Sierra Youth Magazine
Advocacy for youth empowerment
Sierra-Leone Youth Magazine is a think tank research platform which periodically disseminate information (through printing of magazines) on issues affecting young people and also regularly updating the nation through their online website
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The entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of students continue to inspire substantial change in Sierra Leone.
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Hawa Kamara is making history this year by being the first contestant to represent the republic of Sierra Leone during the Miss Universe competition.
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Sierra Leone launches free school education for primary, secondary and advanced high school students.
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The livelihoods of many people depend on having secure and equitable access to and control over natural resources.
Learn MoreThe hundred 100 most influential youth national awards
At the end of every year, the youth magazine through its publications will award hundreds most influential and successful young people and support initiatives that build the capacity of youth to take leadership roles in their local community and will also support effective local youth organizations. This will enable youth to take anactive part in decision-making on issues that directly affect their lives. FePYoCAN this year wants to start this award and they have already identified the 100 most influential youth that should be awarded and recognized nationwide for their developmental strives and commitment to change the mindset of the youth through their career and successes.
About
Sierra-Leone’s population is generally a youthful population which account for about 73% of the country’s population and 63% of the economically active population of which 67% are unemployed. Young people are mostly untrained and lack the skills required in the job market and those with formal education lacks employment or jobs opportunities. Youth empowerment therefore, has been a challenge to sierra Leone’s socio economic development, before, during and after the civil war. The Federation of Patriotic Youth and Child Advocacy Network (FePYoCAN) envisage the field of youth empowerment has a solid foundation in order to build up a cohesive and united nation at both process and outcomes levels. This process of empowering level should provide opportunities for youth to develop skills and become problem solvers and decision makers. The outcomes or the empowered level refers to the result of the empowerment process, including the consequences of attempts to gain control in their communities and theeffects of interventions designed to empower participants. Thus, Sierra Leone Youth Magazine strives to build on individual empowerment, organizational empowerment, and community empowerment through research, writing and mentorship. Youth Magazine will therefore, serve as a focal point to disseminate information concerning young people successes and challenges and become a platform of inspiration and policy formulation for government and development partners.
Events
At the end of every year, the youth magazine through its publications will award hundreds most influential and successful young people and support initiatives that build the capacity of youth to take leadership roles in their local community and will also support effective local youth organizations. This will enable youth to take anactive part in decision-making on issues that directly affect their lives. FePYoCAN this year wants to start this award and they have already identified the 100 most influential youth that should be awarded and recognized nationwide for their developmental strives and commitment to change the mindset of the youth through their career and successes.
The Magazine through its research publications and finding will provide every year a platform where young people across the nation will gather on national leadership summer camp to network, exchange ideas and build their capacity on various field of life. Such platform will be accompanying by cultural festivities and social forums to engage youth in constructive activities that strengthen their home communities. The main objectives of this program is to build on national cohesion and unity in spite of regional and political divide. This will include experience sharing by various successful Sierra Leoneans for mentorship and inspirational purpose. However, the use of traditional and contemporary music festivals and mini trade fairs will be used to promote music as a business concept for income generation and communication of youth issues in the public media.
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- Lunsar, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
Blog
With the outcomes of 2018 national parliamentary and presidential elections the need for positive engagement of youth is critical. The objective of this component is to create an effective national framework for youth career development, engagement and peace consolidation, integrating local and national actors.
