UN Youth New Zealand

UN Youth New Zealand is rated 3 out of 5 in the category nonprofit organization management. Read and write reviews about UN Youth New Zealand. UN Youth New Zealand is a non-profit organisation that provides civics education outside the traditional classroom context. Through fun workshops, Model UN, and outreach events, we engage high school and tertiary students in the most pressing affairs of their country and the international community. Throughout Aotearoa, our work equips young people to become informed, engaged, and critical New Zealanders who understand their global context and the connections between the local and the global. Our organisation provides young people with the necessary educational and social skills to excel. Annually, over 3000 young New Zealanders from Northland to Southland attend a UN Youth event. UN Youth hosts three conferences nationally each year drawing together hundreds of students from across the country. One of the conferences looks at solving problems in the community and government policy, the second considers international affairs and diplomacy, and the last provides an opportunity for High School students to participate in a Model Parliament. An online Diplomacy Competition is also available for all high school students across New Zealand to help them further develop their understanding of these issues. We also lead three annual international trips for high school students — a study tour through Europe and the United States, a cultural exchange trip to Australia and the Pacific, and a small delegation to the Evatt Competition run by UN Youth Australia. For tertiary students, we run a study trip to the US, including attending the Harvard National Model UN, and a study tour through South East Asia looking at globalisation and trade. UN Youth is powered by a body of over 150 volunteers across the country who dedicate many hours of their week to engaging young people and growing the organisation.