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The Belief and The Trust: Experience from Y-Farm Trip to Vietnam

By Ladsamy PHANTHAMIXAY, Lao PDR “I believe that the young generation can change our challenges!” Y-Farm open my mind to explore the world to know more knowledge on technical in farming increasing networking to exchange opportunities. The first that I learned from the trip is cultural exchange, the second is[...]

23
Sep
Free being A Volunteer: An experience from Canada

Ly Quoc Dang Y-Farm Coordinator PhD Fellow in York University I love farming, farmers, gardens, trees and all kinds of things that relate to nature and ecosystem. I grow up in the rural areas, my mom and my dad are farmers, their parents are farmers and my grandma and grandfathers[...]

23
Sep
Y-FARMERS: STAY HEALTHY, BUY ORGANIC FOOD

Written by: Leakhena Saroeurn, Cambodia Participant DON’T ASK WHY HEALTHY FOOD IS SO EXPENSIVE . ASK WHY JUNK FOOD IS SO CHEAP. Y-farmer, Leakhena, Cambodia It was storm raining the day we arrived Soc Trang district. It was so perfect, the weather very cool after the rain the nature color[...]

02
Aug
Y-Famers On Board

Written by: Leakhena Saroeurn, Cambodian Participant “Every first step is always excited, worried, wonderful, and unforgettable. Y-Farm taught me how to be myself. The thing I thought I cannot do it, finally I did it. Believe yourself, Y-farm always with you”. We are all three from differences countries (Cambodia, Lao[...]

02
Aug
Applications Open for PEMSEA Youth Grant Competition 2017

Deadline: 31 August 2017 PEMSEA is seeking applications from youth leaders for its program entitled “The Youth Grant Competition” in order to enable young leaders to provide real world solutions. The Youth Program engages and empowers youth leaders across the region to take ownership of the health of coasts and[...]

29
Jul
Youth Travel Foundation Grants: Providing Financial Support to Young People Worldwide

Deadline: Various The Youth Travel Foundation is seeking applications for its grant programs with a mission to encourage young adults to complement their education and training through travel. The foundation fulfills its mission by providing financial support to young people with projects to cultivate their personal growth, promote sustainable development or discover the world. The Youth[...]

29
Jul
JWH Young Leadership Grants from Netherland

Deadline: 1 September 2017 The Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative is currently inviting young people for its Grant program with an aim to stimulate leadership of young people in environmental Civil Society Organizations in order to secure dedicated, knowledgeable and skillful leaders for the environmental movement in the developing world. The JWH Initiative provides small grants to individuals to expand[...]

29
Jul
SAFETY FOOD – HEALTHY LIFE

Written by: Truong Hong Suong, Delta Youth Alliance, Vietnam As we know the food provides the energy for us to service. We eat food every day but are you concern about how safe of your food to your health? I believe that when you know exactly how the vegetable be[...]

25
Jul
My Intern Time in Vientiane of Laos’s Organic Farm

Written by: Karatchanok Hutapaed, Thai Participant I had a chance to meet Sang and U don. They are both volunteers and contributors of Naree’s farm. They taught me how to make non-toxic insecticides. I blended between ginger, chilies and garlic together. Then, I mixed all ingredient with water or diluted[...]

24
Jul
When Being Y-Farm’s Volunteer

Written by: Nhu Huong, Can Tho University Being a YFarm’s volunteer is my most pleasure time I have enjoyed every moment and is one of my golden opportunities in my student life as well. Despite having only three days together, three interns from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and I gained a[...]

23
Jul
A Story of Ms. Laos’s Participant through Mekong Y-Farm, Phantamixay

Written by: Sompoong Woragool, Thai Participant “Farming is my interesting. But, why I do not start to do it now?” Phanthamixay Ladsamy (Mee) is friend from Laos. She sends some pictures to me, for introduce herself. In the pictures, she was picking some vegetables from her lovely garden. Below picture[...]

16
Jul
Mekong Y-Farm: A Story of Leakhena

Written by: Phantamixay, Laos’s Participant She said that “It is my first to visit Vietnam’s Khmer Community in the Mekong Delta, I am so interested to learn about sustainable agriculture from young farmers and local people” Her full name is Leakhena Sareoun, she is from Battambang Province of Cambodia and[...]

16
Jul