and access to musical educa-tion in developing countries such as Indonesia. How is it possible for the Indonesians, especially the youth, to

get access to formative training in music? In August 2007, Raoul, along with a group of local musicians and artists, finds himself providing the answer to this question after estab-lishing the One Dollar For Music Foundation (ODFM).

The goal of ODFM is to pro-vide young Indonesians with more support in music education, exposure and experience. It is an attempt to bridge the gap between raw poten-tial in music of the youth and seeing this unfold on a professional stage. Through its projects, the youth are able to receive skills training in voice, instrumental, and technical sound education, to hone their talents. Im-proving their skills and giving them

opportunities to perform their art al-lows them to build their careers as they discover more about their own music and creativity.

ODFM continues to provide practical lessons and workshops to talented young Indonesians. Now with a handful of trained students, these young musicians move on to share what they have learned about music from their mentors. They con-tinue to play their music and impart their knowledge during their visits to schools as they in turn conduct work-shops to the next generation of musi-cians.

Robin LimCNN Hero of the Year 2011

“Every baby’s first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Ev-ery mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet.” These were the word that left Ibu (Mother) Robin Lim’s lips after she was recognized as a CNN Heroes for the Year 2011.

Robin Lim began her work in promoting maternal health care and traditional birthing techniques even before she started training as a mid-

wife in 1995. At the very young age of 10, she was exposed to the use of traditional cultural medicine by her maternal grandmother. Back then,

her grandmother was known as a legendary tradi-tional midwife in the small-town communities of Baguio City in the Philippines. Her experiences in the lush moun-tainous city never left even as she moved to the USA. Robin still sought the use of tradition-al and natural treatments and

encouraged others to look into them especially when it came to prenatal care, childbirth and postpartum care.She was pushed into pursuing mid-

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wifery after experiencing the loss of three important women in her life—her midwife, Sunny Supplee, her best friend, Brenda Swartz, and her younger sister, Christine Kim—with-in the same year. Her sister Christine died while carrying a baby in her womb.

Contemplating on her loss, Robin looked deeply in herself and realized that she had not lived her life with enough care. Emerging from her suffering, she decided to live her life only for love and envelope those around her with this same love. These were the beginnings of her commit-ment to providing mothers and babies a safe and loving environment during a mother’s pregnancy, childbirth and thereafter.

Robin encountered many blessings after deciding to “live only for love.” She got married to Wil Hemmerle and lived a happy life with their shared children. In their efforts to renew their lives, Robin and Wil brought their family to Bali, a place they found to be conducive to rais-ing a family. Their first child together was thus born in the island of Bali.

Robin encountered challeng-es during her pregnancy and in her hunt for safe midwifery in Bali. It was through this experience that she decided to put up Yayasan Bumi Se-hat (Healthy Mother Earth Founda-tion) with the help of family members and good friends. The clinic’s humble beginnings started out in providing prenatal care from Robin’s house. Eventually, the demand for her ex-pertise and care grew as more and more people sought her help in giving safe maternal care for disadvantaged mothers. She became known as “Ibu Robin” for her work in providing free prenatal care, birthing services

and other support for mothers in Bali who otherwise would not be able to available of such due to financial con-straints.

Winning the CNN Hero of the Year Award in 2011 provides further support for her work. She announc-es to many that the prize money of USD$250,000 is to be used to im-prove her clinic in Bali. With and for love, Ibu Robin continues to do her good deeds for the sake of mothers who are wanting of a more loving and caring entrance into the world for their children.

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World Volunteer Web. (1999, December 26). A (Very) Short History of Volunteering. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from World Volunteer Web Official Website: http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news-views/volun-teer-stories/doc/a-very-short-history/print.html

2 Geraldine Cox. Cox, G. (2011). About Geraldine. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from Geraldine Cox Official Website: http://www.geraldinecox.org/profile.html

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The Jakarta Post. (2011, January 8). One dollar for mu-sic. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from The Jakarta Post: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/01/08/one-dollar-music.html

4. Robin Lim CNN. (2011, December 27). ‘Mother Robin’ wins CNN Hero of the Year. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from CNN.com: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/11/living/cnn-heroes/index.html Robin Lim Support Organization. (n.d.). Bio: Robin Lim. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://robinlim-support.info/: http://robinlimsupport.info/CurrentPages/RobinsBio_materialsDev/Bio_of_Robin.htm

What is a Balinese welcome like? The 418 delegates of the University Scholars Leadership Sympo-sium can give a comment or two about this. On August 2, 2012, they were able to witness the grandest of welcomes that Bali could offer during the Opening Ceremony of the Symposium.

The Opening Ceremony was a feast for all the senses that began with the delegates themselves. This in-ternational delegation caught the eyes of many as they proudly walked down the halls of the Aston Denpasar Hotel and Convention Center in the national costumes of their respective home countries. The halls were eventu-ally filled with lively conversations between new friends who shared stories of home and anticipation for the Sym-posium’s activities. A harmonious melody of different languages spoken together resounded off the convention center’s walls. It seemed unwilling to pause as it was caught up in all the excitement.

