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Nippon Maru - Ship for World Youth Leaders - SWY29

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Olá, Salut, Hola, Salam, Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Kon'nichiwa, Hujambo,  ‪ Kia Ora, Mālō e lelei, Vitavu! :) “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta Jet lag is destroying me but #SWY29 has been remarkable! For approximately two month I gave myself to ocean life, to a new routine, trapped on a ship with 200+ new faces from around the globe, sailed one quarter of the earth together, from Japan: Tokyo, Fukui, Yokahama, Solomon Island: Honiara, Vanuatu: Port Villa, Aotearoa New Zealand: Auckland to Fiji and back to Tokyo. An extraordinary mind blowing experience. I’ve traveled a lot, I even lived abroad, crossed continents, seas, rivers and oceans, but SWY has been by far my all time favorite yet rich experience... and the most tremendous one to my heart. The Kingdom of Nippon Maru, Nippon Maru, was not just a normal Ship… it was home and home is where the heart is. A ship full of magical e...

Human

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What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery?  Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.