Bamenda, the headquarters of the North West Region will next February 3 and 4 dance to the rhythm of activities marking the launching of this year’s 45th edition of the National Youth Day. The details were worked out in Yaounde by the committee in charge of the third preparatory meeting chaired by Youth Affairs Minister, …
The Barbados Youth Development Council will be hosting a one day seminar entitled Youth Employment : Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for the way forward in collaboration with the regional office of the Commonwealth Youth Programme. The impetus for this seminar arises from the special youth report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in August 2010 …
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The Guardian Development Blog has a compelling series of short documentaries that take place in Ghana. The films tell the stories of real life in Ghana and overcoming great odds to go to school and find work in Ghana. The stories include Katumi, who, at 13: left her rural home in Ghana to work as a street …
Students at the Rhode Island School of Design are designing a dining hall for a village school in Pommerin, Tanzania. The project happened by accident when interior architecture major Laura Sussman was volunteering in Tanzania. While she was working in Pommerin, a small village a full-day’s drive from Dar Es Salaam, the head of the village’s …
The Social Studies Department of the Open University of Sri Lanka launched the Diploma in Youth Development at a function held Saturday (8) at the auditorium of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in Narahenpita. Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development Dullas Alahapperuma, Vice Chancellor of the OUSL Prof. Upali Vidhanapathirana and …
WITH just months to go to the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man the 10 partner sponsors are urging residents to volunteer to help run the games. The event, which takes place from September 7 to 13 2011, will be hosted at various sporting venues across the Island staging rugby 7s, boxing, athletics, …
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Youths of every race and dimension, have always stood center stage in the socio-economic developments of nations across the globe. They represent a measure of success or failure for every State or region based on what governments do with them and for them. They could be the driving force behind the development and peaceful existence …
The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry will conduct five technical workshops at the Tomorrow’s Leaders Summit to be held in March. Its deputy minister, Datuk Fadillah Yusof, said the ministry had contributed RM143,000 for the summit which “encourages our youth to embrace science, technology and innovation as the enabler of a high-income economy”. About 1,000 …
The out-going Minister for Youth and Sports, Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, has expressed government’s determination to resolving major challenges that have for long confronted the youth. This, she said, it is government’s recognition to the fact that, without requisite investment in the youth, there cannot be meaningful development. She made these comments at the opening …
The out-going Minister for Youth and Sports, Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, has expressed government’s determination to resolving major challenges that have for long confronted the youth. This, she said, it is government’s recognition to the fact that, without requisite investment in the youth, there cannot be meaningful development. She made these comments at the opening …