As the doors of the Aston Grand Ballroom opened, the sweet smell of fresh flowers greeted the young dele-gates. Balinese hosts and hostesses were waiting for them at each side of the red carpet that cut through the middle of the ballroom and led straight to the stage where two of Balinese iconic towers stood. Garlands of flowers were placed around the necks of the delegates as they made their way through the entourage of Balinese entertainers and décor of traditional ornaments to their seats in front of the stage.OPE

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When all of the audience was complete and set-tled, the lights in the ballroom slowly dimmed and the spotlights turned to the center of the stage. The distinct sounds of the Balinese Gamelan Angklung started to play. Dressed in traditional Balinese clothing embellished with glistening gold and colourful beads, dancers came on to the stage to entertain the audience with their 20 minutes of Balinese traditional welcome dance. After the performance, hosts Daniel Sheridan and Lauren Winterflood announced the arrival of the guest of honour. The audience stood to honour the arrival of Bapak I Wayan Suasta, the Assistant Governor of Bali, Indonesia as he made his way up the stage. Full attention was then given to him as he gave his well wishes and warm welcome to the youths and guests of the Bali Sym-posium.

At the end of the opening remarks, the Regional Director for Humanitarian Affairs Asia, Ms. Janice Le-ong, and the Chief of Bali Police, Insp. Gen. Budi Gu-nawan were called on stage to join the guest of honour. Bapak I Wayan Suasta, Assistant Governor to declare opening of the Symposium. With all the performers crowded around the Ba-linese gong, symbolic of Balinese culture, the Assistant Governor was given the honour to strike the gong to sym-bolize the start the weeklong event. This was followed by loud round of applause and cheers from the audience and a shower of confetti to cap off the wonderful start of the Symposium.

Youth volunteerism was a topic that was close to the heart of the Symposium. The best person to give a talk on this was some-one with a wealth of experience in volunteering, and this person was none other than a retired director of UNESCO, Mr. Arthur Gil-lette.

Arthur made dreams possible during his work as a volun-teer. This was evident in the stories he shared about the volunteer work that he did in different countries. He provided valuable in-sights on the conditions of youth volunteerism around the world and how these can be of help in further shaping its development.

Arthur GilletteMaking Dreams Happen

Geraldine was one lady who was unde-niably hard to miss. With her cheerful and lively personality, people easily warmed up to her just as they did as she came up on stage to share about her work in Sunrise Village, an orphanage in Cambodia.

It was the third time the founder and president of the orphanage came to the Sympo-sium as a speaker. All the same, she never lost her touch in inspiring the delegates to overcome any challenges they faced when it came to doing good for others.

Geraldine CoxOvercoming Challenges

INSPIRING TALKS

What is the use of our hands?

At the Symposium, Ibu Robin taught the au-dience about the importance of our hands and how they should be used. She explained that they were to work for love. As a living example of this, Ibu Robin made use of her hands to help mothers welcome their babies into the world in the most gentle and peaceful way possible. This very action of providing care for mothers was essential because birth would be the mo-ment when people first experience love through the mothers’ labour. In sharing her experiences as a midwife, Ibu Robin reminded us of the unconditional love that mothers constantly shower their children with even as they grow older.

Raoul WijffelsMusic Matters

For Raoul Wijffels, music definitely mat-tered, especially in the creative and holistic de-velopment of young people. This was the reason why he chose music as his medium to boost the self-esteem of underprivileged youths of Bali and to improve their lives. His organization, the One Dollar Music Foundation, was established to help these young people discover themselves all the while they were discovering music.

The time that Raoul spent with the dele-gates was both a concert and a sharing of his story

with the youth of Bali. Music was the common thing that brought everyone together for the entire session. What made it stronger was its use to uplift the lives of the young people he worked with, such as the emerging band No Stress, and also the young participants of the Symposium.

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“Be the change you want to see in this world.”

Following the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi, our young delegates certainly put these words into action! The Plenary Sessions served as their playground as they experimented with different ideas on how to tackle some pressing concerns in the field of humanitarian work.

In between the talks, the delegates were moved to their respective meeting rooms for the Plenary Ses-sions. They were split up into ten different groups that were assigned one topic each per session. Each delegate had plenty of opportunities to speak up about their ideas in the two Plenary Sessions that took place. Fresh ideas came up as the young minds brainstormed for solutions to their given assignments.

The First Plenary Session was a discussion of ten pertinent humanitarian issues such as poverty, world

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Shunger and the lack of education. The next Plenary Ses-sion was a fun practice for everyone especially those who wanted to start their own humanitarian projects. The activity for the second Plenary Session was to come up with creative fundraisers that could possibly support their future projects. After each session, all ideas were presented before all back at the ballroom through inter-esting and lively presentations. Some groups gave their presentations in the form of skits and dance numbers. Others presented unique plans of creating an interactive smart phone application or large-scale fun runs to help raise funds for their chosen beneficiaries.

Looking back, the Plenary Sessions were made fruit-ful and meaningful because of the many contributions from the delegates. They were great venues for them to exchange ideas rooted from an assortment of personali-ties, backgrounds and cultures. More importantly, they were moments that encouraged camaraderie among new friends.

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The Learning Journey was one of the unique highlights of the Symposium. It entailed one full day that was dedicated to doing service-learning activities with the children and communities of Bali. A day’s break away from the serious talks and discussions, the Learning Jour-ney was a venue for our young leaders to explore and im-merse themselves in the culture of Bali.

The program involved all the delegates and fac-ulty observers in the activities. Ten groups were formed and each one of these groups was assigned to an activity for the day. Some delegates and faculty observers were assigned to work on a sustainable project by contribut-ing to the construction of a house. For the most part, the Learning Journey was a day of fun and laughter with the Balinese children. The delegates became older broth-ers and sisters to the children that they met as they went through an eventful day in a small town village and in the best tourist attractions that Bali had to offer.

Staying true to its thrust of reaching out to com-munities in need, Humanitarian Affairs used the Learn-ing Journey to benefit the local Balinese people. The or-ganisers made sure that each activity supported a certain cause related to the Balinese communities. Activities such as Paintball, Bali Bike and the Marine Walk, which were businesses ran by the locals, provided sustainable income to the local community.

