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The Youth and Civil Society Initiative
recognises the potential role of young people
as agents of change. The non-profit sector’s
response to engage young people constructively,
with issues of the underprivileged and marginalised
has been sporadic and scattered. There is
need for well-designed, inter-linked focused
spaces to sensitise youth to the underprivileged,
and encourage youth action in development.
The Trusts support:
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Educational programmes for young people
aimed at their development into active
citizens |
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Approaches
that combine livelihood and development
concerns of young people, together with
providing opportunities for social action |
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Efforts
towards mainstreaming youth development
as an approach to overall community
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For this, it encourages organisations,
particularly those working in themes of
interest to the Trusts, to integrate youth
development into their programmes. This
requires exploring the current spaces for
youth development, and helping organisations
develop a vision for their programmes, while
factoring in the feedback from their staff
and youth.
The Strategic Resource Group supports this
initiative, besides providing technical
support to partners. Commutiny - Youth Collective
has been started as a think tank to work
towards developing creative resources, including
working with the media, and influencing
policy and a second-level leadership development
programme called Commutiny.
Key grants:
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