SAAB Development and Social Organization (SADSO) Somalia SADSO is a non-profit and non-governmental organization operating in Central and Southern Somalia. It offers humanitarian and social development programs to poor communities in Somalia. The organization provides technical, educational and material assistance to vulnerable communities. SADSO was established in 2011 and registered in legal status as a [...]
Ethiopian Young Lawyers Association (EYLA Ethiopian Young Lawyers Association (EYLA) was established by fresh law school graduates eight years ago. The Association has an objective of promoting efficient administration of justice through the participation of the youth. EYLA focuses on human rights and rule of law, proposing amendments and the promulgation of new laws, non-partisanship [...]
International Youth Foundation Initiative Zimbabwe With a special focus on reaching young women, Zimbabwe Works prepared the country’s marginalized young people to enter the workforce. Receiving initial funding from USAID and an additional commitment from DFID and the Embassy of Sweden (SIDA), this initiative brought IYF into partnership with local NGOs and companies to provide [...]
Youth for Innovation Trust Zimbabwe Youth for Innovation for Trust (YIT) promotes youth development through social innovation. YIT provides innovative solutions to problems faced by youth. YIT acknowledges that young women are at the center of development, whilst creating active global citizens by facilitating a critical thinking culture. Headquartered in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Youth for Innovation [...]
Together for Women and Children (TOWOC) Cameroon Introduction A TOWOC leadership conference TOWOC was founded by a group of gender specialists, social workers, and young women who were concerned with the plight of the rural communities. Specifically, they were concerned with minority groups such as widows, teenage mothers, displaced women and their families, [...]
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, [...]