One of the sites for the Learning Journey was Ubud, a quiet countryside of Bali. The delegates and the children went cycling around this area as they promoted

an eco-friendly activity. The children who participated in this came from a tranquil village of Ubud that hardly had any interactions with foreigners. During the Learning Journey, they were immersed in a culturally diverse inter-action with their new friends from different countries.

The day was made even more meaningful as the delegates and faculty observers went about their respec-tive activities while wearing their Official Humanitarian Affairs T-Shirts. More than just carrying the name of the organisation, the brightly coloured shirts carried with them a symbol of hope for a particular community in Bali—the widows of the Bali Bombings. In support of the livelihood of these women, the organisers chose to work with a group that continually worked diligently to promote equality in treatment and dignity for all.

Seeing everything together, one could tell that the Learning Journey was truly the heart of the University Scholars Leadership Symposium. Not only did our young humanitarians go through a day of fun and excitement, they also had a first-hand experience of doing humanitar-ian work by spending time with the children. The locals in turn further enriched the experience of the delegates when they welcomed them in their community to share a few good laughs, stories and newfound memories. Paths crossed and new friendships were formed. Even after the new friends have parted ways, this day will always be re-membered as a heart-warming experience for all.

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Waterbom housed the fun water activities for both the Balinese children and the delegates. The 5-star water theme park enter-tained its guests with its water slide and lazy river attractions.

Brenton Whittaker, founder of the Bali Kids Foundation, introduced the delegates to the children who would be their playmates for the day. Everyone had a great time playing games such as volleyball and basketball, and using the facili-ties at the Canggu Country Club.

Delegates worked hand-in-hand to carry wood, gravel and sand to build one house for the community. An afternoon’s worth of hard work produced a stronger foundation and flooring for the

new home.

As lunchtime was nearing, busybodies chopped away at vegetables, fried noodles and cooked meat to provide a filling meal for more than 100 people. Delegates had their own share of work to provide lunch for their new little friends and their fellow delegates.

Our young leaders were warmly welcomed by a local Balinese community to join them in their festivities for the day. Games and activities were prepared to entertain everyone. Delegates played games and football with the children as they listened

and danced to live music from a traditional Balinese ensemble.

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Canggu Club with Kids

Games with Children

Cooking for 100

Building A House

This group got to experience one of the latest attractions in Bali. Water tubing down the calm waters of the river was a memorable and bonding event for the delegates and the children as each ride had one delegate and one child share a floater.

This group joined Bali Bikes in their adventure along the countryside of Ubud. Delegates and children cycled alongside one another as they followed their tour guides to witness and

experience the true Bali.

Their day started with a morning trip to the explore the arts and cultural centers in Bali, the Tegalalang Rice Terrace and

the cocoa and spices garden. In the afternoon, everyone got to enjoy the adrenaline-filled white water rafting activity along

the Ayung river.

Armed with just their wetsuits and headgears, the delegates and their new Balinese friends ventured out into the depths of the ocean. Having more fun than they thought they imagined, this group got to walk on the ocean floor to get a glimpse of marine life.

Two teams battled it out in the playing field for an action-packed round of paintball. The delegates and the children paired up and joined one team who they fought bravely with to champion in the game.

Water Rafting

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Cycling in Ubud

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SHOW BUZZ Lights. Camera. Action!

Every year at the University Scholars Leadership Symposium, the Show Buzz showcases presentations by the delegates that are jam-packed with film worthy ac-tion! The Show Buzz is an opportunity for them to use their creativity in producing public awareness campaigns for different causes. The Bali Symposium 2012 calls on to its international delegation to come up with presenta-tions based on topics they are assigned to. The challenge for this year is to create a 7-minute spiel that would serve as their campaign video. With a camera crew on standby and a panel of judges ready to critique their works, the ten different groups then displayed their talents in acting, singing and dancing on stage to portray the messages of their topics. Some of these topics were meant as tributes to the the in-vited speakers of the Symposium. Awareness campaigns on youth volunteerism, the One Dollar For Music Foun-dation and the Healthy Mother Earth Foundation were created as tributes to Arthur Gillette, Raoul Wijffels and Ibu Robin Lim, respectively. Other presentations were closely linked with the plenary topics regarding relevant humanitarian issues such as the importance of having clean water, poverty, hunger and child trafficking. The Show Buzz also featured presentations on the delegates’ own take at creating skits for the Symposium in 2013, a mobile school project called Education on Wheels, and Humanitarian Affairs. As a highlight of the Symposium each year, the Show Buzz has become a favorite activity of the del-egates. It brings about a message that advocating for humanitarian causes can come in different forms such as fun and creative presentations like the ones in Show Buzz. It also tells us of how youths can be resourceful as advocates and agents of change.

CLOSING CEREMONY

They say that “all good thing must come to an end.” The same goes for the journey that the delegates took on through the University Scholars Leadership Sym-posium.

In the afternoon of August the 6th, Humanitarian Affairs chose to commemorate its last day with its del-egates by acknowledging the good work that has trans-pired over the past week. Ms. Janice Leong, regional head of Humanitarian Affairs Asia took the lead in this com-memoration as she gave her closing remarks for all of the participants of the event. Her speech was one of encour-agement and inspiration for the young people who dream to be Agents of Change in the world.

The guest-of-honour for the closing was an es-teemed guest from the United Nations who stood as the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Indone-sia, Mr. El-Mostafa Benlamlih. Faced with a large interna-tional delegation of youths, he saw this as an opportunity to remind the youth of the greater purpose and meaning of the work they wished to entail; that humanitarian work was not about the humanitarians, but about the people in need who were to receive their aid.

