Monrovia - Youth Exploring Solutions (YES), an accredited non-for-profit, passionate, and voluntary grassroots youth-led development organization officially launched its civic education project titled ‘Our Votes, Our Future”. They stressed the need for young people to take the lead in civic engagement efforts and actively educate Liberians about their constitutional rights and civic responsibilities. Olssson pointed out that the Folke Barnodotte Academy team visiting Liberia was excited to listen and learn from young Liberians as well as meet with the youth of Liberia. It utilizes civic education and community engagement approaches to address the greatest social, political, environmental and economic barriers affecting youth, women, and girls in civic participation and leadership. The strategic outcome of the project is to strengthen youth mobilization and negotiation skills and nurture civic education alongside peace pedagogy among 1,000 direct beneficiaries and 5,000 indirect beneficiaries.

Source: Front Page Africa February 07, 2017 03:35 UTC