United Nations Youth Representatives

Chloe O’Malley is a 20 year old student from Mayo, Ireland. She is currently studying a Masters in Social Science: Rights and Social Policy at Maynooth University.  Chloe is a Volunteer, Community Activist & Leader, Mentor & Motivator and a passionate young person positively making a difference in County Mayo and further afield. Chloe is interested in social change, empowering youth participation. Chloe has and maintains strong voluntary commitments and a passion to positively impact and develop rural Ireland and further a field. Chloe is passionate about social justice and uses tools of engagement from community and youth work approaches to achieve transformative social change . Chloe brings a rural, agricultural, feminist, critical thinking, proactive frame to her work.  From  her experience growing up in rural Ireland Chloe has developed endurance, drive, team leadership skills, communication, diligence and resilience. Chloe strives to inspire and cultivate creativity. Chloe’s main ambitions in life are to showcase gratitude towards society through active leadership in community by volunteering, leading and empowering others to make life a much better place for all. Chloe is actively involved in various aspects of IACD, regularly writing articles for the Practice Insights Magazines, attending meetings and  calls with members across the globe, planning and scheduling social media content and increasing awareness of IACD with young people across social media. 

Alyssa Faulkner is one of our youth correspondents for IACD and a country correspondent for Scotland, is currently studying a Masters in Social Justice and Community Action at the University of Edinburgh. She has a focus on youth work and health, both mental and physical health. She has various voluntary commitments, including with Diabetes Scotland, Mental Health Foundation Scotland, Young Scot. She does campaigning for health rights for individuals living with type 1 diabetes, and has organised a national conference for young adults living with type 1 diabetes in Scotland called “Young, Fun and Type 1” in an effort to create a community of individuals living with type 1 diabetes. She has won several awards for her work on Type 1 Diabetes, including both the Diabetes Scotland “Supporting Others” and “Reaching Out and Connecting”, as well as the “Self-management Award” and the Young Scot “Health and Wellbeing Award”. Alyssa was on the organising committee for the World Community Development Conference 2019 in Dundee, where her main role was the Volunteer Coordinator, and she also organised the first ever global youth practitioners forum which ran parallel to the main conference. She has been involved with IACD since 2018, and now she is on the international committee and helps with IACD social media, among other things. Her IACD email address is alyssa@iacdglobal.org if you wish to contact her.