NAYD's Research Desk talks to Rural Communities around Africa to find out the skills and capacities the people in these communities possess as well as the gaps that exist that may effect their ability to improve their communities. It can be read here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmIwoaygn1w Phatsimo Patience Rampa is a NAYD Focal point for Botswana in 2018. She works in the disability field as Project Officer at Autism Botswana. Her role in 2018 is to promote inclusive education in Botswana and advocate for equal access to resources. She also promotes awareness of autism in Botswana.
Dear members, We start with a question - what have YOU done to improve lives in your community in 2017? It’s too easy to complain on Facebook and Twitter. Carry on complaining if you must, but may we ask you to commit at least 1 hour a month to your community's development as well in [...]
The below is posted for readers information. Comments to help@nayd.org Country Name email Algeria Fatima Zahra Feriel Menouar MenouarFZ@hotmail.com Algeria Amel Benali amel.benali@ge.com Angola Massangano Domingos massangano2006@gmail.com Benin Guillaume HOUNSOU-DINDIN guillaumehdd@gmail.com Benin Christian HOUNKANNOU hounchrist@gmail.com Botswana Phatsimo Rampa patiencetiro@gmail.com Botswana Ronny Matenge ronny.matenge@gmail.com Burkina Faso Seraphine Kando bazie.kando@gmail.com Burkina Faso ZOROME ZARAFILOU zarafilou007@gmail.com Burundi Prime [...]
The election is now OPEN for NAYD 2018 Country Focal Points and will remain open until 18th December at midnight. Please vote here. A space has been reserved on NAYD's main facebook page to help you engage with the candidates. A reminder that the main responsibilities for the voluntary position of a Country Focal Point [...]
Background NAYD’s vision is to help make Africa a safer and more developed place for all, including women and children of all ages through the joint efforts of youths. To achieve this we will:- Promote and encourage the work done by Young Africans in effecting positive change on the continent. Facilitate exchange between youths involved [...]
In this issue NAYD investigates how rural communities address poverty. To find out the different innovative ways through which communities in African countries are dealing with poverty, in the absence of government support, here is NAYD's July 2017 INSPIRE: INSPIRE July 2017 Issue
Youth of Agro-Marine Development Association (YAMDA), Somalia Based in Merka, Somalia, YAMDA was established in January, 2014. It targets communities in Lower Shebelle, Bay, Bakool, and Banadir Regions. To promote community development, YAMDA focuses on such areas as agriculture and coastal line development, vocational training and capacity building, education, health and sanitation among others. YAMDA’s vision [...]
NAYD was 10 years old on 27th March 2017. Quoting from the first INSPIRE magazine 'In March 2007, precisely on the 27th and 28th, some thirty youths from different youth led programmes around Africa met in Cameroon to lay the ground work for the Network of African Youths for Development (NAYD). The idea behind NAYD [...]
