By Shane Hynes, Student, St Andrews, Dublin __________________________________________________________________________ Every year the THIMUN Qatar Peace and Service Award’ is given to a student deemed to have done outstanding humanitarian work in their community. MUN Directors attending the conference are asked to nominate one of their students for the award, and then the best student/delegate is unanimously chosen.Continue reading “A MAD Idea in support of SDG4”
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EDEN Hope in Motion and the SDG Inventory in action
By Albert Oliva, MUN Impact Press Writer and SDG Innovator ____________________________________________________________________________ The SDG Inventory is a newly established tool from MUN Impact which aims to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals. You might wonder that everybody in our modern and industrialized world is fully aware of the 2030 agenda and that when setting andContinue reading “EDEN Hope in Motion and the SDG Inventory in action”
Fund a Child -MUN Impact in Dar-Es Salam
By Joon Alibhai, MUN Delegate from the International School of Tanganyika ____________________________________________________________________________ Our passport to understanding the complex world that we are part of – education – may be readily available for some. However, for others, it is a dream that almost never comes true. Due to the lack of opportunities for education, trying toContinue reading “Fund a Child -MUN Impact in Dar-Es Salam”
Student Initiative + Operation Smile= MUN Impact
By Farah Nanji, Former MUN Delegate from The American School of Kinshasa ____________________________________________________________________________ I am currently a freshman at UC Berkeley and attended the THIMUN Qatar conference in 2017 and 2016. I founded the Operation Smile Student Club in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo my sophomore year of high school. I had volunteeredContinue reading “Student Initiative + Operation Smile= MUN Impact”
THIMUN Qatar hosts MUN Impact Student Summit
THIMUN Qatar hosted its first MUN Impact Student Summit on March 17. The gathering of MUN leaders from across Qatar met to plan ways that Model UN in the country could begin to focus on action in support of the SDGs, to move the words off of resolutions and into ACTION. Thirty seven students spentContinue reading “THIMUN Qatar hosts MUN Impact Student Summit”
MUN Impact meets Empower participants
Attendees at the annual Empower Conference, hosted by Reach out to Asia (ROTA), had the opportunity to learn about MUN Impact and to engage in some spirited discussions about how to develop an action-oriented plan of action to support the SDGS. Conference attendees, hailing from as far at Tansanzia, Palestine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nepal, Kenya and ofContinue reading “MUN Impact meets Empower participants”
Salam Centre participates in SDG Festival
By Albert Oliva, MUN Impact Press Writer _________________________________________________________________________________ Sustainable Development Festival 2018 The Salam Centre for Peace in Israel sent a delegation last month to the first ever Uttarakhand Sustainable Development Festival which was held in a small but sceneric city, Champawat. The Festival was promoted as the beginning of a movement for bringingContinue reading “Salam Centre participates in SDG Festival”
MUN Impact Zone debuts at TQ 2018
By Sandev Ferdinando, Secretary General THIMUN Qatar 2018 _________________________________________________________________________________ The 7th Annual THIMUN Qatar conference brought with it a new focus on what MUN should be. Through MUN Impact, we are now looking to make use of students’ increased awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, international diplomacy, and determination to enact change. TheContinue reading “MUN Impact Zone debuts at TQ 2018”
HELA makes History
By Sulaiman Sulaimankhil, Co-founder of HELA _________________________________________________________________________________ History has been made! Five young Afghans delegates (three girls and two boys) along with their two MUN directors got the chance to take part in one of the largest and most prestigious Model UN conference in the world. There were a lot of obstacles to overcomeContinue reading “HELA makes History”
Sexual Harassment: an honest, open discussion
By Evan WIlliams, MUN Impact Staff Writer and student from John Burroughs School _______________________________________________________________________________________________ On the morning of December seventh, the MUN delegates of John Burroughs, along with their press team and sponsors, gathered, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for breakfast and dialogue on sexual harassment at MUN conferences, and at large. The goal was not toContinue reading “Sexual Harassment: an honest, open discussion”