After these inspiring speeches, the Closing Cer-emony then moved on to give recognition to the youths who performed outstanding work for the Symposium. Ms. Pawida Isarangkul Na Ayudhaya of Thailand was called on stage to receive her award and give her speech as Out-standing Intern for the Year 2012. Mohd Rizan bin Hassan of Malaysia was also recognized for his exceptional work as a youth leader who led a group of more than 60 Malay-sian youths in the Symposium. All faculty observers from various universities and institutions received recognition for their participation in the event. The group facilitators who led the 10 groups of delegates also went up the stage. They received due recognition and commendation from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for exercising good leadership skills in establishing camaraderie among the delegates of the Symposium.

The Closing Ceremony offered the best time and atmosphere to reminisce about the events that happened. A video showcasing a montage of the different highlights of the Symposium were presented to the hundreds of young people who would be going home to share what they learned from their unique experience in Bali, Indo-nesia.

Coats and ties were taken off and left in closets. High-heeled shoes were replaced with comfortable flats. Formal attires were changed to outfits suited for a fun evening out with friends. Once the formalities of the Uni-versity Scholars Leadership Symposium were done, the delegates hurriedly went back to their rooms to change into more comfy outfits before heading out to the surprise venue for the Official Banquet to celebrate the end of the event in the most festive way.

The Official Banquet aimed to celebrate the end of the Symposium in the most festive way. The festivi-ties began even as the delegates left the Aston Denpasar Hotel and Convention Center. It thrilled everyone to see the vehicles that would take them to the surprise venue. The Bemo is a ubiquitous open-air colorful microbus that had imageries of tropical wonderlands painted on the en-tirety of their bodies. These vehicles carried the delegates to Taman Bhagawan, a 5-stars venue suitable for garden party. A team of 10 police outriders escorted the convoy of 25 Bemo vans each carried 17 persons through the bus-tling streets of Bali.

The half-hour journey was worth the wait after everyone arrived at the venue of the Official Banquet

at Taman Bhagawan. The young delegates found them-selves in a rainforest-type setting that highlighted Bali’s distinct culture and charm. Once everyone was settled in the many tables set up in the around the fountain pool that ran across the middle of the venue, the delegates helped themselves to the buffet dinner and dessert of Balinese treats.

Hamanah, an Afro-Indonesian band, entertained its audience with its ethno-pop tunes. Its lively beats got many of the delegates to get up from their seats and move towards the stage. The celebration continued even after the band took a break. The stereos played popular dance songs to keep up with the partying crowd that danced as one. As the familiar tune of Katy Perry’s “Firework,” the delegates were greeted by a breathtaking surprise—a py-ro-musical display of fireworks that lit up the night sky above them.

Another surprise awaited the delegates evening. Under their tables, they found Djembe drums with the logo of Humanitarian Affairs United Kingdom printed on the top skin. Each delegate claimed one and joined the drummer from Hamanah in playing some ethnic beats. The assembly of drums echoed off into the night as the farewell celebration continued late into the night.

OFFICIAL BANQUET

A Good Farewell for the Symposium

ANNEXES

First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you here for your successful completion of the 3rd Uni-versity Scholars Leadership Sympo-sium.

I would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the team who has worked very hard to ensure the success of this Symposium. Shall we give a round of applause to all the officials, group facilitators, advisers and all the hotel staff.

My questions to all of you here are, “What are you going to do after this Symposium? What are the projects that you are going to imple-ment to reach out to impoverished communities?”

Reflect on the knowledge that you have gained during this week-long Symposium. What have we learnt from Mr. Arthur Gillette’s talk on Making Dreams Happen? What does volunteerism mean to you? Is there a new meaning attached to you as a volunteer?

How about Ms. Geraldine Cox’ talk on Overcoming Challeng-es? Does her commitment to the chil-dren at the Sunrise Village in Cam-bodia inspire you to do more for the underprivileged children?

MUSIC. What is music to you after listening to Mr. Raoul Wijffles talk on creative sustainable projects? Can you think of any creative sustain-able projects that can uplift the lives of the marginalized youths?

I am sure many of you would agree that Ibu Robin Lim has brought us back to reflect where we come

from and to express gratitude to our beloved mothers who we take for granted. She has reminded all of us the most beautiful word in the dic-tionary—love. Without love, one is without a soul. Without love, the world is cold and unfriendly. Make it a point to care for those around you.

Remember to reflect on the in-valuable experience that you had with your fellow delegates and the local communities here during the Learn-ing Journey. How did we feel after the Learning Journey? What was your experience with the children? Isn’t it amazing that for those who have so little and yet are the ones that give out the most happiness? Do you still recall the fun and laughter you have with the children? It might just be a day but it brought so much joy to the children. And the same goes for those who built the house with love.

Love is the reason why we look forward to better things in our lives. We look forward to a more compassionate world. We look for-ward to a world without strangers, without discrimination and violence. Let us all do our part well for this day to come. Nothing will happen until you take action.

I’ve read many of your ap-plication forms and 90% of you men-tioned that you want to be an agent of change, to be part of the change and also to learn about your role in making a positive change. However, change only happens if you and I take action. One simple example is that you will not be here with the rest of the 400 delegates should you not have taken any action to apply for the Symposium and make your travel ar-rangements here.

Another good example is our Youth Leader, Mr. Rizan Has-san from Malaysia. He attended the previous year Symposium and was so inspired that this year he leads a strong delegation of more than 60 like-minded youths like you to the University Scholars Leadership Sym-posium. He has worked tirelessly to Make His Dream Happen; and that it is to inspire more young people to be part of this Youth Movement in So-cial Change.

