OUR TEAM
I. Regional Advisory Structure
The Y-PEER Asia Pacific Regional Structure are elected members from the national networks and team of interns annually.
Regional Advisory Group and area of expertise
1.Mr. Ali Sadeqi, 25, Afghanistan (Humanitarian and HIV)
2. Mr. Fura Sherpa, 22, Nepal ( Youth Activism and SGDs)
3. Ms. Linh Le, 20 , Vietnam ( ICPD and CSE)
4. Ms. Tahreen Chaudhury, 25, India ( Humanitarian and Policies)
5. Ms. Wenyuan Zhu, 21, China (Youth Activism and YFHS )
6. Ms. Wuphanun Budsadee, 24, Thailand (Family Planning and Volunteerism)
Other Core Members
7. Mr. Lakey Tshering , Bhutan (International Coordinator)
8. Mr. Sangeet Kayastha, Nepal (Y-PEER AP Center Coordinator)
II. Interns for Y-PEER AP Center
1. Ms.Ayeshwini Lama, Bhutan
2. Mr. Govinda Kasaju , Nepal
3. Ms. Maynika Phongsa , Laos
Mr. Sangeet Kayastha – Y-PEER Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator
He “played a key role and was part of the organizer team of Amsterdam Youth Force (AIDS 2018) & the International Conference on Family Planning (Youth ICFP 2018), the steering committee of 9 & 10 APCRSHR Conference, and lead SRHR+Youth in Humanitarian Settings.”
For last 13 years, I had been working in various level and roles to work directly in the issues of Family Planning Starting as a ‘adolescent peer educator’ in 2006, I increased my information and going through journey I had worked directly with young people from more than 30 countries.
The work which I did had various impact in terms of providing information and training as well as linking and advocating the SRH services. It also includes various research and manuals which had been creating impact.
My current work since last 4 years had directly contributed to create a sustainable network of peer educators in many countries which includes Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Vietnam and many others. Each network consists of minimum 50 to more than 5000 members in each country who continue to spread the information in grassroots level working closely with school, local government and other civil society organisations.
One of the recent research which I am involved in Nepal named as “Nepal Youth Health Risk Behavior Study 2018” had brought new facts such as linkages of FP information and services.
Le Nguyen Phuong Linh is a third year student at Hanoi Law University where she is majoring in International Trade Law. Her interest in international development in general, and SRHR in specific began during the national TOT training of Y-PEER Vietnam on September 2018, when she had the opportunity to interact with a different side of youth advocacy. She learned about the inequalities affecting young people’ lives; heard many stories of sexual violence, unsafe abortion and gender prejudices analyzation from Y-PEER Vietnam facilitators; and got to know about young key population difficulties. Inspired by youth network experience, Linh has helped Y-PEER Vietnam organize a series of talks on various topics such as sexual violence, abortion, sexual consent. She hope as a Y-PEER Asia Pacific Intern, she could have opportunities to train her skills, widen her background knowledge and help Y-PEER Vietnam network grow effectively for youth.
Le Nguyen Phuong Linh – Former Intern
Y-PEER Asia Pacifc Center Internship Program 2.0 in 2019
22 years old, he is a student councilor at Jigme Namgyel Engineering college and is currently pursuing B.E in Power Engineering, 3rd year.It’s been 3 years since he joined Y PEER and ever since then has been an active member. He has served as the club secretary of Jigme Namgyel Engineering College Y-PEER club for the past two years and he is also the focal point of the college for Y-PEER Bhutan. As an active peer educator he has coordinate many advocacy and sensitization workshops on SRHR, STIs and other youth related issues. He has also been a facilitator in the NTOTs coordinated by Y-PEER Bhutan and Department of youth and Sports. He has also been selected as an intern at Y-PEER Asia Pacific.
Rangjung Dorji – Former Intern
Y-PEER Asia Pacifc Center Internship Program 2.0 in 2019
