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YOUNG TANZANIAN FOR COMMUNITY PROSPERITY

YOUNG TANZANIAN FOR COMMUNITY PROSPERITY. Southern Africa Conference on Volunteer Action for Development Alfred O. Magehema: Founder & Director FNB Learning Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 18 th October 2011.

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YOUNG TANZANIAN FOR COMMUNITY PROSPERITY

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  1. YOUNG TANZANIANFOR COMMUNITY PROSPERITY Southern Africa Conference on Volunteer Action for Development Alfred O. Magehema: Founder & Director FNB Learning Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 18th October 2011

  2. Recognizing community-based volunteering for poverty alleviation in the regionThe role of youth in community based-volunteering • About YTCP • Youth facts in Tanzania • Why youths get involved in community volunteerism. • YTCP efforts on community development • Impacts • How can this be further supported

  3. About YTCP • What is YTCP and when did it start?

  4. Who are the team members? SKILLS: Environment and Management, Medicine (health), Business Managements, Entrepreneurship and Information Technology 4

  5. YOUTH FACTS IN TANZANIA

  6. Youth Population in Tanzania • Source: Calculations based on UN’s World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision

  7. Youth and employment opportunities • Estimated number of graduates from Primary, Secondary and High learning institutions entering the labour force annually. • Source: YES Tanzania 7

  8. The greatest challenge facing sub Saharan Africa today is poverty.Youths are more vulnerable groupYTCP works towards highlighting and strengthening the role of young people in poverty reduction strategies. 8

  9. YTCP acknowledges that youth: • More populated in the community • More energetic and physically fit • More accessible and available • High creativity and innovative • Easily transfer of knowledge 9

  10. What if we don’t involve youth? • Raising level of poverty • Poor governance • Conflicts in the Society • Increase HIV/AIDS rate • Idle youth in the community

  11. YTCP efforts on Community Development

  12. Conduct training to youth organizations and institutions 12

  13. Conduct training to young entrepreneurs.

  14. Raising awareness to Primary and Secondary Schools THEME: Climate Change, Life skills and Education Motivation

  15. Let’s empower youths for change

  16. YTCP promotes youth’s innovative ideas Mr Leornard, is an entrepreneur and domestic utensils designer Young man with dream of generating energy, biogas

  17. YTCP impacts to the society

  18. More than 4000 young people and 20 youth organizations were reached • Impart volunteerism spirit among young people • Increase in level of academic performance • Rising level of environmental Protection in the society • Increase employment opportunities 19

  19. Other youth’s efforts in Tanzania Azania students with biogas production for community development

  20. Environmental Watch Association of Tanzania • (EWAT)-“Waste recycling and reduction“ • www.environmentalwatch.webs.com • Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC) • www.tyc.org • DARECHA- Create employment opportunities to young people TCSS545A Isabelle Bichindaritz

  21. Challenges facing YTCP • Insufficient equipments and facilities (limited funds) • Extensive coverage area • Negative perception of volunteerism • Insufficient skills among youth.

  22. How youth’s efforts could be further supported? • Strengthened support • Youth participation • Recognition 23

  23. THANK YOU ALL We believe in Youth’s Potential for Change www. ytcp.org 24

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