At the MMUN February Conference, a MMUN Impact Corner was created with the invitation to student delegates in Upper Elementary and Middle School to share what they were doing as a result of their MMUN experience. This is a sample of the stories collected.
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Lebawi Academy hosts Trafficking Awareness Event
Lebawi Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, hosted a day of awareness raising around the issue of human trafficking and SDG 16. In addition to panel participants talking about ways to raise awareness on this issue, students also learned about the Blue Heart Campaign andContinue reading “Lebawi Academy hosts Trafficking Awareness Event”
Impact Summit debuts in Prague
The first annual Impact Summit was held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 21st to 23rd of September. The entire event was hosted by the Impact Summit Foundation and through collaboration with Salam Center For Peace and MUN Impact. The aim of Impact Summit Conference was to raise the awareness about all 17 Sustainable Development Goal,Continue reading “Impact Summit debuts in Prague”
Comics Uniting Nations
One way your MUN Club can share the SDGs with young (and young at heart) audiences is through comics! Comics Uniting Nations has developed a series of entertaining and informative comic books to educate and inspire on the SDGs. Comics Uniting Nations is a partnership of UNICEF and NGOs PCI Media Impact, PVBLIC Foundation and ReadingContinue reading “Comics Uniting Nations”
QA Doha Mentors New MUN Club
Qatar Academy Doha has started a unique initiative! To mentor an MUN club in different country, bring them to Doha, and have the club participate in THIMUN Qatar. This past October, members of the QAMUN club traveled to Addis Ababa to host a series of MUN workshops and to lay the groundwork for the theContinue reading “QA Doha Mentors New MUN Club”
History made at UNODC’s E4J MUN Workshop
MUN conference managers, educators, academics and UN field officers gathered at the United Nations in Vienna this past May and held a series of conversations that had never before taken place. There was a palpable sense of history being made. We had been invited to participate in UNODC’s Education for Justice MUN workshop where weContinue reading “History made at UNODC’s E4J MUN Workshop”
Online Model UN now a part of MUN Impact
With the start of a new year, there have been a few changes related to OMUN. As you can see from the logo, Online Model United Nations is now affiliated with MUN Impact. Through the magic of bylaws and the mysteries of rules governing non-profits, OMUN and MUN Impact have become one and the same….kindContinue reading “Online Model UN now a part of MUN Impact”
Student-initiated IMPACT Summit announced for Prague
By Albert Oliva, Impact Summit Organizer ____________________________________________________________________________ When I first heard the question, with whom and where did I get inspired to start organizing Impact Summit with Salam Centre for Peace, I answered in Doha, Qatar when I attended an official MUN Impact meeting where all leaders gathered to discuss their future goals. Even thoughContinue reading “Student-initiated IMPACT Summit announced for Prague”
MUN Thought Leaders Summit and the Launch of MUN Impact
Carried forward by the positive momentum of #QLC17, two dozen MUN thought leaders, educators and representatives from the United Nations met at Qatar Foundation’s Headquarters to discuss best practices around the idea of Model UN as an impactful and engaging activity, and to formulate a plan that would allow for a new community to develop aroundContinue reading “MUN Thought Leaders Summit and the Launch of MUN Impact”
What is MUN Impact?
MUN IMPACT The Model United Nations community is an army of untapped foot soldiers, an enormous community of delegates who care deeply about the role of the UN in the world and the mandates it is tasked with carrying out. The MUN community is, however, a diverse one, with regional, procedural and institutional cultural identitiesContinue reading “What is MUN Impact?”