{"id":108,"date":"2013-02-09T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T12:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brookland.tripacsolutions.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2013-02-09T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T12:59:07","slug":"we-need-to-be-empowered-economically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalyouthathletics.org\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"We need to be empowered economically"},"content":{"rendered":"

Youth\u00a0 Economic Empowerment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Youth is Africa\u2019s Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0Why empower youth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0In Africa, youth are accounted to be unemployed in the workforce, with women even more unlikely to be employed than men. Africa\u2019s youth population is expected to increase while the labor force is also expected to grow.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Youth employment is both an economic and a security issue for Africa, with the lack of decent livelihood opportunities as one of the driving forces behind violence or organized crime. It is also a cultural challenge since large families (up to 7 children) in areas dependent on subsistence farming, are under significant pressure. Only the first or second children have any hope of inheriting the farm land that has been held in the same families for millennia. That means that the additional 3-6 children typical in these family units are relegated to work on the family farms with only the hope of earning shelter and food. Many will be lured away to other countries because of their skills as cultivators, further deteriorating the family and social structure.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Africa is going through fast social, political, and economic transformations that have a deep impact on youth. Promoting youth employment is one of the 21st century challenges of the continent.<\/p>\n

\u00a0We empowers youth in rural areas with practical skills so they can envision a future locally, without relying on subsistence farming.<\/p>\n

\u00a0With almost half of the \u00a0<\/span>population under 18, the future of the Africa countries is within youth\u2019s hands<\/p>\n

\u00a0African youth facts and figures<\/h3>\n
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  • Almost half of Africa\u2019s population is under 25; about 75% is under the age of 35. It is estimated that by 2050, Africa will account for 29% of all people aged 15 to 24. This is about 348 million of the total 1.2 billion persons globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • More than 50 per cent of Africa\u2019s youth are illiterate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Education progress in narrowing the gender gap and increasing literacy levels have had little impact on unemployment rates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Vision<\/h3>\n

        We strive to empower the youth in the rural communities in which we intervene and in every step we take. We work to teach practical knowledge, provide employment opportunities and promote gender equality. Through youth empowerment, we encourage economic development, reduce population displacement, enhance community cohesiveness and local security. We seek to give young people the necessary tools to build a sustainable, bright future.<\/p>\n

        Quick Outlook<\/h3>\n

        The Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

        An example, the KidsKits school partnerships<\/h3>\n

        A project designed to empower school-aged students with knowledge in solar technologies, raise green energy awareness and improve the quality of life of those living off grid.<\/p>\n

        The project is based on assessing the need for youth in Africa to access light and improve their conditions of life; and youth to understand the importance of renewable energy and the ongoing challenges of an African peer living in remote areas.<\/p>\n

        Youth coordinators will ensure the success of the project.<\/p>\n

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        • \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Combining a small solar panel, a battery and 1 to 3 LED diodes; they provide enough light to change the life of hundreds of people living off grid.<\/li>\n
        • Easy to build and with components that are inexpensive, these kits can easily be assembled and used by kids.<\/li>\n
        • It allows kids to read at night:<\/li>\n
        • In villages where there is no electricity, at night the kids can\u2019t read or do their homework. A simple kit with 3 LEDs provides light for about 10 hours and allows reading easily.<\/li>\n
        • It can be used as a flashlight:<\/li>\n
        • Things as simple as from one house to another at night can be greatly simplified by the DIY Solar Kit.<\/li>\n
        • It can power a radio or a calculator:<\/li>\n
        • The DIY Solar Kit can replace batteries to power small electronic devices as radios or calculators. When batteries would be expensive and damage the environment, solar is a free, renewable source of energy, with the potential to improve lives of thousands of students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          It\u2019s Time to Raise Awareness of Environmental Issues:<\/h3>\n

          More than two billion people cannot access affordable energy services today and depend on inefficient locally collected and often unprocessed biomass-based fuels, such as crop residues, wood and animal dung.<\/p>\n

          \u00a0Marketable Skills<\/h3>\n

          Solar energy, cash crop farming, textile industry\u2026 Africa is rich of its natural resources and traditional art. We focus on practical skills to empower youth and generate employment opportunities.<\/p>\n

          \u00a0In the villages in which we intervene, we train youth to convert dangerous and unhealthy kerosene lamps into safe and sustainable solar ones, start micro businesses to build, repair and sell the lamps; build charging stations using solar energy to have a center point for people to recharge their electronic units; plant, harvest, process, package and sell tea produced locally; and expand the west-African textile industry.<\/p>\n

          \u00a0All these projects empower youth and give them means of incomes to stay within the communities they grew up in, preventing family dislocation and impoverishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Youth\u00a0 Economic Empowerment \u00a0Youth is Africa\u2019s Future \u00a0Why empower youth? \u00a0In Africa, youth are accounted to be unemployed in the workforce, with women even more unlikely to be employed than men. Africa\u2019s youth population is expected to increase while the labor force is also expected to grow. \u00a0Youth employment is both an economic and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-c108-economic-empowerment"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6zQyf-1K","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109,"url":"https:\/\/www.globalyouthathletics.org\/?p=109","url_meta":{"origin":108,"position":0},"title":"Youth Economic Empowerment","author":"kushpa","date":"February 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The cause: Education and Poverty The facts: More than half of the population of Africa is under 25 years of age, and many youth, particularly girls, have not been able to complete their \u00a0education. 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