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- AYWFC-19 : MaiSoin
  
  Posted at 10:34 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Aug 26, 2020
  
  MaiSoin
  
  In Côte d’Ivoire, young people are doing their part to keep their community safe, and one such person is Dédé Zeïnabou Tounkara Cissé. Having an awareness that her country will find it challenging to cope with the Coronavirus crisis because the health care system is barely managing patients with other illnesses. People who are ill can, at times, find themselves victims of fake drugs or visit informal clinics if they are unable to access health care. So Dédé then co-founded MaiSoin with Mario Romero. Dede has a background in health, with a Master’s in Public Health from Emory University.
  
  Dédé Zeïnabou Tounkara Cissé, MPH- Co-Founder and Director of Operations MaiSoin
  
  Maison is a cloud-based mobile application that helps patients to be connected to health care providers. House medical visits are possible where needed in non-emergency cases. Examples services include follow up on patients taking medication and maternal heal consultations. Even without the internet, patients can use the app without internet and health personnel can be able to track the patient’s medical history with the app as well. The details of the patient are safe as only the patient and the person treating them have access to their information.
  
  To find out more about MaiSoin and the projects that they are working on, you can visit their website: MaiSoin
  
  Posted in African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19(AYWFC19) | 0 Comments | Tagged African feminist, African youth, Fighting Coronavirus in Africa, Youth fight COVID-19
- WYA Africa Youth Summit 2020
  
  Posted at 12:23 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Jul 27, 2020
  
  This year’s World Youth Alliance(WYA) Africa Youth Summit happened on Facebook due to the COVID-19 measures; otherwise, people would have been on their way to Nairobi, Kenya. The theme for this year was, ‘ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN GOOD GOVERNANCE.’ The two speakers were Caroline Maingi and Nadja Wolf. Kevin from the WYA Africa team was the host.
  
  Kevin( Host), Speakers (Caroline and Nadja)
  
  Caroline lectures on Philosophy and Ethics at Strathmore University, she is also a chair and advisor of the WYA Africa Board. Caroline gave her tips on Good Governance to the youth and some of which includes:
  -Take up Leadership
  -Community Service
  -Say no to corruption
  
  Nadja is the WYA Africa director of Advocacy since 2015. She studied law and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association. For the session she took Nadja broke down international law into customs and treaties and their impact on national policies. She also gave us the policy cycle Framework: Its Policy to Funding to Implementation.
  
  Delegates Participating using the Facebook Comment Section
  
  As the delegates, we were able to introduce ourselves and ask questions via the comment section. Even though we learnt a lot virtually, we hope to attend the next youth summit in 2021 in person. To stay updated on the work of WYA Africa, you can check their Facebook page: World Youth Alliance Africa
  
  Posted in Events | 0 Comments | Tagged African youth, Youth Governance
- AYWFC-19 Series:YMCA Zimbabwe
  
  Posted at 2:14 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Jun 29, 2020
  
  YMCA Zimbabwe
  
  YMCA is an international non-profit organisation that is located in many countries, including Zimbabwe. For Africa, their vision is ‘Empowering young people for the African Renaissance.’
  
  To combat COVID-19, YMCA Zimbabwe has been doing several things. Firstly they have been creating awareness on the reality of Coronavirus and educating people on how they can keep themselves safe, and as part of this awareness campaign they went on radio.
  
  YMCA ZIMBABWE Radio Interview
  
  YMCA Zimbabwe has made sure that citizens are still able to stay fit during quarantine by circulating a poster that shows different exercises that people can do indoors. Furthermore, this organisation has a writing contest for the youth with the theme, “ I AM A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN DURING THIS COVID-19 ERA!!!”
  
  Indoor Workout Chart
  
  Writing Contest Flyer
  
  If you want to see more of their activities or connect with them, you can check out their Facebook page: YMCA ZIMBABWE
  
  *AYWFC-19 – African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19
  
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- Happy Africa Day
  
  Posted at 5:50 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 25, 2020
  
  Posted in Celebration Series | 0 Comments | Tagged Africa Day, African youth, Proudly African
- AYWFC-19 Series: AFRICAN YOUTH FRONT ON CORONAVIRUS
  
  Posted at 5:23 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 14, 2020
  
  African Union office of the Youth Envoy
  
  The African Union has decided to increase the effort against COVID- 19 by including African youth through the launch of the Africa Youth Front on Coronavirus initiative.This is a multi-stakeholder advocacy group of youth and intergenerational networks that will support the implementation of the African Continental Strategic Plan for the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  
  Some youth have done consultations in regard to COVID-19 and here is an example of their findings:
  
  -There is lack of recognition of youth’s critical role in preventing the spread of the virus and contributing to frontline responses to the global challenge
  
  -Lack of effective and innovative communication to reach African youth in the communities who are either in denial of or fear from the virus
  
  -Socio-Economic impact on youth (unemployment, food insecurity, gender-based violence, racism and discrimination, etc.)
  
  Aya Chebbi (African Union Youth Envoy)
  
  The African Union is the first intergovernmental organization to create a high level policy and advocay framework for young people to co-lead Africa’s response to the pandemic, it is the African Youth Front on Coronavirus – Aya Chebbi (AU Youth Envoy)
  
  You can watch the video of the official launch of African Youth Front on Coronavirus here:African Youth Front on Coronavirus – African Union- Launch
  
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- AYWFC-19 Series: Melrose Projects
  
  Posted at 11:46 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 8, 2020
  
  Melrose Projects is a youth association that is based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The founder is Melisa Muraji who is passionate about empowering youth and women. Melrose has training programs that teach youth and women how to make different items such as, detergents, rugs, shoes and bags etc. They also do campaigns to discourage young people from Drug Abuse.
  
