Hi I’m Jacopo, I’m 15 and I come from Rome. I’m here to represent all people who suffer of Phenylketonuria like me. If you have this condition you cannot eat any proteins coming from animals because they are very dangerous for your body. Almost 4 months ago the doctor who follows me in Rome told me about the Nave Italia and the wonderful project of the Young People G8 and for me it was such a hit I immediately submitted the application. Now I’m here on the largest brigantine in the world. Here I met new friends from different cultures and from different parts of the world, we are a great team now and we are working on the G8 stuff. Every day is so challenging, we just never stop because we are very busy, if you want to make a better world you have to work hard. We have done extremely cool activities like free diving in the crystal waters of Elba Island and step class on the main deck with the great Nostromo. The many team games our instructors are engaging us with are thought for a purpose, often it is a good start for a new discussion item. Once a day we face some issues are affecting the world. Today we discussed how the financial crisis is affecting the whole world and we tried to share thoughts and look for solutions. Finally, everyone was given the chance to write a question to address to the political representative of the nations at the G8. I also loved when we were divided in groups and we were representing coalitions of states in an environment summit called Climate Change Conference, we were actually divided in USA, UE, B.R.I.C, AOASIS and G77. Every one of us is full of commitment to the YPG8 goals and I think this is a unique experience that I’ll remember for all my life.