African Youth Summit Report

Hi everyone!

You can find the report on the African Youth Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in November 2009, by following this download.

My role, my responsibility

By John Wamukoya

On 26 Feb 2010 the staff of Kenya YMCA were taken through the civic competence process by AAYMCA.

The presentation made it easy for me to sell the S2C process to my fellow staff which in the long run they adopted as a mean to re-awaken Kenya YMCA in empowering young people. In line with the three components of the strategic intention and approaches (Youth Justice, Civic Action, Gender Action), we were able to visualise the role of KYMCA in empowering young people across the country.

The staff agreed to have the branches/units carry out a SWOT analysis (looking at the strengths, weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) to position them for proper implementation. This is a great move by the Kenya YMCA staff in realising our dream of building the civic competence of young people in Africa.

With guidance from the Africa Alliance staff, the branches will be able to form project teams that will oversee the implementation. Africa Alliance is spearheading the negotiation for Kenya YMCA to be the lead organisation in the western part of Kenya (which covers the most affected region with political violence that is Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley) with a special focus on the third strategy of Gender Action Programme. The purpose is to change hegemonic notions of male masculinity to be a transforming force in the society – one that empowers rather than indignifies women.

Go Kenya YMCA go.