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Become a Student Leader in the Global Fight Against Hunger
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Join other student leaders from across the U.S. and around the world to take part in the 16th annual Global Youth Institute.
While a qualifying state-level Youth Institute has not yet been established where you live, a limited number of students will be chosen nationally (selected on a first-come, first-served registration basis) to represent their state at the three-day Global Youth Institute held in Des Moines, October 15-17, 2009.
To participate, teachers must first register their student (9th through 12th grade students are eligible). Registration forms must be received by the program director by September 1, 2009.
Once their registration is confirmed, selected high school students then research and write a short essay under the supervision of their teacher mentor. Essays must be received by the program director no later than October 1, 2009.
The 2009 essay topic is National Responses to Food Insecurity.
Selected students and their teacher mentors travel to Des Moines, October 15th to 17th, to participate in the Global Youth Institute. There, they will join over 200 other outstanding high school students and teachers from across the United States and around the world to interact with Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates and the more than 600 global leaders from 65 countries attending the World Food Prize’s annual international symposium.
At this exciting three-day event, participating high school students have the opportunity to…
- Present their findings in a short speech and small group discussions with international experts
- Connect with other student leaders from across the United States and around the world to discuss global challenges, share ideas, identify solutions to these problems and build lasting friendships
- Tour cutting-edge industrial and research facilities addressing issues related to food and water security, nutrition, global agriculture and health
- Attend the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony in the historic Iowa State Capitol, as the “Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture” is awarded in recognition of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world
Accommodation, meal and event expenses at the three-day event (Thursday morning through Saturday afternoon) are provided by the World Food Prize Foundation for participating students and their teacher mentors. However, national participants – both the student and teacher mentor – must organize and fund their own transportation to and from the event in Iowa, as well as their lodging Wednesday evening prior to the start of the event. As such, the student and teacher mentor are responsible for transportation, lodging, meal and other associated costs of participation accrued outside of the actual event.
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Travel abroad and start making a difference
By participating in the Global Youth Institute held in Iowa, students are eligible to apply for a prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International Internship, an all-expenses-paid, eight-week hands-on experience, working with world-renowned scientists and policymakers at leading research centers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Students must be a high school junior or senior when applying for a potential internship placement.
Since 1998, over 100 Borlaug-Ruan Interns have traveled to Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Turkey to get a firsthand view of pressing food security and nutritional problems in poverty-stricken areas and take part in ground-breaking research.
For more information on the essay and how to participate in the Global Youth Institute, contact the World Food Prize Director of Youth and Education Programs Lisa Fleming at lfleming@worldfoodprize.org or at (515) 245-3795.
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