For the past two years, psychologists and caregivers have been sounding the alarm over the number of children who need mental healthcare during the pandemic. How can we effectively address this issue in the year ahead? Covid-19 and the measures that have been implemented to contain the spread of the virus in the past two […]
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With chess seen as a valuable educational tool, parents and experts have called on the government to introduce the game into the national educational curriculum. This, according to them, is because chess is about decoding and analysis, thinking strategically, and foreseeing the consequences would improve comprehension and social interaction. Speaking at a chess clinic recently […]
The African Union’s heads of state and government adopted the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 2016-2025) as the framework for a transformative education and training system in Africa. They have further requested member states and partners to promote the alignment of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) skills and to expand TVET opportunities. […]
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Egypt: World Youth Forum 2022
Under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF) will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh during the period from 10 to 13 January 2022, under the motto “Arts and culture are part of development and a human right.” About the World Youth Forum (WYF) The World Youth […]
THE RWANDA Basketball Federation (Ferwaba), this month, launched a long term youth coaches’ certification program, a development from which coaches working with primary, middle and high school players will benefit. It is taking place in all provinces of the country under the instruction of Ferwaba tacticians led by Cheikh Sarr, the national team head coach […]
Teenagers account for 40 per cent of the antenatal visits to the Imude maternity centre, an official says. Taiwo Aweda was just 16 years old when she was married off to Lawal Ahmed. She got pregnant one year into her senior secondary education at Ilogbo Government Secondary School, situated in Ojo Local Government Area of […]
Special courts to handle cases of child abuse are being set up as Government intensifies efforts to eliminate child marriages and other harmful practices against children, President Mnangagwa has said. Officially launching the 29th Junior Parliament Session and the Revised National Youth Policy at State House yesterday, the President said Government was committed to ensuring […]
Education and training are reducing the malnutrition rates in Cabo Delgado Enriched porridge. What a powerful tool it became for the women of Katapua village in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Cristina Celestino Mariano is a young mother with two daughters. She was trained as a “Care Mother” by an FAO Emergency programme on nutrition, funded […]
Children from selected districts in Malawi on Friday adjourned the First Session of their National Children’s Parliament with a litany of demands to the authorities at the Capital Hill. The children members of Parliament (MPs), who were 80 in total and drawn from selected districts across the country, raised concerns over the deteriorating education standards, […]
Addis Ababa, December 16, 2021 (ECA) – Young people from around the continent will come together for an ECA virtual event on the theme of “Africa’s Youth in The Decade of Action: Actors or Bystanders” on 20 December 2021 at 12.00–13.30 UTC / 15.00–16.30 EAT. This event will be an opportunity for Africa’s youth to […]
Monrovia — HILA (Heritage International Leadership Academy) recognized three young promising entrepreneurs for Best Business Idea, Best Presentation, and Most Innovative Product and most importantly, how they intend to turn a profit on their idea. The winners were announced during the 2nd Annual Young Entrepreneurs Fair in front of an excited crowd of three hundred […]
Monrovia — In commemoration of the International Volunteers Day (IVD) 2021, EQUIP Leadership – Liberia Project led by its Country Coordinator Benedict Tokpa Danuweli, has successfully concluded a week long Transformational Leadership Development session for more than one hundred youth leaders (volunteers) selected from across five of Liberia’s fifteen Counties which included Grand Bassa, Lofa, […]
NEW YORK — CorpsAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation today announced a three-year partnership aimed at providing opportunities for young Africans to become changemakers in public health, education, and economic development and to support the creation of 30,000 work opportunities for young people across the continent. The $17 million partnership will enable CorpsAfrica to expand its […]
Johannesburg — The media has power to influence, spreads information and messages across countries and across the entire world, it is the most powerful sector that serves to inform, to influence and to entertain. As the world concludes the marking of the 30th anniversary of the Global 16 Days Campaign which raises awareness about gender-based […]
Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children – living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are braving “hellish conditions” without adequate food, shelter, protection, security and sanitation, UNICEF has warned. The size of the camp – located […]
A ZIMBABWEAN man, Eric Mpofu (29) was arrested last Friday in Botswana while attempting to smuggle seven children into South Africa. Mpofu appeared before a Francistown magistrate this week facing charges of ill-treating minors, and human trafficking, and was remanded in custody. He was arrested by the police on 3 December in Bluetown while travelling […]
Youth and Children Affairs junior minister Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke has said inclusion of boys in mentorship programmes will help them grow into more responsible members of society. Ms Mateke made the call yesterday during the second staging of the mentorship and leadership programme for female Members of Parliament at the United Kingdom High Commissioner’s residence […]
More than 260,000 children aged under five may have died from extreme hunger or related diseases in East Africa since the start of the year, according to new analysis by Save the Children. Using data compiled by the UN, Save the Children evaluated mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition in children under […]