Jasmine Mikschi

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• Jasmine : The Dreaded Question

  Thursday, 16 September 2010

  This time last year I had a lot of decisions to make. I was deciding what to do once I finished school. Should I have a gap year? Should I go to University? What should I study?

  But the big question that plagued my mind was...
  What should I do ...

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• Jasmine : Famine Fever!!!

  Friday, 27 August 2010

  Over the weekend approximately 300,000 young people across Australia were filled with Famine Fever!!! Here in Queensland, our temperatures were high, our hearts were racing, and we were showing symptoms of passion, excitement and enthusiasm!

  All our symptoms combined to create one successful famine weekend!
  Congratulations Queensland! You were amazing!!...

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• Jasmine : VLog #3 - The Hard Life

  Thursday, 19 August 2010

  

  Jasmine's third and final Video Log (VLog) from her time in Nepal at the start of 2010 on the World Vision Study Tour.

  The hard life in rural Nepal is very different to the 'hard life' we experience (or think we experience) here in Australia. The choices people have to ...

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• Jasmine : VLog #2 - Poverty is bigger than we think it is

  Monday, 16 August 2010

  Jasmine's second Video Log (VLog) from her time in Nepal at the start of 2010 on the World Vision Study Tour.

  As the Study Tour headed rural away from Kathmandu, life is very different: It's slower, quieter and there is a sense of hopelessness in the area they visit.

  "This was ...

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• Jasmine : Just Keep Going!

  Friday, 13 August 2010

  I’m really excited because in a few days my Grandparents will be visiting me. They live in a small country town on the New South Wales/Victorian border, and will be driving all the way up to Queensland to see me!!
  
  As their arrival draws ever so near, my mind flashes ...

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• Jasmine : My butterfly of hope

  Friday, 6 August 2010

  

  "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
  - Hans Christian Anderson

   
  As the butterfly said, living is not enough. You cannot fully embrace life unless you have sunshine and freedom in your life.

  Currently for 1,000,000,000 people in the ...

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• Jasmine : VLog #1 - first impressions

  Wednesday, 4 August 2010

  My first video blog I recorded whilst in Nepal at the start of 2010.
  On the Youth Ambassador (YA) Study Tour, I travelled with the four other YA’s to see, touch and smell what life is like for people living in poverty in Nepal.
  This was recorded after my first ...

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• Jasmine : Beach Reflections

  Thursday, 29 July 2010

  To me, the beach has always been my place of relaxation and reflection.
  During the last few months I haven’t had the chance to go to the beach, but this week when I drove up to the Sunshine Coast to visit some schools, my chance finally came around.

  I arrived ...

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• Jasmine : Chin-ups to kick start the Famine!

  Thursday, 22 July 2010

  Yes, you heard right, this week I did chin-ups to kick start the famine!
   
  When I visited a Youth Group in Kenmore on Friday night, I was challenged to see how many chin-ups I could do off one of the roof beams!

  This youth group has a tradition of ...

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• Jasmine : The Road of Life

  Friday, 16 July 2010

  Over the last 2 weeks I journeyed from Brisbane, all the way down to Melbourne, and then along the Great Ocean Road, and back, on my biggest ever road trip!
   
  My sister and I had the best time, seeing some of the most beautiful places in Australia,  as well ...

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• Jasmine : Campaigning in Canberra with VGen

  Saturday, 26 June 2010

  After dressing up as Robin Hood and standing in front of Parliament house, I returned to Brisbane with the confidence to do almost anything!

  
  

  I went to Canberra for five days with 43 other young people from Vision Generation Groups across Australia. Over five days we campaigned for the government ...

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• Jasmine : Spitting the Dummy on Global Poverty! [Video]

  Thursday, 17 June 2010

  Every year nearly 9 million children underthe age of five die from preventable diseases and illnesses. 

  
  

  We live in a world where we have the meansto drastically reduce this, yet why is it that 24,000 children continue to die each day? 

  
  

  This Saturday I’m heading off to Canberra to spit ...

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• Jasmine : Queensland - you rocked my socks off!!!

  Tuesday, 8 June 2010

  

  Just last year I sat in the audience at a Global Leadership Convention (GLC). 
  Just last year I was like you, a young person who was interested in issues of social justice and hopeful that I could make a difference in the world.

  However on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last ...

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• Jasmine : 5 things that happened to me in Nepal ... that would never in Australia!

  Thursday, 3 June 2010

  When I visited Coorparoo Secondary School, The Academy of Maths and Science and Aspley Uniting Church this week, I kept on thinking about the HUGE cultural differences between the Australian lifestyle and the Nepalese lifestyle.
  Therefore in my blog this week I've decided to highlight some of these key ...

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• Jasmine : I’m inspiring youth - and they’re inspiring me in return!

  Thursday, 20 May 2010

  This year I've been so excited to be able to go around to schools and speak to young people.
  I love public speaking, so I always knew that I was going to enjoy the task that lay in front of me this year!

  This week however, I not only went ...

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• Jasmine : My first ten minutes in Kathmandu

  Thursday, 13 May 2010

  Over the weekend i decided to visit some of the 'touristy' locations in Brisbane. I had a friend up from NSW for the weekend, so I decided to take pride in my city and I took him on the grand tour.
   
  However, after spending the day wandering through the ...

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• Jasmine : Getting into Fair Trade Fortnight

  Thursday, 6 May 2010

  Just over a month ago I attended my first ever Stir Session and I was surprised at just how motivating the event was!

  After listening to Melissa Stewart and Susan Mizrahi's stories about child labour and human trafficking I decided that I was going to get on board and do ...

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• Jasmine : Once strangers, now life long friends

  Wednesday, 21 April 2010

  Each day I look up at my wall to find a photo of four life long friends. Just over 3 months ago, these four young adults were merely strangers.

  Now I have a connection with them like no other. In January this year the five of us travelled to Nepal,  ...

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• Jasmine : Nepal opened my eyes and my heart

  Thursday, 15 April 2010

  My trip to Nepal not only opened my eyes to the issue of poverty, it also opened my heart. The people of Nepal are like family and for the rest of my life I will remember and cherish the experiences I had with them!

  For this year’s 40 Hour Famine...

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