Rana Bilal Ahmad's Bio

My YES! Jams
2003 World Jam

Org: Youth Alliance For Human Rights
Location: Lahore
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Bio:

Rana is Chairman of Youth Alliance For Human Rights (YAFHR), one of the biggest youth organizations in Pakistan. Currently, his 3 primary projects include the Juvenile Prisoners Education Program (for which he received a 2002 YouthActionNet award), Youth Career Counseling Campaign (attempting to curb youth unemployment) and Inform the Youth (an HIV/AIDS awareness program). He works with numerous youth organizations and networks locally, nationally and internationally. He is on the board of Pakistan National Youth Council (an umbrella organization of Pakistani youth NGOs) and NGO-associate member with the International Council of National Youth Policy’s Pakistani chapter. He serves as the Country Coordinator for Youth Employment Summit Campaign, which works to reduce youth unemployment, and, as a Peace Pal Coordinator, promotes children’s peace education. He is one of the founding members of TakingItGlobal in Pakistan and participates in the International Youth Charter Coalition. Rana recently completed a Masters program in Political Science and Theory and earned a National Youth Leader award in 1998.

"Physically, I was born 23 years ago. But socially, I was born during the week that I spent with such incredible young activists from all over the world. Meeting and sharing with like-minded people was a wonderful experience."