YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Mohammed Sayed started offering lessons to students in Bangladesh’s slums while still at university. In Bangladesh, nearly two out of five people live below the poverty line, according to the UNDP. To mark Youth Work Week, Tahiya Islam, a 26-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka, Bangladesh, caught up with Sayed, whose non-profit …
YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Building Tomorrow recruits and trains young Ugandan university graduates and sends them to rural and under-served schools and communities. With nearly eight million young people in the country, Erisa Sserwadda, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda explores how young people can be mobilised to be part of the education solution. …
YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: Youth work is not a recognised profession in most developing countries. But with hundreds of highly skilled and talented young people leaving Nigeria each year in search of greener pastures, Abisola Onatoye, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Ogun State in Nigeria, asks whether youth workers can help motivate young people to …
YOUTH WORK WEEK SPECIAL: A sanitary pad distribution initiative to keep girls in school, and a project to groom school prefects into future leaders are some of the examples of the work young people in Nigeria are doing to create a better future for others. Nnabugwu Chukwuebuka, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Uzii in Nigeria, …
Congratulations to 2019 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi for being named one of Time magazine’s 100 world rising stars who are shaping the future. Nigerian women’s rights activist Osowobi is one of 53 women on a list of 100 names Time has dubbed “the world’s most ascendant leaders” who are “rising …
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Access to antiretroviral drugs may be increasing, but at least one vulnerable population is still excluded from health services in some communities and countries. McPherlain Chungu, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Zambia has interviewed someone facing this reality.Chungu argues that we should not get carried away celebrating the good work of the past and lose …
Imagine living the life of a young person. Twenty-four-hour social media bombardment, scrutiny from parents and teachers, insecurities, and low self-esteem. Although young people have immense potential, the world has changed so much that they are becoming an ‘endangered species’. Commonwealth Correspondent Stuti Chakraborty, 22, from India says creating safe spaces for young people to …
People around the world look forward to this time of the year for one main reason—gifts. But as consumerism takes over, parents and well-meaning relatives and friends need to consider the true worth and long-term benefits of the gift they are giving, writes Umer Hafeez Rehman, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Peshawar in Pakistan. If …
In Africa, women are making great inroads into various aspects of sports. Unfortunately, sports journalism has not been one of them. But a new crop of female sports commentators and reporters are planning to change that. Promise Forsuh, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Bamenda, Cameroon, spoke to Cameroonian female sports journalist Cynthia Wanchia, about her role. …
Wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, writes Daniel Olajuyigbe, a 17-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Ekiti State, Nigeria. With many species on the brink of extinction, he is calling on young people to get involved in wildlife conservation. Between 2007 and 2014, Africa’s Savannah elephant population declined by a staggering 30 per cent, according to the Great …