Aspiring UN Youth Representative

We are so proud to be able to support a previous student, Patrick Malone, in applying to become a UN Youth Representative for 2019.

He is a Saint Ignatius Alumni who graduated in 2013. He is currently preparing for an interview for the Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations. The role involves running consultations all around Australia for around 10,000 young people (under the age of 25) and communicate to both our politicians and the Australian Public, what young people genuinely care about.

The 45 minute workshop he ran with one of our Year 10 Religious Education classes analysed the United Nations Sustainable development goals and more importantly aims to discover which stakeholders are affected, how the goals are funded and what difference does the outcome create in our communities.

Growing up in Ocean Grove, he is aware of how important your community can be and an intended outcome of the workshop was for young students to share what they want their community to look like in 2025 and our country to look like in 2030. Within the workshop he intended to explore why these goals are set, why are the important and who do they impact (both positively and negatively).

Previously working with young people in the realm of wellbeing, leadership and work skills, he knows how impactful and insightful young people’s comments and opinions are and if successful in this final round interview, he intends to take these opinions, ideas and goals to the national community.

Good Luck Paddy!!!