  Melisa Muraji(centre) and her team on a Drug Awareness Campaign
  
  To help combat COVID-19 in the community, the Melrose Projects team has made hand sanitisers and freely distributed them in Mount Hampden village.They have also given out some face masks.
  
  Melrose Hand Sanitisers
  
  Recipients of Hand Sanitisers in Mt Hampden
  
  Recipients of Face Masks
  
  Some of the Future plans that Melrose Projects have to combat COVID-19 include the following:
  
  – Carrying out awareness campaigns that encourage the youth and everyone else to abide by government instructions of social distancing. – Supplying the vulnerable with protective clothing eg masks and gloves – Supplying foodstuff to those struggling during the lockdown, so that they will not go out in the streets looking for food thereby risking their health and that of everyone else.
  
  If you want to see more of Melrose Projects or connect with them, you can check out their Facebook page: Melrose Projects
  
  *AYWFC-19 – African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19
  
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- African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19(AYWFC-19)
  
  Posted at 7:53 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 4, 2020
  
  Introduction
  
  Welcome to the African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19(AYWFC-19) series. In this series I’ll be featuring African youth that are doing their part to keep their communities safe and informed. As the rest of the world is doing their best to win the battle against Coronavirus, it’s no secret that a lot of African governments were not equipped for this kind of pandemic. Nonetheless some young African people are stepping up to the challenge, from making and distributing hand sanitisers to giving masks to the vulnerable in society. The African youth are really inspiring and have shown that they are movers and shakers in their countries.
  
  I hope this series will inspire you to make a difference in your community, as we join hands to make the world safe again.
  
  Posted in African Young Warriors Fight COVID-19(AYWFC19) | 0 Comments | Tagged African youth, Youth Empowerment, Youth fight COVID-19
- Youth Time Series: Part 4
  
  Posted at 11:42 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on May 1, 2020
  
  Entrepreneurship
  
  The Journey of entrepreneurship is one that is less travelled, but for those bold enough to start their own businesses, they can create opportunities and become wealthy. At the Youth Global Forum I met Rakesh Biswas and Suhas Gopinath who became entrepreneurs at a young age.
  
  Rakesh Biswas
  
  Rakesh is the Founder and Chairman of International Youth Society of Eco-Friendly and Renewable Technologies(IYSERT), which has operations in eight countries. He is the youngest person to have applied for 7 patents in India. Rakesh won Best Suggested Project Award(Social and Quality Improvements in India) at the Rhodes Youth Forum in 2012 and the SAM Global Youth Award in 2014.
  
  Rakesh told me the importance of protecting my work through patents and giving back to my community even after I’ve become successful. We also had a good chat about his home state Rajasthan,where I had previously gone to for a friend’s wedding in the ‘Pink City’ Jaipur.
  
  Suhas Gopinath
  
  Suhas Gopinath is the founder of Globals and HappyEMI.Globals is a Web Solutions company that grew to become one of the biggest analytics company for the Education and Public sector.HappyEMI is a digital lending platform based in India. Suhas was honoured as a young global leader at the World Economic Forum. His other honours include being a Member of France’s Young Leaders Club, being a Winner of the New York Mayor’s Venture Fellow and being a Former Advisory Board Member of World Bank. At the age of 14, he was the world’s youngest CEO and BBC did a documentary about him.Check the link below for the documentary: https://youtu.be/BZ3MrxuqYd8
  
  Suhas explained to me the importance of mentorship and knowing what mentor I need for the level that I find myself. He also encouraged me to take risks, and I found out that he followed Bill Gates to the bathroom to pitch himself(speak of being bold!). Interestingly, Suhas has been to my country Zimbabwe, where he did some youth projects with our former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara.
  
  Sibonginkosi(left), Suhas, Rakesh(right)
  
  If you a young person and you want to be an entrepreneur, go ahead and start your journey. You can never be too young.
  
  Posted in Youth Global Forum | 0 Comments | Tagged Entrepreneurship, Youth Empowerment, Youth Entrepreneurs
- Zimbabwe Independence Day Tribute
  
  Posted at 9:53 am by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Apr 18, 2020
  
  Independence Day Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
  
  Posted in Celebration Series | 0 Comments | Tagged Freedom, Independence Day, Zimbabwe
- Creative Avenue
  
  Posted at 1:02 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Apr 14, 2020
  Youth in Arts:Creative Avenue
  
  In February, I had the opportunity to go to an event called Creative Avenue in Harare. This was an event for the youth in the arts. There I saw many talented people who are fashion designers, jewellery makers, artists and musicians. The most inspiring part of this project was that a young man named Rowan was the brains behind the event. Rowan is passionate about youth in the arts showcasing their talent and gaining some opportunities.
  
  Rowan(left), Sibonginkosi (right)
  
  Rowan pitched his Creative Avenue idea to the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Recreation, companies and some foreign embassies. Finally he was able to get funding from the British Council. Funny enough I wore my Union Jack T-shirt that day, I don’t know if it was intuition or just a coincidence.
  Art and Clothing exhibition
  Creative Avenue begins with a masterclass that lasts for two months. After the two months, creatives come together to showcase their talent at an event. Apart from organising Creative Avenue, Rowan also has a clothing line called Domane. You can check out their merchandise here: http://www.domane.co.zw/
  Posted in Events | 0 Comments | Tagged African youth, Creative youth
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