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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

African Youth 4 Change

The African Youth 4 Change (AY4C) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental development organization established in Nigeria in 1999 to mobilize resources and to promote and support sustainable youth empowerment and rural development initiatives in Africa.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to cost-effectively empower young people; women and children choose a better future for themselves within a society that enables positive social changes through facilitating sustainable youth and rural development initiatives.

Our Vision

In AFRYDEF, we envision a society where children, youths and women are viewed as assets and resources, and thus encouraged to develop their full potentials.

Our Strategic Objectives

Our Strategic Objectives include:

i.) To contribute to the alleviation of poverty through providing access to formal education and skills training.
ii.) To strengthen the capacities of primary health care facilities in community health care, HIV/AIDS prevention, counseling and testing.
iii.) To promote structures, systems and processes that lead to the equitable distribution of resources for accelerated development in the rural areas.
iv.) To strengthen the capacities of community-based organizations and the civil society in peace building, conflict resolution and development cooperation.
v.) To build local capacities for rescue and early response at incidences of epidemic and humanitarian crises.
vi.) To source and share knowledge and know-how in the field of youth and rural development, with the major aims of informing and influencing public policies and local practice.

AY4C

AY4C Programs

Africa Youths 4 Change (AY4C) prepares young people 
to be healthy, productive, and engaged citizens.

We are passionate in our belief that educated, employed, and engaged young people possess the power to solve the world’s toughest problems. Every young person, therefore deserves the opportunity to realize his or her full potential. Our programs are catalysts for change that help youth learn, work, and lead.

Friday, 7 February 2014

Vision and Mission

                                      
Vision and Mission
Mission Statement
To Deliver and empower young people and Youth by building their leadership virtues, creating mentorship, economic and educational opportunities for them to become positive change agents in their communities.
Our Vision
To be recognized as the premier resource centre for excellent development of African change agents.
VALUES:
Creativity
We celebrate, recognize and reward creativity to the mission and vision of African Youth Organization.
Excellence
We demonstrate excellence in all our activities going the extra mile to ensure that our programmes, services and operations are world class and of the highest standards.
A culture of responsibility for self and others
Integrity and openness                          
Paying-it-forward
Respect
We recognize and celebrate the diversity in our society and demonstrate respect in all of our interactions with different Representatives/stakeholders.

What We Do



What We Do
Our thematic area of focus is based on our research into pertinent issues that affect the development of Africans as global citizens. We strongly believe that women and young people are highly affected but rarely considered in decision making processes that affects their lives hence our focus area is to develop empower them to serve as change agents and also to influence and advocate the existing structures into creating the environment that would make this happen.
Our six thematic areas are:
1. REVIVAL/DELIVERANCE PROGRAMMES:
a. Raising up youth leaders, equipping servants and visionary leaders for the church, communities and the nations by empowering them with sound and effective kingdom doctrine and skills that will enable them raise kingdom standard in the domain of influence.
b. This comes before the inauguration of the zonal leaders and the team, it has to be in connection of the churches in town and write to them meet with the pastor to discuse on the venue and then now get back to the AY4C National Director for the invitation of the Prophetic Men of God etc.
2. Cultural and Educational Development: Hands on training through internships, cultural youth exchange initiatives and human capital development through scholarship schemes, music and arts workshop, short educational courses for Youth. We also target building bridges between European and African culture.
3. Entrepreneurial Empowerment: Concrete training and empowerment with the introduction of Business extension workers.
4. Democracy and Good Governance Development:  Mainstreaming youth participation in decision making processes. Understanding of civic rights and duties. Social support for enhancing rights, educate youth and children to be ambassadors of peace in their schools and communities
5. Research and development                                  
6. Social and Human rights
Africa Youths 4 Change Organization (AY4C) is a Profit/nonprofit organization, which is committed to educating, equipping and empowering African Youths and young people to effectively create the desired positive change within their communities and serve as active players in the decision making processes of their communities.

............CHANGING THE WORLD

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Vision and Mission



                                     
Vision and Mission
Mission Statement
To Deliver and empower young people and Youth by building their leadership virtues, creating mentorship, economic and educational opportunities for them to become positive change agents in their communities.
Our Vision
To be recognized as the premier resource centre for excellent development of African change agents.
VALUES:
Creativity
We celebrate, recognize and reward creativity to the mission and vision of African Youth Organization.
Excellence
We demonstrate excellence in all our activities going the extra mile to ensure that our programmes, services and operations are world class and of the highest standards.
A culture of responsibility for self and others
Integrity and openness                          
Paying-it-forward
Respect
We recognize and celebrate the diversity in our society and demonstrate respect in all of our interactions with different Representatives/stakeholders.