YOUNG LEADERS IN DIABETIC PROGRAMME

MELBOURNE 2013

Date : 27November 2013 till 1 December 2013

MALAYSIAN REPRESENTATIVES

1) Nurul Athirah Naserrudin - Medical Doctor currently working in Kudat , Sabah

- T1DM for 25years

2) Mohamad Fadzli Shah Sa'at- engineering student Year 1, UITM Shah Alam

- T1DM for 10years

Vision : To improve the lives of young people affected by diabetes worldwide.

Mission : The Young Leaders in Diabetes programme is the key driver in enhancing the lives of young people living with diabetes. The Young Leaders are committed to raising awareness of diabetes by being a powerful voice for prevention, education, access to quality care, improved quality of life, and the end of discrimination worldwide. The YLD programme supports the International Diabetes Federation in reaching its strategic plans.

Aims : The YLD programmes aims to reach the following goals:1. Be a voice for young people affected by diabetes worldwide.2. Identify and support the development of Young Leaders in the international diabetes community.3. Empower and educate Young Leaders to support the mission of YLD and IDF by strengthening the IDF member associations

Governance Structure : The Young Leaders in Diabetes Programme is governed by the YLD Council. The YLD Governance Council consists of the following bodies:

YLD Executive Council : The YLD Executive Council currently consists of the following people:

• Debbie Jones– Chair of Young Leaders in Diabetes Programme • Keegan Richard Hall– YLD President • Sana Ajmal– YLD President-Elect • Krystal Boyea– YLD Vice-President • Rachel Lamb– Ex-Officio Member • Robert Brooks – Ex-Officio Member • Binit H Gandhi– Ex-Officio Member

YLD Regional Council : “The main tasks of the YLD Regional Council are to centralize all the information about the Young Leaders in Diabetes Programme, organizing meetings and strengthen the links between the IDF’s regional chapter and the Young Leaders in the respective region. It is hard work to be a Regional Council member, but it brings you pleasure and a lot of friends.” – Timothée Froment, YLD Regional Chair Europe

The YLD Regional Council currently consists of the following people:

• Frederick Egyin Appiah Twum – Regional Chair Africa • Timothee Froment– Regional Chair Europe • Maryam Al-Ostad– Regional Chair Middle East and North Africa • Lucas Fogarty – Regional Chair North America and Caribbean • Mercedes Howlin – Regional Chair South and Central America • Shamoon Mohamed – Regional Chair South East Asia • Mary Shi – Regional Chair Western Pacific • Lamin Dibba – Regional Chair-Elect Africa • Pauline Brailly Vignal – Regional Chair-Elect Europe • Mohamed Khalid Al Saadi – Regional Chair-Elect Middle East and North Africa • Widny Dorce – Regional Chair-Elect North America and Caribbean • Franco Settimo Giraudo Abarca – Regional Chair-Elect South and Central America • Amhar Mohamed – Regional Chair-Elect South East Asia • Ashley Ng – Regional Chair-Elect Western Pacific

Young Leaders in Diabetes logo

In September 2011, the YLD logo competition was launched to select a unifying symbol for the programme. The competition attracted 15 entries from young leaders all over the world and all participants in the programme were invited to vote for their favourite logo on the YLD website. The winner was Claudia Labate from Brazil. Claudia is 23 years old and has worked closely with the Juvenile Diabetes Association of Brazil (ADJ) since 2009, where she is currently responsible for social media. She has also co-authored a children’s book on diabetes, which will be published at the end of November 2012. Here is Claudia’s explanation of what her logo stands for:

Colours

The logo has 7 colors, representing the SEVEN CONTINENTS on earth.

Blue Circle

Emerging as if it is blooming and not closed to show that the YLD is not something closed, but open minded to new definitions of what is diabetes and how we can help people with diabetes.

Shape

Of a lamp referring to IDEAS, INSIGHTS, INNOVATION, LIGHT…those were concepts of the group I imagined while thinking about the logo briefing. The green and the blue shape shows CARE. The purple (color of mystery) refers to MYSTERY of what the future will bring us. The pink image is half a HEART (turned 90º), and when this heart comes into contact with the blue circle we get orange, which represents ENERGY.

