2006 Youth Representative to the United Nations General Assembly
posted by Elise Klein at 12:38 PM
At 23, Elise has attained an Environmental Science Degree, and has recently commenced her honours in this field. In 2005 she returned from Mali, West Africa, where she led a team of young people on a trip to visit a school she was instrumental in raising funds to build and sustain. Elise is the second eldest of four children. She grew up on the Mornington Peninsula and still lives with her close knit family in rural Victoria. Over the past 6 years, she has worked at the edgy Reach Foundation where she facilitates a full range of programs for young people from all walks of life including school workshops, camps, leadership days, as well as the program that originally sparked her interest, Heroes’ Days. Elise has also played a significant role in the development of two new and exciting Reach programs; a ‘girls only’ program called Birdcage, and a program focused on indigenous young women, called Flame. The Mali project also continues, with Elise now raising further funds to increase the school’s intake of orphaned and disadvantaged children and create a secondary school.
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I would really like to know how you where selected for this position and what contributed to yourself being chosen.
If you cant post it here then maybe shoot me an email.
Thankyou for any help you can give me.
My email is dillbit(at)hotmail.com
Dear Elise, I found your blog on the REACH website. It is inspiring to see how you are working for a better world! I wish you could have visited us in Oneonta, NY but I totally understand that we are far from NYC and you were working. Please remember that you have an open invitation! I'm getting ready to go to Mali too. We leave on Jan 1. I wish you safe journeying and that you are able to find even more ways to help at the school. We will be happy to work with you as needed. Right now I'm sending letters out to find more sponsors for children at the school. Youchaou just sent me some of their personal stories and I was so sad I needed a friend to read them with me. Although you are across the world, I feel supported too by what you do. Sincerely, Susan Ryder
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