The new initiative, We Can Work, will enable young women and men with disabilities in 7 countries to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030. The partnership is part of the Mastercard Foundation’s broader Young Africa Works strategy, which aims to enable 30 million young people to access dignified and fulfilling work. We Can Work […]
Tag: Children and Youth
Young Africans are forging ahead of their predecessors, with 66% attaining secondary school education, according to a study unveiled on August 10 during a youth-led webinar hosted by Afrobarometer and in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. This achievement, however, stands in stark contrast to the reality that the youth still grapple with unemployment. Themed “Understanding […]
Nyahururu — As the exercise of recruitment of youths to join KDF continues across the country, hundreds showed up at the recruitment center in Nyahururu Stadium to try their luck to join the forces. While addressing the media, the Chief Recruitment Officer Lieutenant Colonel Leshan said that the process has been going on smoothly despite […]
Dodoma — DODOMA : MINISTER for Agriculture, Hussein Bashe has said that the government’s dream to help youth engage in agricultural production activities has been fulfilled by 97 per cent. He said in Dodoma on Monday that 763 youth who were enrolled in the Building a Better Tomorrow Youth Initiative For Agribusiness (BBT-YIA) programme have […]
The education departments of Yumbe and Obongi districts in the West Nile sub-region are making significant strides in the effort to reintegrate children who had dropped out of school. Employing innovative community-based strategies, including a door-to-door approach, both districts, in collaboration with development partners, are enhancing resources and mechanisms to facilitate the successful reintegration of […]
In the bustling city of Addis Ababa, Samrawit Tarekegn is aiming to solve a common struggle faced by working parents: the need for affordable, high-quality childcare. In response to this challenge, Samrawit has founded Mogzit In-Home Care, a unique platform that connects professional nannies with parents seeking reliable childcare services. This innovative business model draws inspiration […]
Safia Jjuko Nalule, the chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), has raised concerns about the Ugandan government’s significant disregard for human rights over the past decade, particularly for vulnerable populations like women, children, and people with disabilities. Nalule made these remarks during the closing of the Rights and Justice Activity (RAJA) programme, which was […]
Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Muhammed Y. Darboe, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Gambia Police Force (GPF), has warned youth to desist from taking laws into their hands. He advised youth should instead report a potential crime/criminal to the police. “If there are any criminal offences of any nature – they should be reported […]
Nairobi — The perennial challenge of lack of free and sufficient sanitary towels among school-going girls could soon be mitigated if a proposed bill is passed into law. Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba has sponsored a bill that calls for the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee that will ensure access to quality, free, and sufficient sanitary […]
Stakeholders and the youth wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are campaigning vigorously for their preferred candidates to fill the existing vacancy in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet. The office of Minister of Youth is currently vacant following the redeployment of Abubakar Momoh to the Ministry of Niger Delta Development by the president […]
Indigenous youths of Michika communities in Michika local government area of Adamawa State under the auspices of Michika Development Initiative (MDI) have called on the state and federal government to help restore the council to its glory before the insurgence ravaged its communities. The chairman of the MDI association, Ibrahim Ezekiel Sini, made the call […]
More than 8,000 children under 5 years infected in North Kivu during first seven months of this year, over six times as many cases as in all of 2022 Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 18 August 2023 – A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is pushing […]
A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Lukmon Atobatele has called on the three tiers of government and private organizations to pay more attention to the well-being and empowerment of young people, to mitigate the negative impacts of drug abuse on youth. Atobatele, who is the Deputy Minority Leader of the Ogun State […]
President George Manneh Weah has promised Liberian youths that he will reintroduce Cadet Program to help enhance their capacities for job experience and prepare them as future leaders. On his re-election campaign tour of Montserrado Monday, 14 August 2023 in the Du-port Road community, Mr. Weah shared with his supporters, including hundreds of young people, […]
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Nigeria: Selling Babies At Orphanages
The culprits should be brought to justice The highly revealing report by investigative journalist, ‘Fisayo Soyombo, on a most egregious form of human trafficking in our country should compel serious attention from relevant authorities. The report details how babies are being sold like merchandise at a popular Lagos orphanage home. Unfortunately, this is an old […]
Stakeholders advocating against Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, have called called on those still carrying out the barbaric act to put an end to it, insisting that it is a crime and does great damage to a girl child. Advocates raised their concerns during a media roundtable organized by Save Haven Development Initiative and supported by […]
Let children be children again. Let them grow up in an environment of love, innocence, integrity, responsibility, and discipline. We can no longer ignore our greatest resource. We can no longer ignore our human capacity. Build our children, build our youths, build our professionals, build our athletes, build our musicians, build our artist, our plumbers, […]
Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, has expressed sadness over two reported learner suicides in the province. According to the Gauteng Department of Education, one of the incidents occurred at Soshanguve Secure Centre, where a Grade 10 boy learner was discovered hanging in a dormitory during lunch on Monday. It is reported that the learner had […]