YL AFRICA
YOUTH-LEADER’s focus in Africa is to help grand changemakers grow their extremely impactful initiatives with support of Euro-American schools and global citizens, and add additional dimensions like eco-cultural visits. We promote them as ultimate eye witness, speakers and partners for Living SDGs in Edu-Action.
On request from community organizers wishing that their region’s youth may unfold powers to shape their good future like their North American hero*ine peers do, we have added budding development initiatives to our program scope. While they pose an enormous weight for us to carry, they also pose grandiose exciting challenges, veritable Boss Battles for virtuous youth, teachers, companies, councillors and journalists to tap into their superpowers, walk their talk, set powerful examples, and to live incredible adventures that money can’t buy.
Our interaction naturally leads to sharing model solutions from around the world (little known to Africans limited to internet access by mobile phone at high data cost) and connect with expert circles, online seminars etc., building professional pipelines. This is swiftly embraced by our very practice-oriented African friends and has strongly grown their scope of vision, plans and regional ecosystem of partners and supporters.
As we gain footing and friends on the continent, we also seek to activate “middle and upper class” African schools to form bonds with poor and rural youth like far away Euro-American schools do, and to bring their stories on the map and to global attention.
Select one of our priority programs to learn more and help to support high impact changemakers in Africa.
Youth Leadership in Africa
Extreme challenges at continental scale, over 50% young people, climate disruption, while solutions exist, are simple, people-powered and low-cost (different from European and North American context), often driven by young adults with remarkably rapid results, and enthusiastic about learning from global experts, integrating their expertise, connecting with global schools, working together, gaining support to reach important milestones, adding Youth Leadership LearnSpaces and receiving guests, which makes working with them extremely warm, enjoyable, multifaceted, motivational and rewarding.
“In Africa, there’s always not enough money,” and this is where Europeans and Americans have veritable superpowers, since they can FUNdraise big amounts, and it’s worth 10-fold more in the hands of high impact changemakers in low income rural regions.
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OUR PRIORITY PROGRAMS FOR AFRICA
WE CONNECT CHANGEMAKERS WITH GLOBAL SCHOOLS TO BOOST THEIR HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ENTIRE REGIONS + RUN PILOT PROGRAMS IN CRISIS REGIONS
KENYA – BOSS BATTLE – LEARNSPACE
KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP GIRLS CREW
SPECTACULAR YOUTH LEADERSHIP CENTRE IN A REFUGEE CAMP
In news media, the African refugee crisis feels like an enormous dark ocean of despair. Welcome to the world’s 2nd biggest refugee camp, built for 25,000, grown to 200,000 in quasi desert, 30,000 girls kept from attending school, subjected to malnutrition (1 ounce / 30 grams of rice or beans per day!), poverty, tribal rivalries, female subjugation and extreme sexual predation in homes, hospitals, schools, on roads and of course while collecting firewood, many stuck for ten years and no perspective for a way out. Few even have a cellphone and music to comfort their hearts. No matter where and how you live, you don’t want to swap.
Did you ever hear positive news from such a sphere? Here they are, in the world-premiere youth-led Learn- and Leadership Centre connected with global experts and schools with permaculture garden, solar-powered music studio, self-defense training, with plans for kid and teens library, chicken farm, movie and music shows, online learning, crazy science show, arts and acrobatics corner, sports, mental health and life skills training… and coaching youth in camp and beyond to do like them!
This pilot model to get girls and boys out of hell to the Paradise life they deserve and tell their fascinating story in international mediacan become true, if you decide to make the effort to fund their well affordable milestones! Are you joining?
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UGANDA
JOHN SSENTAMOU
VILLAGE-BASED EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING CENTRE
A free largely volunteer powered rural school with a wide range of practical subjects like tailor training, hairdressing, music, arts, dance and Africa’s first Quidditch League.
John is also a fish farmer, determined to end domestic and sexual violence, and boost local economy, gender justice, human rights and add a magical kids and teens library, fablab, community fruit tree nursery, and evolve his school into an experimental learning centre also serving young teachers with internships for project-based learning before they start their careers (at better paid positions) in the city. He also runs a free adult learning centre and leads a rural teachers association with member schools in seven districts.
John wants rural youth to benefit from Europe’s best progressive learning culture, and we love to make this unique pilot program happen. Are you joining?
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SOUTH AFRICA – BOSS BATTLE – LEARNSPACE & CAMPAIGNS
SKHUMBUZO DLAMINI
TRADITIONAL ARTS & LEADERSHIP CENTRE TO HEAL AND CREATE KZN’S FUTURE
“Oh, I wish this for our youth, so they can create a good future,” Skhumbuzo says about American teen hero*ines. The reason is serious: his region in Kwa-Zulu Natal experiences extreme post-Apartheid desolation – not even a church, community centre, waste management, water catchment or domestic food gardens – gravely polluted rivers, poverty, crime, sexual violence, teenage pregnancy, overcrowded schools … aggravated by political unrest, floodings, you name it.
Skhumbuzo experienced a difficult childhood, self-trained as dance and theatre coach, is traditionally initiated, loves people, reanimates sacred water awareness, and uses arts and music for campaigns for gender harmony, plantings, cleanings, food security … and a youth-powered Learn- and Leadership Space on his land, with library, permaculture, global video coaching, voluntourism and more.
This is a unique pilot program to restore Paradise where it’s truly needed. and you are needed to make it true. Are you joining?
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HELP YOUTH IN CRISIS REGIONS
MOVE MOUNTAINS WITH YOUTH ABANDONED BY ADULTS, GOVERNMENTS AND THE UN
PHOTO: SUMAIDI ANGALE