Laveist encourages youth
to visit www.ourstories.org
PHILIPSBURG--Youth Affairs Commissioner Louie Laveist is encouraging the nation’s youth to check out the Website
www.ourstories.org which has been created for young people around the world, allowing them to record and share their stories online in various languages.
The project was launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Google and the non-profit organization One Laptop per Child. Children around the world will be able to record stories about themselves, their families and friends in their own languages using laptops, mobile phones and other recording devices.
The stories can be shared through the “Our Stories” Website
www.ourstories.org, where they can be found on a Google Map. “Our nation’s youth need to expose themselves to other forms of popular culture. The UNICEF project seeks to promote understanding of different countries, cultures, religious traditions and languages, and I definitely support this venture.”
“This mode of communication can help young people around the world learn more about each other. It is definitely a tool for social studies teachers and I would encourage them to make use of it during class sessions,” Commissioner Laveist told the Government Information Service (GIS) on Tuesday.