Feelings

Throughout the design process, I asked my friend that all of the words below should be represented: HAPPINESS - When you look at it, BEAUTY THROUGH DIVERSITY/HETEROGENEITY - It should be beautiful because different things are being put together. In this case a group that includes individuals of differing ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, religious and political beliefs, sexes and ages. HOLISTIC - I wanted the logo to be something that communicates it´s about diabetes, but not something directly related to diabetes, therefore no needles, no numbers, or symbols from the “diabetes world” etc. This was done to help promote a more HOLISTIC view of what our impact means to the world.

In December 2013 IDF organized the World Diabetes Congress (WDC) in Melbourne, Australia. The Young Leaders in Diabetes programme (YLD) took this opportunity to organize the 2nd edition of the YLD Leadership Training. The aim of the YLD Leadership Training was to provide the Young Leaders with leadership skills; connect them to other Young Leaders and diabetes experts from around the world; and empower them to make a change in the lives of people with diabetes.

The iterinaries

-27 November : 124 Young Leaders from 66 countries arrived in Melbourne.

-28 November until 30 November : Young Leaders received an extensive training with workshops in engaging with media, managing diabetes and diabetes education, diabetes advocacy, ethical codes in the diabetes world, organizing diabetes youth camps etc.

-1 December : YLD General Assembly was held in which the Young Leaders discussed their new YLD Constitution and elected their Executive Council and Regional Council representatives for the next two years. New YLD President-Elect Sana Ajmal about the YLD General Assembly:

“The YLD General Assembly provides insight and training for the Young Leaders to learn how organizations like the IDF are operated and what the role of a leader in development of an organization is.”

- 2 December until 6 December : Young Leaders attended the World Diabetes Congress. To introduce the participants of the WDC to the YLD and to show the drive and passion of the Young Leaders, they took part in the opening ceremony and spoke at several of the congress sessions. Besides attending the official WDC sessions, the Young Leaders also attended sessions specifically organised for them and their IDF Member Associations to engage and discuss local, regional and global issues and solutions. Shelley Yeager, YLD Faculty member and mentor about the impact of the Young Leaders:

“I really believe that showcasing the professionalism, talents and passion of the Young Leaders at the WDC is a winning strategy for changing the outcomes of diabetes globally. By working together through Member Associations and collaborative projects, and with help from talented global diabetes leaders, the Young Leaders have more dramatic possibilities for changing the lives of people with diabetes worldwide.”

At the end of the programme the Young Leaders had to say good bye to their new friends and although sad, they knew that this good bye was the start of a new chapter in their lives. Debbie Jones, Chair of YLD, about how the Young Leaders contributed to the success of the YLD Leadership Training in Melbourne:

“In Melbourne we did not only welcome new Young Leaders, but also celebrated the success of the Young Leaders from Dubai, who over the last two years have completed projects on diabetes locally and globally, written their own Constitution and together raised awareness of diabetes. Melbourne saw democracy in action as these Young Leaders held their own General Assembly and discussed together how to achieve the global goals of IDF. Therefore, it is a privilege and honour to serve as Chair of this programme.”

In next few years with the continuous support from the YLD Faculty and the IDF global network, the Young Leaders will use their creativity, enthusiasm and determination to conduct projects that improve the lives of people with diabetes in their country, their region and worldwide, or in other words: ‘Young Minds, Fresh Ideas, Real Change’.

My Project For Diabetic Childrens in Malaysia

( in helping the less fortunate/ poverty )In collabaration with International Diabetes Federation Child Sponsorship ProgramLife for a Child with Diabetes , through direct contact with Dr. Graham Ogle (FRACP) General Manager, International Diabetes Federation "Life for a Child" Program, Australian Diabetes Council I managed to contact him after I came back from Melbourne and explained to him that Malaysia also in gravely need in term of helping the less fortunate childrens.

My aim as the Malaysian Representative as to help the less fortunate childrens with diabetic in getting help in term of diabetic supplies ( eg: glucometer/ lancets/ strips, insulin needles)

Early 2014 (1 st week of January 2014) Forms (via email) were already sent to PDM Selangor and PDM Sabah early 2014 > status : still awaiting reply from respective associations

: please contact with me directly at 013-2047381 or email me at drathirah85@gmail.com

This is my project as the young leaders in diabetic from Malaysia , and I hope that I can get all the reply soon , as I need to reply back to the team from the federation soon, probably by the middle of this year. Thank you.