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Dec 18th, 2008 - 14:35:59 |
ESIAM THEOPHILUS
We wish to first of all salute the many actively young people of NGYF on the Africa continent. It is the Executive pressure to announce their interim meeting in Ghana on the 20th December 2008.
Agender of the meeting :
(a) Sustaining Aid for the development and setting priorities for the forum.
(b) Economic issues
Dec 18th, 2008 - 14:34:51 |
ESIAM THEOPHILUS
We wish to first of all salute the many actively young people of NGYF on the Africa continent. It is the Executive pressure to announce their interim meeting in Ghana on the 20th December 2008.
Agender of the meeting :
(a) Sustaining Aid for the development and setting priorities for the forum.
(b) Economic issues
Mar 7th, 2006 - 14:43:26 |
ESIAM THEOPHILUS
Dear colleagues,
It gives me much pleasure to inform you that the first edition of N-G online magazine a pet project in collaboration with prince lans fans club will come online on 6th May , 2006..N-G online magazine is a monthly publication that would feature the followings:
Editorial issues
Articles
Youth/organisation profiles
Letters
E-connect and Events
Special interviews with eminent personalities in the world.
This magazine is aimed at promoting intercultural and interpersonal relationship among the youths in the world.Besides, to eduacte youths, connect them, promoting creativities and promoting youth self reliance, etc.
Yo are hereby urged to subscribe to this new concept. Every subscriber will be receiving a free copy of this magazine every first Sat. of the month.
To subscibe , pls do contact rpf_project@yahoo.com just post your name and email address .You can also apply as one of our contributors/columnists
Thanks
Sep 20th, 2005 - 13:43:54 |
ESIAM THEOPHILUS
FINDINGS, OUTCOMES & RECOMMENDATION ON THE
THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS & WORLD PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR YOUTH
The following findings, outcomes and recommendations were made from all the workshops as the outcomes of all the workshops were interrelated. To actually get the Youth involved in, Poverty Eradication and Tackling Unemployment using the MDGs and the WPAY as frameworks, the following outcomes and recommendations were made:
Youth and Policy Making:
* The youth should be involved in policy making and issues of national development. The youth shall be involved in issues that affect as well as the entire nation.
* An enabling and more favorable National Youth Policy that pertains to current state and needs and directional in attainment of the needs of Youth should be released
Youth and Entrepreneurship
* Initiation of more Skill training programmes on entrepreneurship to cover all sectors of development.
* Educational systems should be structured to include sustainable entrepreneurial training to suit current economic requirements.
* Establishment of micro finance schemes to support youth entrepreneurial businesses.
Youth and the Media:
* A more responsive and concerned media houses should have youth programmes as part of its priorities.
Youth and Donor agencies
* Donor agencies should help youth initiated and youth based programmes which are aimed at poverty eradication and combating unemployment, which are solutions to other socio-economic problems. eg: prostitution, child trafficking, human trafficking and disease infections, eg : HIV/AIDS and Malaria .
Youth and Government Agencies:
* Ministries and various agencies under government should increase their efforts drastically in terms of programmes and projects that are running under their jurisdiction especially youth based programmes.
* Government should award Youth involved in community service to encourage volunteerism as a strategic tool for national development.
Youth and Cooperate Institutions
* Cooperate institutions should have policies concerning youth. Eg: scholarships for needy youth, support for rural infrastructural facelift.
Youth and Health:
* More projects aimed at preventing spread of malaria should be encouraged. Programmes and projects concerning HIV/AIDS should tackle the internal factors especially attitudinal / behavioral change.
* The under five child health policy should be redesigned since it was done before the adoption of the MDGs.
Youth and Gender Balance:
* Government policies should be streamlined to enable more female participation in all sectors of national development.
Youth and Volunteerism
* Voluntary programmes should be in place to involve youth in channeling their energies into national development.
Youth and Foreign Missions
* Foreign missions should review their policies that impedes youth traveling for Youth programmes in other countries.
