Zambia YMCA has already adopted S2C!

By David Ngosa

I wish to share with you that the theme for Zambia YMCA AGM "The youth moving from Subject to Citizen through economic empowerment" was drawn from the S2C concept and Summit learnings. The President of the Africa Alliance of YMCAs was guest of honour at the event.

The Zambia YMCA leadership responded so well to the S2C concept was adopted and we are incorporating it to our 2010 Annual Operating Plan as one of the main activities that will be done. The AGM actually recommended that the Kenya Burning DVD be made available to all the local associations in Zambia so that we can use it to train/sensitise the young people. So this was also adopted as one of the tools that Zambia YMCA will use in training the young people, especially on civic engagement.  

Zambia is preparing for elections in 2011, and this is another reason why the leadership felt that our young people need to see the Kenya burning and that they need to be educated further on the S2C so that they are empowered.

The plan is for me to travel around the YMCA's in Zambia to share the S2C more detailed.

For us in Zambia, the journey has started and we shall not go back at all. I wish to encourage you all to work even better than ever before, because the response we received from the members in Zambia is more than I thought it would be. It was amazing, especially as we had the media present at this event.