How about you? What would you like to change?

You can spread the word about this Youth Movement to your friends and inspire them to be part of the Change. You and your friends can initiate and lead a project that will benefit communities in need. Some of you who wish to be more involved in reaching out to international youths and learn more about event manage-ment, can join us as part of the Orga-nising Committee for the next Sym-posium.

Remember, you must be the change you want to see in this world. These are wise words from Mahatma Gandhi that have been my guiding principle in my life and I hope it can be yours, too. The best way to create a brighter future for all is too create one and it starts with you and me. With this I wish every one of you here all the very best in your endeavor to be part of this positive change.

Enjoy the farewell dinner and treasure the friendship that you have made in this Symposium.

Thank you and God bless.

Closing Remarks by the Regional Director for Humanitarian Affairs Asia

I believe that I was born to learn. The first few English words that I knew include “I don’t know” and I get to know what I didn’t know by learning. I realized that it was hard to start from zero especially when I was doing this internship.

I planned to do internship in various fields, so I would have more working experience, to know what I’m good at and what needs to be improved.

Last year, I was doing my internship at Hilton Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand. That was how I knew about the University Scholars Leadership Symposium. I was impressed by those 350 Student Leaders from all over the World who had the same dreams to make our world a better place. I want-ed to be one of them, change makers.

This year, I had an opportu-nity to become a part of the 3rd USL Symposium by doing an internship at Humanitarian Affairs Asia.

This internship was a new chap-ter of my learning life. It was tough in the beginning because I had to start from zero. I didn’t know how to start, how to work like professionals. At the same time, I worried about my com-ing final exams. I wanted to quit, I didn’t even give myself a chance to get familiar with the job, I thought this job was too difficult and I was not good at it.

I consulted my parents, teach-ers and friends but no one gave me the answer I wanted. Some told me to quit if I was not happy. My teacher

told me not to quit and try harder until I reach Bali to be a part of the USL Symposium as I had always wanted to. My parents didn’t tell me what to do but they told me that whatever I decided, they want me to think care-fully and don’t regret.

I decided to talk to Ms. Jan-ice Leong, my supervisor. Instead of just letting me quit the job, she asked me, “how can I help you?” Ms. Leong also said something that made me de-cide not to quit. She said, “once you are a quitter, you will be a quitter for the rest of your life.” So, I decided to ask her for a week off to prepare my final exams and then I would come back to work.

After exams, I went back to the office with a new positive attitude, to work harder and aim to spread out the word of the symposium. I created my own faith.

The internship is meaningful to me. It makes me become a better and stronger person. It improves my working skills. For instance, commu-nication skills and leadership skills. I learned about organization culture, supportive bosses and colleagues. Importantly, I had a chance to give a presentation to 1,500 people which not many organizations would allow interns to do so.

I also learn about life skills from my supervisors, Mr. Lam and Ms. Leong. These two persons have been guiding me through my 3 months internship. They build up my good character and my positive atti-

tude. They taught me a lot of things that I would like to share with you today: •“It doesn’t matter where or how we start but the end that counts.”

•“Always have a dream and make it come true;”

•“Do not give up on what we are doing, keep trying and have faith;”

•“Always hope for the best and prepare for the worst;” and

•“Do not let fears stop us from doing good things.”

I can talk about what I’ve learned from this internship for days. Just to make it short, this internship is an experience that I would never find anywhere else.

I’m glad that I didn’t quit the job on that day, I didn’t give up on trying and I didn’t give up on myself.

I would like to thank Hu-manitarian Affairs, Mr. Kim Solomon Lam, and Ms. Janice Leong for giv-ing me this opportunity to learn.

I’m grateful that once in my lifetime I had a chance to be a part of Humanitarian Affairs, to empower myself and other young people like you all to reach out to communities in need.

Thank you.

Speech by Outstanding Intern of the YearA New Chapter of My Learning Life with Humanitarian Affairsby Pawida Isarangkul Na Ayudhaya (Asian University, Thailand)

1. Belly Busters (World Hunger) Proper living starts with prop-er nourishment. Taking in the right amounts of nutrition enables people to carry out their daily functions. It gives adults the stamina to work, and children the energy to study. Howev-er, these functions are disrupted when nourishment becomes scarce and un-available to people. Nowadays, millions of people are faced with the problem of a great lack of food. Scarcity of food does not only occur in certain small com-munities that are far from our reach. It is spread out across different nations and affecting places in both develop-ing and developed countries. We know this problem as World Hunger. Malnutrition is the common manifestation of hunger amongst people. Aggregated on the global level, other effects that stem out from widespread hunger are in-creased health risks and mortality rates. 2. Treasure Hunter (Waste Man-agement and Recycling) Waste management is one of the challenges faced by impoverished communities. Without a proper waste management system in these areas, trash piles up on streets and clogs sewage systems. Aside from harming the en-vironment, people living in the sur-rounding communities are affected negatively as health problems occur. A clean slate in life might just be what these people need to help

them rise above their livelihood and environmental problems. Finding means to make better use of the trash around them can be a source of live-lihood for them. Through recycling and creative fabrication, useful and innovative products made of trash can be sold to generate profits.

