Voices from the SYLFF community
A Marriage of Convenience: Filipina Domestic Workers and the Singaporean State
Update. Sep. 1,2009
Last month I flew to South Korea to participate as a paper presenter and panel chair in the World Civic Youth Forum (WCYF) 2009. The WCYF is a programme of the World Civic Forum 2009, organised by Kyung Hee University in cooperation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. This year the conference was held at the Global
Campus of Kyung Hee University from 5-8 May. (more…)
Journey of the Soul to Nurture Future Leaders
Update. Apr. 24,2009
Future leaders of Asia gathered in Orissa, India, to share experiences and ideas on problems facing Asia. Muhammad Ilham from the University of Indonesia participated in “Building a Better Asia,” which is a biannual retreat for recipients of Sylff and other scholarships from the Nippon Foundation. The purpose of the dialogue was to nurture the leaders of Asia and to build a brighter future for Asia. (more…)
Fellows Volunteer to Help China Earthquake Victims
Update. Nov. 25,2008
The Tokyo Foundation had called out to the SYLFF fellows in China for activities to provide relief to the victims of China’s Great Sichuan Earthquake. 2 volunteer teams centering on SYLFF fellows were given financial support to carry out their activities. A report entitled “SYLFF Fellows in China Support Great Sichuan Earthquake Victims,” which was written by a staff member of the Tokyo Foundation who observed their activities, had been uploaded to this site a short while ago. As the Foundation has now received reports from the Lanzhou University and Chongqing University volunteer teams, the following is a translated and edited version of their reports. (more…)
A Small Seed that Yielded Fruitful Results: A Successful JIP Project in Indonesia
Update. Oct. 8,2008
Our Joint Initiative Program (JIP) project, conducted February 2006–April 2008, started with a small question in 2005: After all that we have learned and all the discussions that we have had, what can we do to help solve the world’s problems? That simple but deeply meaningful question arose in a gathering of SYLFF fellows at the University of Indonesia (UI), after a series of discussions of various topics by members of the Association of SYLFF-UI. (more…)
The Overseas Chinese in Tonga
Update. Aug. 1,2008
Tonga will hail a new king in August 2008. A SYLFF fellow from New Zealand, who conducted field research in the country, suggests that Tonga must improve cultural relations following November 2006 riots caused by ethnic tension between Tongans and Overseas Chinese and political rivalry between the state and opposition pro-democracy factions. (more…)
