WORKSHOPS/CAPACITY-BUILDING:
The outcome of our workshops/capacity-building activities are well appreciated and deemed remarkable by the various communities we serve, particularly young people who revealed that the activities provide the opportunity for young people to engage and discuss issues affecting their development and well-being, and as an inclusive mechanism for youth empowerment to put young people at the centre of planning, and shaping their attitude, behaviour, and learning and making them active partners, working together with their communities and other stakeholders to bring about positive change.
The workshop activities are specifically designed for Youth Leaders for various community-based organisations including men, women, and people living with disabilities, to promote participatory youth-led production of knowledge, designed with the ability to identify problems and find solutions to key questions related to the theme of the workshop, to arrive at a collective decision, with an innovative solution to enhance the development and well-being of disadvantaged young people, and their communities at large.
The Keynote Speakers at the workshop were the Assistant Inspector General of Police, a Superintendent Officer from the Correctional Centre (Prison), a representative from the Kissy Mental Home, and the Program Director of the Sports for Sustainable Development Foundation. Each of these speakers addresses the theme of the workshop by their institutional obligation and commitments in terms of crime prevention and the law, punishing and rehabilitation of offenders, the effect of drug abuse on young people’s mental well-being, and the role of young people in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
After the presentation of all Keynote Speakers, a participatory approach was adopted for a reflective and interactive discussion session, dividing participants into groups, to discuss key questions which are as follows:
1. What are the factors leading to youth violence, including electoral violence, and other forms of offline, online violence, and drug, and substance abuse amongst disadvantaged young people?
2. What strategies can be used to prevent young people from online and offline violence and drug abuse?
The direct actions and feedback from the participatory interactive group discussion are mainly geared to Voice Out and Step Up action:
Voice-Out: Participants expressed their views, regarding the underlying questions of the group discussions, and aggregated some of the root causes of youth violence, particularly electoral violence, including online and offline violence regarding gender-based-violence, and influencing policy, decision-making, raising civic awareness, research to understand the issues in detail, and advocating for young people development and wellbeing.
Step-Up: Participants elaborated on the need to create opportunities for young people as an entry point to be involved and enable them to express their voice, influence processes and outcomes, and engage in further research opportunities to understand the context of the development and well-being of young people from a broader perspective and empower them to take the lead, supporting themselves and their communities towards socio-economic development.
The outcome of our workshops/capacity-building activities are well appreciated and deemed remarkable by the various communities we serve, particularly young people who revealed that the activities provide the opportunity for young people to engage and discuss issues affecting their development and well-being, and as an inclusive mechanism for youth empowerment to put young people at the centre of planning, and shaping their attitude, behaviour, and learning and making them active partners, working together with their communities and other stakeholders to bring about positive change.
The workshop activities are specifically designed for Youth Leaders for various community-based organisations including men, women, and people living with disabilities, to promote participatory youth-led production of knowledge, designed with the ability to identify problems and find solutions to key questions related to the theme of the workshop, to arrive at a collective decision, with an innovative solution to enhance the development and well-being of disadvantaged young people, and their communities at large.
The Keynote Speakers at the workshop were the Assistant Inspector General of Police, a Superintendent Officer from the Correctional Centre (Prison), a representative from the Kissy Mental Home, and the Program Director of the Sports for Sustainable Development Foundation. Each of these speakers addresses the theme of the workshop by their institutional obligation and commitments in terms of crime prevention and the law, punishing and rehabilitation of offenders, the effect of drug abuse on young people’s mental well-being, and the role of young people in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
After the presentation of all Keynote Speakers, a participatory approach was adopted for a reflective and interactive discussion session, dividing participants into groups, to discuss key questions which are as follows:
1. What are the factors leading to youth violence, including electoral violence, and other forms of offline, online violence, and drug, and substance abuse amongst disadvantaged young people?
2. What strategies can be used to prevent young people from online and offline violence and drug abuse?
The direct actions and feedback from the participatory interactive group discussion are mainly geared to Voice Out and Step Up action:
Voice-Out: Participants expressed their views, regarding the underlying questions of the group discussions, and aggregated some of the root causes of youth violence, particularly electoral violence, including online and offline violence regarding gender-based-violence, and influencing policy, decision-making, raising civic awareness, research to understand the issues in detail, and advocating for young people development and wellbeing.
Step-Up: Participants elaborated on the need to create opportunities for young people as an entry point to be involved and enable them to express their voice, influence processes and outcomes, and engage in further research opportunities to understand the context of the development and well-being of young people from a broader perspective and empower them to take the lead, supporting themselves and their communities towards socio-economic development.