The power of youth voice is transformational. We’ve seen youth come together to create some of the most powerful and positive changes the world sees today and with their strides, we’ve seen many leaders and policy-makers stop in their tracks to take a listen.
But not only are they listening, they are also committing to the changes youth want to see. From the UK, to Malaysia, and now to Canada, governments are incorporating and imbedding youth voice into their decision-making processes.
And even more, where governments have been unable to provide all of the support necessary to create change in local communities, civil society has often taken the lead in facilitating that change themselves. More recently, there has been a spike in youth-led development and initiatives, which aim to promote youth participation and commitment to local and global change.
From August to November 2015, TakingITGlobal offered the Sprout e-Course to 13 young media makers from around the globe. These countries included Haiti, Uganda, Kenya, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Mexico, and the USA. Throughout the course youth were expected to develop a plan for a project they feel could create change in their communities. With this plan, the youth set out on their social entrepreneurship journey, developing everything from a solar lamp project to provide light to rural communities in India, to a youth media program to help combat radicalism in Kenya, the youth committed to becoming active agents of transformation in their own communities.
At the end of the Sprout e-Course, 5 youth were chosen to receive a mini grant to kick-start their projects, however due to the quality of work and commitment of the youth, TIG offered a mini grant to all the participants who completed the course along with Coaching Session to help them identify priorities in achieving goals related to launching or growing their initiative.
Read more at
http://panorama.tigweb.org/jaybaker/propelling-youth-voice-through-social-entrepreneurship
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