As you are reading this, I have just rocked the One Young World Stage and encouraged you all care about something I am deeply passionate about: mental health. I have shared with you my story of living with mental illness to overcome my struggle and live a life where I get the privilege of helping so many other young people living with mental health issues.
We spend a great deal of time reading bad news in print and listening to bad news on television. However, at the same time, incredible stories take place around the world and most of the time, we don't seem to hear about them. These stories are the ones that come to One Young World.
The commitment these young leaders have made to the most critical challenges the world faces is truly commendable. They are achieving positive impacts in their communities to make them better day by day. That’s a big deal! But there is more.
Since joining the #OYW Movement I have been amazed with the great opportunities that entail. Last year I was fortunate to listen to Professor Muhammad Yunas talk about social enterprise and to hear about his extensive work and in particular, a project focused on increasing the financial literacy (and thus empowering the capacity) of rural women in India to take charge and leadership within their communities.
Live Aid co-founder Sir Bob Geldof has called on young people to "be calm and think" and turn away from Donald Trump and other modern populist leaders, who he called the "commanders of the armies of stupidity".
In an outspoken attack on world leaders, from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Mr Trump, Sir Bob spoke of a "great retreat from reason" as he addressed delegates at the opening of the 2016 Summit of One Young World.
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on young delegates to "create a future that we will all be proud of" as he opened the seventh annual One Young World Summit at a spectacular ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, seat of Canada's Government.
During the closing ceremony of One Young World Summit 2015 I wrote my pledge on the ribbon, symbolizing newfound me as One Young World Ambassador, to maximize the impact and double the actions I do for fostering change.
In the past 10 years, natural disasters have caused $1.4 trillion in damage, effecting 1.7 billion people worldwide and the lack of timely and accurate information on those affected massively restricts governments and NGOs when it comes to providing humanitarian aid.
Bangkok November 2015 was my highlight of the year. A city of smiles, culture and bustling trade hosted the pre-eminent global forum for young leaders, One Young World. From stepping foot off the plane into Bangkok Airport, I could already sense that this was going to be an event to remember. I was immediately taken aback by the physical presence of One Young World. You could really tell something big was about to take place in Bangkok, from the beautifully designed posters everywhere to the astounding welcome party of One Young World volunteers.
I come from Slovenia, a country that has roughly two million inhabitants. We are part of practically every international alliance,including European Union, Council of Europe and NATO and we just turned 25 years old. We were the first country to declare independence from former Yugoslavia and unlike our »brothers« from South-Eastern Europe that suffered much more than us, we faced a shorter, thirteen days independence war.
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