Picture Stories
- ‘Street plays’ boost young people’s knowledge of HIV and AIDS
Commonwealth Youth Ambassadors - who are trained to communicate facts about HIV and AIDS with their peers – perform ‘street plays’ at a college campus in Chandigarh, northern India.
- Mobile van offers computer training to youth
The Commonwealth Youth Programme provides computer training for disadvantaged young people living in remote areas who do not have access to computers. This project teaches basic skills in order to improve their chances of gaining employment.
- Commonwealth Day 2008
Images from Commonwealth Day events that took place in London on Monday 10 March 2008
- Participants speak about their experiences at the Commonwealth Malaysia conference
The Pan-Commonwealth Conference on Trade in Professional Services opened on 19 February 2008 in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur
- Boosting skills and services
The Pan-Commonwealth Conference on Trade in Professional Services opened on 19 February 2008 in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, with a call for Commonwealth member countries to take advantage of opportunities presented by exporting skills and services.
- Commonwealth Day in the archives
During the 1975 CHOGM in Kingston Canada proposed that a “simultaneously observed Commonwealth Day would focus attention upon the association and its contribution to a harmonious global environment”
- Commonwealth mediation in Kenya crisis….a photo essay
In the days that followed the announcement of the Presidential results, violence erupted in several parts of the country leading to loss of lives and property. The Chairperson of the COG, former Sierra Leone President Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah accepted the request from leaders to assist in trying to facilitate efforts aimed at finding a solution to the crisis.
- Commonwealth ‘People’s Space’
The first Commonwealth ‘People’s Space’ is a great opportunity for interaction between ordinary people everywhere, Secretary-General Don McKinnon said after touring the outdoor cultural site with his wife Clare and their nine-year-old son James on 21 November 2007
- Launch of Commonwealth Connects project in Uganda
Hole-in-the-Wall Computer Learning Station at the Kiswa Community Centre in the Nakawa Division of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, launched on 19 November 2007.
- Sierra Leone Elections 2007
A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) was present for the Sierra Leone presidential and parliamentary elections on 18 August 2007
- Ugandan entrepreneur David Ssegawa visits London
David Ssegawa flew in from Uganda, having recently won the Faidika Na BBC (‘Prosper with the BBC’) competition for his business plan to set up his own local candle manufacturing company
- PoA for Youth Empowerment launched at CYP Asia Regional Advisory Board Meeting
The Commonwealth Youth Programme’s Asia Regional Advisory Board (RAB) and Regional Youth Caucus (RYC) Meetings took place in Islamabad from 3 - 8 November