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Hilina Berhanu Degefa (born 1992) [ 1] is an Ethiopian women's rights activist and researcher. [ 2] She is a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist advocacy and empowerment program based in Addis Ababa and Mekelle University. She was a 2015 recipient of a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the youngest to ...
Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1] Youth empowerment aims to improve quality ...
75% of the African population is below the age of 35. [19] [20] For Africa to develop, focus, recognition and support must be on youths.[21]Youths can be a positive force for development [22] and their potential can be utilized and developed by quality education and skills improvement; employment opportunities; empowerment and entrepreneurship; good governance; health and well-being.
Commonwealth Youth Programme. The Commonwealth Youth Programme, also known as CYP, is an international development agency working with young people between the ages of 15 and 29. Part of the Commonwealth Secretariat, CYP is active in the Commonwealth's 54 member countries. CYP has a head office in London with four centers in Africa (Lusaka ...
YouWin! is a youth development scheme established in Nigeria by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. The central aim of the scheme is to empower Nigerian youth by providing grants to small business owners. It is run as a competition where entrants submit business plans which are evaluated by the Enterprise Development Center of ...
In 2011, while in his first year at the university, Nabimanya founded Reach A Hand, Uganda a youth led non-profit organization focused on youth empowerment programs with an emphasis on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, [9] HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
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 ...
The Devatop Centre for Africa Development started in 2013 as a National Youth Service Community Development Project by Joseph Osuigwe Chidiebere. [2] After Osuigwe interviewed and interacted with victims of sex trafficking, he was aggrieved at the rate of human trafficking in Nigeria, and this propelled him to initiate a community service to train thousands of youth, teenagers, educators, and ...