Armed with creativity and perseverance, almost anything can be made to benefit these people. As the saying goes, “one man’s trash can be someone else’s treasure.“ 3. Street Fighters (Street Children) Our childhood is marked by fond memories of playing in the streets with our good friends. After an eventful day, we say goodbye to our playmates and head home to the warmth of home-cooked meals and comfortable beds. These same memories can-not be shared by children who actu-ally live on the streets. When poverty strikes, children become the most vulnerable victims to the growing de-mands of the quickly developing en-vironment. These conditions in turn force many of them to live in impov-erished states on the streets. Although playtime occurs in the same place, it also becomes the place where they set up their homes as they lay on cold concrete or dirt floors during chilly evenings. Such conditions expose them to different illnesses. A lack in resources also creates problems in providing them proper nourishment and education. Their growth and development are

hindered by the absence of an envi-ronment conducive for their well-be-ing. 4. Edu Master (Educating the Un-educated) Education is too often taken for granted. The phrase “school is cool” rubs off as something un-cool for those privileged enough to con-stantly attend classes. But, for people who are not able to attend classes reg-ularly, or at all, the skills and educa-tion they get are tagged priceless. For both the young and the old, receiving education is one of the best things to have to prepare them for the world. Education allows people to explore their potentials and push their limits to become better persons as they encounter challenges throughout their learnings. A lack in resources should not deprive people of education. All of us can contribute our own skills and knowledge to those who have much to benefit from the opportunities that education presents to everyone. 5. Power Rangers (Child Traffick-ing) Respect is one thing each person should have for another. The value of a person should never be lost in place of anything. The problem we face today is that people’s respect for one another has reached levels so inhumane that many now turn to human traffick-ing. Considered as a crime against humanity, human trafficking is “the recruiting, transporting, transferring,

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harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of ex-ploiting them.” (UNODC) The most vulnerable victims of this crime are children. Their lives have been commodified by human traffickers as they are treated like goods that can be plainly sold and bought off store shelves. 6. Life Giver (Clean Water) Water is all around us. It is found in abundance in our seas, riv-ers and lakes. We find it also up in the skies as clouds and part of the mois-ture in our food. With so much water within our reach, it is hard to believe that there is a lack of safe drinking water for everybody. In truth, only 1% of the supply of water on Earth is usable by human beings. That 1% supply of water is es-sential to human beings. Our health is greatly affected by the quality and amount of water we take in. Health problems arise when a person is not able to drink safe drinking water in the right amounts. Contaminants in untreated water harm a person’s body when they are absorbed in their sys-tems. Nowadays, billions of people are exposed to various health risks because they do not have the access to clean drinking water. 7. Health Healer (Healthcare)“Health is wealth.” We often hear this saying but give very little importance to its meaning. The only time we give at-tention to it is when our health starts to take a beating. This is when most people would decide to spend some

of their wealth to regain their health. The case is not the same for those who do not have the wealth or the resources to pay for medicine and health services. When proper health-care is not provided, wounds and ill-nesses are left untreated. Prolonged health implications also take a toll on people’s health. Although prevention through hygiene education is a good solution to avoid these problems, many people from poor communities also still lack the basic knowledge on hygiene and education. 8. Skillful Warrior (Sustainable Livelihood) Poverty has its way of mak-ing people feel incapable of doing anything to break out of its cycle. Living in a poor environment makes it difficult for people to look for a job that can give enough compensa-tion to sustain themselves. Good jobs are scarce and hard to find when you are competing with so many people. Oftentimes, landing one job is not enough. Others would need to look for more than one to provide for their needs. Improving the quality of work that people get into is a solution to ending the cycle of poverty. Introduc-ing jobs that work around the model of sustainable livelihood can present better benefits to people. They can have security of tenure, better income and better working environments. 9. Urban Legend (Urban Poverty) A city is seen as a model of success for its citizens. With the boom in developments and economy in the urban areas, it is difficult not to be at-tracted to the success it has achieved

and to aspire for the same. People flock to the city in the hopes of finding higher-paying jobs and living more comfortable lives. The great number of people coming into cities becomes too overwhelm-ing at a certain point. When this hap-pens, cities cannot keep up with the demands for work as job markets be-come oversaturated. Unemployment increases as the number of people also increases. Living conditions become poorer when overcrowding arises. This in turn results in a lack of resources for the people of urban poor communi-ties. 10. Spice Girls (Women Empower-ment) Old traditions dictated what roles women were supposed to play. These roles included important tasks such as growing food, taking care of the household, hauling water and other laborious tasks. The amount of work that women did was not pro-portional to the compensation and recognition that they deserved. Many women were treated as voiceless citi-zens of their societies and were op-pressed because of their gender. Until now, many women still encounter the same problems and are treated unjustly simply for the fact that they are women. Societies need to be more open-minded and see both men and women as equals.

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1. Healthy Mother Earth Foundation Many mothers are anxious and scared of the thought of giving birth. Ibu Robin would like to assure them that giving birth can be peaceful and safe for moth-ers and their babies as long as they are given proper care during this special occassion. Help Ibu Robin to promote maternal health care and the use of traditional birthing techniques. An infomer-cial of your making can go a long way in easing the wor-ries of these would-be mothers.

2. Poverty Poverty is a term that seems to be tossed about very lightly nowadays. People don’t seem to understand the gravity of the problem of poverty and how it gravely affects the lives of millions of people.

We need your help in creating more attention for this problem so that the global community can be even more involved in finding solutions to poverty.

3. Hunger We are privileged to have healthy food at our disposal. This is not so for those who suffer from food shortages and widespread hunger. The problem of hunger does not only leave these people with empty stomachs. It leaves them weak from malnutrition and other illnesses they may incur for not having proper nutrition.

