Hello, My name is Meeckel B. Beecher and I am 23.

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I work a Jamaica’s museum called the Institute of Jamaica.

I am an Education Outreach Officer. I am an alumus of the University of

West Indies.

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I am a member of the International Association of Business Communicators.

A volunteer with TakingITglobal. Jamaica Youth Ambassador at Large

United Nations 2011-2013 Volunteer educator with after school

programmes. Social Media Manager and Enthusiast Peer educator and trainer

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To promote humans as the most important agents of development and sustainability.

Develop an active and productive career in Communication and Development.

Help promote the MDGs to heighten awareness so they can be achieved as best as possible by 2015.

Promote literacy as a primary focus in achieving development.

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Gain knowledge on the topic of sustainable living.

Be equipped with the most used and best practices in sustainable living.

Exposure to ways I can share my knowledge to others thus promoting sustainable living.

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If I could have any super power I would want to be able to teleport. This means that I can easily communicate development principles and train persons all over the world.

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Neba Petra Lum

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Bio Petra• My name is Neba Petra Lum. I’m a young inspirational woman in my early 20s After graduating from Longla

Comprehensive College with Advanced Level Certificate in History, Literature and a concentration in philosophy, I enrolled into the faculty of law at the Douala University for a year, but dropped in favour of a vocational training.

• I volunteered as member of the Youth Policy Group for Reproductive Health (YPG) for four years. The YPG is a network of healthcare providers, working to improve reproductive health and prevent HIV among young people ages 10 to 24. It is based at The INFO project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg of Public Health, USA and run at Adele Reproductive Health Foundation.

• Today I work as Health Coordinator in Adele Reproductive Health Foundation (formerly, Adele Reproductive Health Centre), a registered community-based non-profit dedicated to healthcare education and information as a human right. My work combines a passion for human rights with a devotion to improve the health care and living conditions of marginalized women and girls in underserved communities. I focus on increase access to and choice of family planning for low income families, and bring affordable reproductive health and family planning information and methods to women. I had spearheaded campaigns to address the unmet need for healthy timing, spacing, and limiting of childbearing to groups and raising awareness on improve access to long-acting and permanent methods (LA/PMs) of contraception.

• Also, I’m a staunch promoter of women’s rights and believes in the potential women have to become the solution of tomorrow. My current project include leading campaigns to introducing reproductive health issues into local schools, colleges, universities and  health facilities (public & private) for maternal and child health and for HIV/AIDS prevention. Through this I’ve mentored young women and girls to be community-based health workers and classroom peer educators. . Also, building the capacity of civil society leaders to influence reproductive health policy is a significant part of my work. My work on abortion advocacy has had a particular focus on grassroots community mobilization and tackling stigma and discrimination by trying to influence women leaders and decision makers at this level.

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Mensa Kwame Tsedze9

Mensa Kwame Tsedze

Born 8/12/90 in Kpalime, TogoStudying biology and animal physiology at

the University of Lome, TogoASTERADHD-Togo Youth Service Program

Director and Coordinator of Iduka TOGO since August 2010

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Mensa Kwame Tsedze

If I could have any ‘super power’ I would feed all the hungry, I'll stop the war throughout the world, I will transform the Sahara into a wall of forest, Somalia in joint place of pilgrimage activists for human rights and peace and more of fire or the death penalty

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All About Me

Shaimaa Abdelkarim

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• Name: Shaimaa,

meaning originality • Age: 18 years old

• Country: Egypt

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I am my own heroine• I’m a sophomore at Cairo university,

faculty of law. I’m active in student- organized models which tackle political issues. Currently, I’m part of a group that does some research for Egypt National Child Rights Observatory.

• My goals included finishing my graduate studies and becoming a human rights activist and an international lawyer.

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Course Expectations

“The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.”Paul Hawken

This quote signifies why I want to be part of that course. In other words, I would like to know how to “run” the global environment.

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• "If I could have any ‘super power’, I would travel through time to meet all the great minds that still inspire us till now"

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