We are intrinsically linked

Youth leaders in Ros Kerepek factory, Selangor, Malaysia

During the cultural exchange after the Global Peace Convention 2013, we got to visit local industries in rural Malaysian villages including this tapioca factory where they process the tapioca root into chips and other products.

Reflecting on that experience one thing that stuck out to me is how all of our youth participants were eager to engage with the villagers and their activities. While watching the local workers at the factory cut the skin off the tapioca roots, and they all wanted to pick up a knife and join in the peeling of the tapioca. They gave massages to the workers, shopped at their local store of tapioca products, and talked with the police that were escorting us.

This is a good quality of youth - they always try to be engaged in the process of what they see around them, and especially try to interact with people of different backgrounds. This is because they naturally understand that we are intrinsically linked as One Family Under God.