Find a way to bring out the message of the pains of World Hunger. Your work is needed to generate aware-ness for communities who suffer from lack of food and resources. Through this, others may be able to send aid and relief to those who are in need of them. 4. Education on Wheels Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world. It is the best tool for people to change their situation for the better. People are deprived of the right to education for many different reasons—poverty, war conflicts and even natural disasters. The lack of education can further wors-

en the lives of the disadvantaged. To help those who are waiting for the opportunities that education presents to everyone, we need to raise awareness of the importance of Education for all. This year, we need a consulting team to create an awareness video on education for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. The team should also come with a catchy slogan as the title of the video. Check for politi-cal correctness

5. Clean Water We have seen countless photos of impoverished communities thriving in parched lands. We have also wit-nessed scenes on TV wherein the poor drink water that is brown from the mud it is mixed with.

Now that you know about the problems linked with drinking dirty water, create a campaign video advo-cating for the sourcing and using of clean water for these concerned communities. Show your viewers the impor-tance of clean water and sanitation.

6. One Dollar Music Foundation After having spoken to the hundreds of youths at the Symposium, more of the world now knows about Raoul Wijffel’s One Dollar For Music movement. The in-terest sparked by this unique program should not be put out just because the Symposium has ended. The music needs to keep playing! Sharing the same love for music, help the One Dollar Form Music movement create a music video that will let others become aware of its advocacy and projects. Let people know how their one-dollar donations will be more than worth it through the creative music video you are tasked to do.

7. Child Trafficking Children all over the world are becoming victims of Human Traffickers for various illegal trades. Aware-ness needs to be raised for the issue of Child Traffick-ing to save these children and discourage traffickers from continuing their evil deeds.

Come up with a TV campaign for Child Traffick-ing that will be presented on a global platform. Your work will be valuable in informing the public about this dread-ful issue.

8. USL Symposium 2013 As a participant of this year’s Bali Symposium 2012, show the world what it is like to take part in this one of a kind gathering of youths.

Share your experiences or give a sampler for the future delegates of what it is like to be a USLS delegate. With this, create a promotional video for next year’s Uni-versity Scholars Leadership Symposium.

9. Youth Volunteering The term “youth volunteer” is used to describe a young person who offers to perform a service at one’s own free will. The world today depends on youths to take action and give back to communities who are in need of a helping hand. While some of us are living in a safe and clean environment, there are others who are not fortunate enough to have a fraction of that.

Youths are the key to improving world poverty. The ideas that you come up with for sustainable projects today may prosper into real works in the future to benefit countless people. Volunteerism does not only give you new insights on how to help the world around us, but also brings you together with people who can help make this happen.

Create a TV campaign to promote youth volun-teerism and show how young people can make a differ-ence in the world.

10. Humanitarian Affairs Humanitarian Affairs is an organisation dedicated to educating and nurturing young people who wish to take part in humanitarian efforts. This time, it is the organisa-tion’s turn to call on to the youth to help advocate its proj-ects.

Make a creative video presentation that would encourage more youths like you to join the programmes of Humanitarian Affairs. In Highlight the values and pro-grams of the organisation.

