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The National Youth Service ( NYS) is an organisation under the Government of Kenya. It was established in 1964 to train young people in important national matters. In 2019, the organization was transformed from a state department to a fully fledged semi-autonomous state corporation after enactment of NYS act, 2018 [2]] by the Kenyan parliament.
The Youth Café's work is based on its current strategy, [1] [2] its Youth Manifesto [3] [4] [5] (they facilitated its creation in Kenya during the 2017 general elections [6] and required that the next president needed a youth manifesto [7] [8]) and the African Union Youth Charter [9] [10] (a political and legal document which serves as the strategic framework that gives direction for youth ...
Youth empowerment programs are aimed at creating healthier and higher qualities of life for underprivileged or at-risk youth. [1] The five competencies of a healthy youth are: (1) positive sense of self, (2) self- control, (3) decision-making skills, (4) a moral system of belief, and (5) pro-social connectedness.
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a grassroots movement based in Nairobi, Kenya in urban slums providing services, community advocacy platforms, and education and leadership development for women and girls. SHOFCO serves more than 350,000 urban slum dwellers in 10 slums across three cities in Kenya. [1]
Registered as an NGO in Kenya and a 501 (c) (3) in the US, CFK Africa is a pioneer of grassroots participatory development, and leads a community-based sports program, girls' empowerment centre, medical clinic, maternity centre, nutrition centre, young health and wellness centre, community-health outreach program, scholarship program, ...
WE Charity ( French: Organisme UNIS ), formerly known as Free the Children ( French: Enfants Entraide ), is an international development charity and youth empowerment movement founded in 1995 by human rights advocates Marc and Craig Kielburger. [1] The organization implemented development programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America, focusing on education, water, health, food and economic ...
The Future Africa Leaders Award was established in 2013 and is organized every year by the Future Africa Leaders Foundation, a sub-organization of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI). The Award recognizes the role of young leaders as drivers of progress and development in Africa, and therefore only youths in Africa between the ...
Strategy. Youth mainstreaming is a two-fold strategy for pursuing youth development. Inspired by the experience of gender mainstreaming, it involves ensuring youth is reflected in policy and project stages in various sectors and ensuring there are specific projects addressing youth. Together these add up to a youth responsive approach.