* Foreign missions should be more Youth friendly and support youth programmes.
Youth and Education
* Cost of Basic education should be practically free to encourage enrollment
* Tuition fees especially in the Secondary schools should be flexible enough to allow the Poor youth to complete full secondary education.
* The Educational system should be more practical and technical to suit current socio-economic needs.
* More Vocational, Technical and ICT training institutions should be encouraged to meet current socio-economic and global needs.
Youth and Drug Abuse/Juvenile Delinquency
* A policy that will place ban on certain movies with obscene outlook that promote drug abuse and violence among youth.
* A policy to check sexually provocative dressing of women in public places which attracts sexual assaults on them
Sep 13th, 2005 - 17:22:49 |
ESIAM THEOPHILUS
REPORT ON JUST ENDED NYGF 2005 (GHANA - AKOSOMBO)
We are happy to share our first reactions after the Nigeria – Ghana Youth Festival 2005 event - which for five days (23 – 27 August 2005) have gathered around 58 direct and international participants from Nigeria, Gambia, Benin and Ghana and numerous NGOs, District Assembly, Representative from Member of Parliament as well as Tertiary students and school teachers,
I would like to extend my gratitude for your support, participation or interest in participating.
Representatives from Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Gambia also presented a report on the achievement of their home countries organization. Generally speaking on how they can come inline to project the image of NGYF.
For instance the Gambia delegation focus on how the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FOOD SECURITY is highly motivated and committed youth structure with the aim of mobilizing productive youth labor for sustainable food security and again to appoint two delegate from Ghana NGYF to represent the country in the STEERING COMMITTEE in Gambia. To conclude, the representative drew attention to the need for developed countries to assist developing countries like Gambia, Niger as a case of reference to fight tropical hunger by alternative means.
Examples from Nigerians stressed the dangers of the unemployed youth, the high rate of violence through occultist art and inform participants on how money should work for them and they not working for money. They again point the system of savings since any aid agencies wants to see work in progress before assisting.
Further, case studies from Benin show how some young activist have made it through the practice of volunteerism and networking, and role of some social responsibilities from some agencies.
From Ghana, Mrs. Vera Boohene, Reporting and Information Assistance of World Food Programme, The Food Aid Organization of The United Nations System, urged participate to fight against hunger in particular with the aim of raising funds to assist more children through the WFP Global School Feeding Campaign
We intend to follow up this through campaigns, grassroots work and
lobbying coordinated by the International Networks. The main goal is to share common resources and exchange ideas, in addition to all the network partners take action in the local campaigns (petitions, appeals to governments, local authorities, church leaders youth leaders..) which each national branch is in charge of as a part of the follow-up.
Depending on the appropriate funding, the forum will be capable to conduct case studies and launch campaigns urging governments and individual to take action and raising public awareness on agriculture and development issues.
Our greatest thanks go to
UN - World Food Program [WFP, Ghana and Nigeria],
Asuogyaman District Assembly, Ghana
Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman/ Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana
Youth Alliance Action For Liberation – NIGERIA
Royal People Foundation – NIGERIA
Multi Multivational Foundation – GHANA
Global Youth Action Network – GHANA
Journal des Etudiants – BENIN
Junior Chamber International – NIGERIA
National Youth Association For Food Security – GAMBIA
Young Peace Brigade International – GHANA
Africa Humanist Alliance – GHANA
Student World Assembly – GHANA
Awareness Creation – GHANA
RAFT – GHANA
All Media.
For pictures and report, please go to: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/NGYF
The fight has just started...
All your suggestions are welcome.
Read you soon
Best Regards
'If poverty and hunger stand up, it is because we sit, so let's get up'
Mr. ESIAM THEOPHILUS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NIGERIA – GHANA YOUTH FORUM
Box: 48, AKRADE, E/R. GHANA
Phone: +233244586726 / +233208278920
Email: nigghayouthfest@yahoo.com
mrbingogo@yahoo.com
Website: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/NGYF
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