Youth Initiative to Fight Climate Change Ivory Coast A report by Marie-Josee Houénou, NAYP Ivory Coast Focal Point The Support Association for Self Promotion Sanitary and Urban safety (ASAPSU), working with a group of youth called Jeunesse Francophone pour le Développement Durable (JFDD), is an Ivorian association working to promote health, support refugees, environmental conservation [...]
by Issaka Ouro-Wechire NAYD CFP, Togo Issaka What do you think of youth activism? For youth activism to be successful, it has to have good leaders to take good actions in order to achieve the target goal and have impact on the community. Tell us more about youth activism in Togo. There are [...]
Youth Empowerment and Support Initiative YESI-Africa Uganda Introduction YESI-Africa was started, and registered with the Kasese District Development Network (KADEDE-NET) an umbrella body for voluntary associations in Uganda, in 2010 as a community based youth-led organization by a group of youth in rural Uganda. YESI-Africa was started in response to challenges facing youth and children [...]
SOUTH SUDAN YOUTH FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (SSYPADO) South Sudan Youth Peace and Development Organization (SSYPADO) is a non-profit youth organization based in Juba, South Sudan. It was established in July in 2010 with the aim of encouraging youth engagement in peace and civic processes. Its founders were concerned that although youth were central [...]
Pochi Tamba (Eps. NSOH) - NAYD Steering Group There are thousands of African youths working for a better continent and a better world. Many of these youths are repeating what some fellow African youths somewhere had done or are doing. NAYD is the one place where these African youths get to know themselves, [...]
Violet Mbiti Foundation, Kenya A brief introduction of the organization including the motivation behind it: Through our brand Youth County Projects Kenya, Violet Mbiti Foundation empowers youth in the 47 counties in Kenya socially, economically and politically towards achieving Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals by initiating projects at the grassroots. Focus areas we are [...]
Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP), Nigeria Youth Against Election Violence March Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) is a youth-focused, not for profit, voluntary movement in Nigeria. We work with the other youths, informal and formal youth groups and through youth groups in local disadvantaged communities. We defend and [...]
By Tinashe Lindel Earlier this year, five University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN) students came together to host the first ever TEDx event in Pietermaritzburg, which occurred on the 22nd of August 2017, at the UKZN PMB campus. The TEDxUKZN event was envisioned by the students who, apart from being avid TED enthusiasts, also wanted to see [...]
LEAD ERITREA Lead Eritrea is an international initiative led by young people focusing on international affairs and the welfare of young people in Eritrea and abroad. Since 2001 a growing number of youth in Eritrea find themselves in exodus due to factors such as indefinite national service, closure of the only existing university- Asmara University [...]
Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) Botswana YALDA Gala Dinner YALDA is an international network of youth formed in 2004 by a group of Harvard students, born and raised in Africa. Currently YALDA has a special consultative status to the United Nation Economic and Social Council. YALDA is recognized by [...]