ASST PROF DR. KRONGTHONG KHAIRIREEDR. JAGMEET SINGH

DR. JUANITO CABANIASDR. PATRICIA SY-SANTOS

DR. PRINYA THEWANARUMITKULMOHAMED DARMA RIZAL KHAIRIREE

MR. CHEN SHUXING MR. HASNUL FAIRUZ BIN HUSHIN AMRI

MR. MOHAMMAD RIZAN HASSANMR. MOHD AZWAN BIN SHAHARISMR. MOHD SUKOR BIN MD YUSOF

MR. NAWAT NANTASENMR. PHALAUNNAPHAT SIRIWONGS

MR. SAIFUL BIN MOHD SAHAKMR. SEVERINO PADER

MR. SHAHZOOL HAZIMIN AZIZAMMR. WISIT LOEDHAMMACAKRA

MRS. FIRLY ISTIYANTI SAVITRI ZAKARIAMRS. NIRAMITA CHANTASUT

MRS. VERONICA ALFONSOMS. BIBI ZALEHA BINTI ZURKIPLE

MS. JANETTE DAVIDMS. LIN XIUYA

MS. MELFI CARANTOMS. WU YUMEI

MS. ZHANG YUAN

Faculty Observers

Participants of the Symposium

ADAM DANIEL SHERIDANALDO TONG

ARIANA GABAUDANBEN DESSEN

BLAKE MOONEYBRANDON LOUISE ANCHA MEDRANO

CARMELLE CUNANCAROLINE BOURBONNIERE

CORAH CHIUEBONY CETINICHFELICIA ASTRID

GABRIELLA CUTRIJESSICA LEE

KATHERINE TYSONLAUREN WINTERFLOODMADELEINE BUCHNER

MIMI OORLOFFNINA MATSUMOTO

REGINE STEPHANIE BORJA GUEVARASHAH HISHAM

VICTORIA ANNELLS

Group Facilitators & Volunteers

AARON ALDRIN BORJAABIGAIL AILEEN ALABA

ABIGAIL CRYSTEL SYABU BAKAR ALAMRI

ADRIEL EARL TORIBIOAHMAD TERMIZI BIN MUHAMAD

AINAMADIAH BINTI HARUNALBERT JOSHUA PUTRA MALIOGHA

ALIA CHANALIDIA LEE

ALISSON RAY R LADAGAALVIN FRANZ FAMINIAL

ALYCE JEFFREYAMEER IZZUDIN BIN ABDUL RASHID

AMEET BENEGAL

AMPORN RUENRENUAMRI BIN RAHAMAT

ANAS BIN AZMIANDIKA MEDALION SEBAYANG

ANDREI MICHAEL ABASOLO FONACIERANGGREKA MICHELLO BULAN

ANISSA EKA MARINI PUJIANTARAAPINYA JATURONG

ARISA TAKAGI ARRON LOVELL

ASHA KURUPAXEL YEN CLIMACOSA GARCIA

AYUSH AGARWAL BERNARDINE GRIGSON

BO ZHANG

Delegates

BORDIN NGAMRUNGSIRIBRAEDAN BOLT

CAI YUTINGCAMERON STRAIN

CAO XICAROLINE TARA JAVIER

CARYN TANCASSANDRA WONG

CEDRIC CHUA CHONG JIECEN ZHIBIN

CHANAKAN YATIKULCHANTHA HOR

CHAYISSARA SANGPRATEEPCHEN JUNJIECHEN TIEGE

CHEN ZHAN, ALBERTCHRISTINE JOYCE AGAPITO

CHRISTINE RODRIGUEZCHUTIMON THIPJINDACHAIKUL

CLARE SLATTERYCLIFF KEVIN CENDAÑA

CYNTHIA TANCYRIL JOHNSON

DAI SHUYUNDAMIRZHAN KALIKOV

DARRYL ALTEADAVID BRYAN LOZADA

DENG WEIYUNDING XIAOYUEDIO WIKRANTA

DR. KANTIMA CHARAPINYO DR.THAKRIT RUJIMORA

DU BOWENDU JIN

EDGAR MORALESEDWARD JAMES POPAEILISH KATE BAILEY

EMILY WOODEMILY QUINN SMYTH

FAKHIRA HAJI MUHD SAIFULFANDI RIZKI ROSYARI

FATHMA SONNAYA M. MINAGAFAZRIE BIN RAMALAN

FENG HAOGAO HANYUE

GAVIN SINGERGE XIAOCHEN

GEOMEL CONCEPCIONGEORGE BAKAR

GERALD ORIN͂O SEMIFRANIA

GERALDINE ANNE MAJANGAGERMAINE DEANNE GUTIERREZGIANINA JOY NATHANIA NAPOHABIBAH BINTI OMAR BUANG

HAE JI HAJI AHMAD HAMIZ BIN HAJI JAMAN

HAJI AN-MUAZ BIN HAJI JINAL ZAINALHANNASI PURI

HARDEEP SINGH DANGHE MENGYING

HE YIXUANHEMNAARTH A/L TANAKARAN

HIDAYANTI HERDIANAHO MING WAI, MANDY

HSIAO YA-FEIHSIAO JUI-TZU

HSU SHIH HSUNHU XIANGYU

HUANG YAOCENHUANG WEN SHAO

I GUSTI AYU OKA PASTINIIAN KO

IQBAL FAHMI ITTIPON SUKSAWET

IVAN JAYSON TAWIRANIZZIATI MAS ADAVEENA BINTI ABDUL GHANI

JACK FENBYJAMES BURKE O. ONG

JAN ERIC AGUILAR RIVERAJARUWAN PERMSRIJEANSIL BRUYEREJEANSIL BRUYERE

JENNIFER CONDONJIN JINGXINJING GONG

JINNAWAT SIRISUNGSUCHOLJIRAPAT NAMKAEW

JOANNA WARDJOHN KALANTAR

JOHN MARVIN ESPIRITU MORANTEJOHN MICHAEL LAVA

JORDAN RAYMOND-MONROJOSHUA EDWARD R. LAGASCA

JOSHUA FRANCIS B. UYJOSHUA MANALO

JUSTINE VERON REQUEJOJUTATIP KHUADKAEW

KAKADA KONGKALEIGH ANN DeSOUZAKANITIPAN KITTIKHUN

KARL REINER AGBULOSKARTHIK A/L MUNIANDY

KATA IVANKATHLEEN JOY B. RIVERIA

KENICHIRO AOKIKETSARA WATNUAM

KIM NURIKITIYA SRISUK

KRISSAH MARGA TAGANASKU AMIRUL FAIZ BIN KU SEMAN

KU LIN CHIEHKUNG YU-CHEN, MICAELA

KUO CHI-LIANGKYOHEI SHINALAI YA-CHUN

LAU E-ZERN, DARREN LAWRENCE LAMLEE WON HEELEE JAE HYEONLEE SHIH-TING

LEE YEN HUI, WINNIELEE YOO KYUNG

LEO BOELEUNG KAM FAI

LI KERUI LI YIBAI

LI YU ZHULIANG XIAOJIE

LIAO YUANLIM CHUEN WAHLIM DWEI WENLIM MUN YEE

LIM YEE VONNELIN CHAONAN

LIN CHIEH-CHENGLIN CHIEH-TING

LIN XIUYA LIOU GUANTING

LIU XINYANGLO PIK YIN, SHERRY

LOVELY ANNE ESTEPALOW LI PIN

M ASHRAF BIN A RAHMANM ASHRAFIL AZHAN BIN AHMAD

MAHD LUQMAN HAKIM BIN MAHAMAD SHUKRIMARIA LOUELLA GAMBOA

MARINA BRIZARMARK ROBERT COPUYOC

MARWAN KAHAR BIN BAHARUDDINMATTHEW JENTSCH

MICAELA FE LLEXIA MOLAERMICHAEL MIATARI

MISHALINI KARTAGESMKHULULI DUNCAN STUBBS

MOGANADEVI A/P RAJANDERANMOHAMAD ADAM BIN ZAKRIA

MOHAMMAD LUQMAN AIDIL BAHRINMOHAMMED SYAFIQ BIN MOHD SHOKRI

MOHD ASWAN BIN RAMLIMOHD FADHIL BIN BAHARUDIN

MOHD HISYAM BIN JAHIMIMOHD JUHAR BIN HARUN

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