Winners of Young Social Innovators Competition meet Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 5:00AM 
Pictured with the students from St. Peter's College, Dunboyne and Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew are Caroline Toole (second from left); Dick Roche, Minister of State for European Affairs; Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations; Brian Cowen, Taoiseach; Eleanor Lee (second from right) and Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs
On his recent visit to Ireland, Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-Moon described Ireland as a 'bridge-builder' and an 'inspiring example at the frontlines of disaster response'. So to are The Young Social Innovators of 2009 an ‘inspiring example of how young people engage in development issues'. Supported by the CDPC and Selp Help Africa, their project titled ‘The Butterfly Effect’ continues to make ripples as students presented the Secretary General with a copy of their book Twenty Fifteen on his visit to Dublin. The students, from St. Peter's College, Dunboyne and Coláiste Bhríde, Carnew, met with the UN Secretary General in Dublin’s Government Buildings on Tuesday, 7 July with their teachers, Eleanor Lee and Caroline Toole. Also present at the event were Dick Roche, Minister of State for European Affairs, Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
Twenty Fifteen contains articles, essays, poems, songs and pictures dealing with the first Millennium Development Goal to eradicate poverty. The authors range from transition year students to scientists to politicians to well regarded writers and poets, including Seamus Heaney, Anne Enright, Joseph O’Connor and Sebastian Barry. Launched in May at the Irish Aid centre, all the profits from the book’s sale will be used by Self Help Africa for their projects in Africa. Twenty Fifteen can be purchased for €11.19 through Self Help Africa’s website or click here to fill out the order form directly.
As leaders from the G8 group of leading economies meet in Italy to try to agree a common approach for tackling climate change and food security, the number of people in cronic hunger rises to an estimated 1.02 billion this year: one in six of the world’s population (Reuters). The CDPC commends these transition year students, who have their fingers firmly on the political and economic pulse as they continue to make their voices heard while the UN engages in their critical responsibility of addressing these issues. Our young people are ‘an inspiration to all’ according to their teachers, Aideen Flood and Eleanor Lee.
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