NAYD - Climate Change Information: Climate Change Impacts on Communities in Africa

NAYD - Climate Change Information: Climate Change Impacts on Communities in Africa: Erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged droughts and floods have become way too common in Kenya and in other parts of the world. In 2011, the w...

YOUTH/STUDENTS COUNCIL OF UNA-MAURITIUS

YOUTH & STUDENTS COUNCIL OF UNA-MAURITIUS

(Combination of: Council of Students/Youth Movement, Youth Council of Mauritius and the

United Nations Association of Mauritius Youth Wing – affiliates of: ASSU, SAYM, IUS, NASYO, ASA, ISMUM, PYU, WFUNA YOUTH)

To:   Network of African Youth for Development,

 

Dear President/Secretary General/ Chief Administrator,

We have the great pleasure to share with you that during a Special General Meetings held on 24^th March 2012 between the Council of Students and Youth Movement of Mauritius-COSYM (ex-SWYLM) and The Mauritius Youth Council a resolution was voted that above organizations will be also known jointly as YOUTH AND STUDENTS COUNCIL OF UNA-MAURITIUS. The decision took effects as from 6^th April 2012.

The decision was made after 2 years of successful experiment by both COSYM and MYC working together on the national level with a joint programs and projects.

Addis Ababa University Peace Club

Registered Address: 6 Kilo Main Campus, PO BOX 1176, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

Contact Details: Firew Girma firew_girma@yahoo.com +25191367413 and Ermias Dejene ermidejene@yahoo.com +251912095004

Mission: Peace club is a student based organization. The club aims at creating a peace full and harmonious academic environment where students of diverse background lives inter dependently.

Vision: The peace club envisions a higher education institution, where peace, justice and non violent relations prevail through students’ active work and commitment.

Nouvel Espace pour le Partenariat au Développement de Centrafrique

Registered Address: Dedengue II, Bangui-République CENTRAFRICAINE

Contact Details:Name: Philippe Junior SIBIRO, Email: nepadca11@yahoo.fr

Tel: +23670025451, +23675358497, +23675005774

Mission: Le NEPADCA a pour mission d’améliorer les conditions de vie sociale des jeunes et de lutter contre le changement climatique.

Vision: La vision de NEPADCA est la prise de conscience de la jeunesse Centrafricaine pour son avenir et surtout pour son développement durable.

“Permaculture” Improving Livelihoods of Young People in Cameroon

Better World Cameroon is engaging with NWADO through a Community Gardening project called Permaculture (permanent  agriculture)  practice and change of lifestyles. This involves designing modules developed in Ndanifor Community Garden in Yaounde for replication in the North West Region (NWR)through Better World Bamenda supported by Ndanifor Gardens UK Trust (NGUKT), Charity registered in Newcastle.

Through NGUKT Better World has  “trainers of trainers” of Permaculture trained in the Fambidzanai Permaculture Trainer Center in Zimbabwe and Certified by the International Permaculture Convergence which held in Malawi in November, 2009.

Need for introduction of Permaculture in the NWR

There is a crisis in farming, as small and medium scale farms continue to go out of business in the North West Region. The average age of farmers is increasing and farm incomes are decreasing. The phenomenon of “Land Graps” ( buying of agric lands by multinationals) not for increasing agriculture business but for feeding American cars and growing populations in emerging nations like China. Introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and invading alien species calls for action research that will tell the stories in the NWR, pool existing experience, analyze the strategic context, and decide what we want for the practical future of food sovereignty and farmland trusteeship in the region and how to implement this.

Farmers are often isolated in fragmented communities and the costs of owning farmlands and buy improved seeds prevents entry to young farmers. Many have the skills and motivation but little capital.

At the same time, the demand for good locally grown food increases and young people want to reconnect with local farms and build sustainable rural communities.

NAYD Five Year Strategic Planning Processes Well Underway

NAYD launched its five year strategic planning process early this year. The strategic planning process will help NAYD to determine where it wants to go, what it wants to do, how to get there, and when, including exploring the necessary resources.

