Youth empowerment is an attitudinal, structural, and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability, authority, and agency to make decisions and implement change in their own lives and the lives of other people in a positive manner, thus include parents, teachers and professionals who would provide support, secure and safe environments for them to flourish to their full potential
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Civic Media Curriculum for Youth
Shilp Sayura in partnership with Yourth Empowerment Society, released a Civic Media Curriculum for Youth reaching milestone 2 of the Paint a Rainbow Project funded by UNDEF and supported by Adobe Youth Voices, Microsoft, World Bank and UNHABITAT. Adobe Youth Voices "Create with a Purpose" youth media creation curriculum and School Civic and Governance curriculum were adapted in creating a practical civic media course to be delivered at schools and rural telecentres. The Civic Media Curriculum, notebook computers and cameras provided to schools and Telecentres to train youth in civic media creation for social change.