A snapshot of the Canadian experience

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THE POWER OF YOUTH IN ADVOCACY
A snapshot of the Canadian experience.
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For the past 11 years, Mines Action Canada (MAC)
has committed itself to incorporating youth into
its campaign.
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MAC has incorporated youth into the campaign in
several ways
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• The co-creation of the Youth Mine Action
  Ambassador Program (YMAAP) which is now a
  domestic outreach volunteer program called CAN
  LEAP

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• Providing youth leader training events alongside
  Meeting of State Parties such as the Model Review
  Conference in Jordan, November 2008

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Or organizing regional youth leader trainings
Cairo, Egypt
New Delhi, India
Moscow, Russia
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• Supporting international initiatives such as
  Youth Against War (YAW) and profiling
  international youth activists

Creator of YAW, Song Kosal, signs a banner used
in Washington D.C. March 2001
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Sending Young Professional Canadians overseas to
support the work of our partners
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Producing a multi-lingual guide for campaigners
on how to work with youth in advocacy
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Through this experience, MAC has been overwhelmed
with the amount of enthusiasm.
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And creativity
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Youth are the best people to educate their peers
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the media
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our politicians and decision makers
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Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley
takes time to look at a students message about
peace
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Ottawa students receive a proclamation of support
from Mayor Chiarelli at a March 1st event at City
Hall
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19-year old, Peruvian landmine survivor, Fredy
Mendoza Cordova meets with the Mayor of Montréal
to talk about landmines
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Pakistani youth activist, Sehrish Shaban, meets
with Manitobas Education Minister during
Canadian Landmine Awareness Week (CLAW)
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Youth can be used to educate the public
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Québec Youth Ambassador, Violaine des Rosiers,
collects shoes for a demonstration outside the US
Embassy
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Youth can make their own resources
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An art class from Collingwood High School made
their own landmine floor game of Afghanistan
which is now used in schools throughout Canada
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And raise funds to support mine action around the
world
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Students getting into the spirit at a Dance
Without Fear Fundraiser
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MAC volunteer selling crafts made by survivors in
Cambodia
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Holy Trinity High School holds a rally to raise
funds for the purchase of a demining dog for
Bosnia they raised over 6000!
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TRINITY working in the fields of Bosnia
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Trinity wears the school crest to work
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Finally, MAC has found that the youth have an
enormous capacity for compassion..
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Kosovar deminers, Saranda Kastrati and Delphina
Lokaj share a moment with Manitoba activist,
Sierra Noble and her mother during CLAW
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12 year old survivor from Colombia, Irma
Cifuentes, sees snow for the first time in Canada
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