This would be the first strategic plan for NAYD. The process is composed of five steps. This are;

1.    Preparing to plan;  A strategic planning composed of the CEO, international secretariat, partners established to lead the process

2.    Environmental scan; both internal and external environmental scan will be done

3.    Identify key issues, questions, and choices

4.    Review TaYA’s Vision, Values, and mission

5.    Defining Goals and Objectives

6.    Identifying resources

7.    Monitoring and evaluation system

NAYD Hosted AYDA Mission at the African Union Commission

NAYD hosted a group of four steering committee members of the African Youth Decade Alliance /AYDA/ on a mission to the African Union Commission /AUC/ from 18-22 March, 2011. AYDA is an African regional alliance composed of 9 African regional networks namely, African University Students Network, African Monitor Trust, Association Jeunesse Vertes du Cameroun,  Inter Faith Action for Peace in Africa, International Young Catholic Students, Nahdet el Mahrousa, Network of African Youths for Development, Southern Africa Youth Movement, South African Youth Council.

AYDA established in Johannesburg, South Africa where this organization met to deliberate on issues of monitoring youth related commitments by the AU in November 2011. The specific objectives of the alliance are, 1)To constructively advocate the AUC, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and member States for the implementation of African Youth Decade 2009-2018 Plan of Action (DPoA) and African Youth Charter (AYC), 2) To monitor the implementation of the DPoA and AYC at country level, 3) To popularize the DPoA and the African Youth Charter (AYC) among African youth, 4) To provide technical support on advocacy and monitoring to African Youth Organizations (AYOs) around the DPoA and AYC, 5) To mobilize action of AYO’s in key development and policy issues affecting them, 6) To facilitate collaboration and information sharing between different AYOs.

Joining Forces - Cameroon

God is Great Orphanage Bamenda (GIG) is a promising development approach for addressing food and nutrition insecurity for orphans and vulnerable children.        GIG is a project strand of Ndanifor Permaculture Ecovillage to be developed which Better World hopes to realize in Partnership with NWADO.

Ndanifor Permaculture Eco-village is a social enterprise project developed by the Ndaifor Community Garden in Yaounde that develops, promotes, and facilitates greening, climate change action, food security, and sustainable natural resource use, including Permaculture.

In the context of GIG programming, Permaculture training using the orphanage as implementation agency of Better World Cameroon will help guide communities and schools around Bafut toward permanent solutions for food and nutrition security, while ensuring that the options of GIG exist harmoniously within their environment.

Plant A Tree With A Dollar Campaign Launch - Malawi

Ms Bessie Chirambo, Presidential Advisor on NGO issues in Malawi said government is doing all it can to see to it that climate change and its impacts are addressed. She stressed that this cannot be done by government alone but it requires that NGOs also come in to help end this problem. The presidential advisor said this during the launch of Plant a tree with a dollar Campaign in Lilongwe the capital city of Malawi.

Bessie Chirambo, Presidential Advisors on NGO Affairs,

 planting a Tree to mark the launch.

The Plant a tree with a dollar Campaign is one of the components of a 5 years project to address issues of climate change, Environment degradation, and Nutrition and Food insecurity in the area of Traditional Authority Maliri in Lilongwe. The project is being implemented by Global Hope Mobilisation in partnership with Arise and Shine International, Dynamic Environmental, Rehabilitation and Protection and Creative Global Relief. The project is targeting women, children and young people.

The Project is coming at such a time when the effects of climate change are becoming more evident; drought, flooding, intense rainfall and many others are adversely affecting human livelihood. These are negatively impacting on economic growth, agriculture, water, human health, energy, fisheries, wildlife, forestry and many other areas in human development. Furthermore Climate change is heavily impacting on least developed countries like Malawi as the countries are least prepared to counter.  Caleb Thole the executive Director of Global Hope Mobilisation called for support from Government and private companies to support the initiative. In response the Presidential Advisor on NGOs commended the 4 NGOs on the initiative and pledged maximum support from Government to see to it that the project is a success. ■ 

Letter from the Editor (March/April 2012)

Since its official launch in 2007 INSPIRE Newsletter has gone through tough and good times in bringing the African Youth development efforts and struggle for change, the advancement of youth and basic human rights in the front line media with thanks to Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Personally, I am more than elated to have joined INSPIRE Newsletter Editorial Desk from its second edition and today I am still here working hard with strong back office (behind the scenes) support from invisible faces. Albeit the many the times when I almost step down or withdraw working on INSPIRE, I have been encouraged to continue working because of you the ever ardent reader. Your unceasing commends every time gives an inspiration and strong motivation for me. I thank you.

I like you to send your opinions and comments on what you think about INSPIRE NEWSLETTER since you started reading it. Please try to be very objective in your comments (exclude flattery).  From our next edition henceforth, we will publish a column christened “LETTERS TO THE EDITOR”. Do enjoy reading this very interesting 48^th Edition of our Newsletter. ■

Christian Phuebong Tabifor

CHIEF EDITOR