{"id":65186,"date":"2019-12-19T08:22:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-121913-349066.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=65186"},"modified":"2021-01-13T08:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:41:34","slug":"nourishing-our-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepollinationproject.org\/nourishing-our-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Nourishing Our Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you remember the first time you were inspired as a child? Did you have people in your life to advocate for your health, education and overall wellbeing? As children, our self confidence and life perspective is highly impressionable. TPP grantees understand the need and value to equip youth with the tools and emotional support they need to explore the world through curious eyes, high self esteem and community driven goals.<\/p>\n
These youth driven projects prove there is no limit to how we can engage our younger generations no matter how dire a situation may seem. We hope this ignites your deepest dreams and the desire to share them with others.<\/p>\n
The Youth Empowerment and Skill Development Project<\/a> addresses the high level of poverty among young people in Malawi. This is attributed to a myriad of factors \u2013 including lack of employment and lack of skill development opportunities that can assist young people to become self-employed. Grantee Chimwemwe Kanyika shares, \u201cWe are motivated to carry out this project because it will contribute significantly to making the world just and long term goals that contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by increasing job opportunities and income levels youth the youth.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Access to Quality Early Education for All Children<\/a>, located in Nchelenge district of Luapula province of Zambia, supports quality educational opportunities for the most vulnerable children in remote areas. Managed by community volunteer teachers, this project will establish conducive learning classrooms to youth. Richard Mfula \u2013 the project leader \u2013 shares, \u201cI was inspired by the overwhelming number of children in this community without access to early learning centers in the area since the government re-introduced early childhood education in all public schools which has not been implemented fully yet.\u201d The grant funds will help purchase 100 pockets of cement to begin the construction of a classroom block for the children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She Needs a Chance<\/a> is a project that gives opportunity to community schools in Nairobi to access libraries and links the students with mentors. Started by Brian Kimani and Kevin Kinuthia, they believe in providing opportunities to quality education to less privileged students from disadvantaged backgrounds who cannot afford to pay or buy books that are a requirement in their schools. In addition, students are linked with mentors through visits, which are outdoor events in order to see the other side of the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr. LaGarrett King is the Founding Director of the CARTER Center for K-12 Black history education at the University of Missouri. Each year, the Center holds a Teaching Black history conference<\/a> for educators from kindergarten through high school, alongside other professionals, to help improve Black history education. The conference seeks to engage and inspire teachers to go back to their schools and develop powerful Black history lessons that are critical, engaging, and relevant to the lives of their students.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Project<\/a> leads Fritz Kwa Mendi and Esing Prudencia have been feeling the frustrations of internally displaced parents in our community of Yaounde, Cameroon who were unable to send their children to school. \u201cWe felt helpless, but somehow galvanized to find solutions in our own little way. Today hundreds of these IDPs have smiles on their faces. May have been coming to us and we feel we are making an impact. With just a little push, we will reach more IDPs in need.\u201d<\/p>\nRichard Mfula, Patrick Kaputa \u2013 Access To Quality Early Education For All Children<\/h2>\n
Brian Kimani, Kevin Kinuthia, Peter Maina \u2013 She Needs A Chance<\/h2>\n
CARTER Center For K-12 Black History Edu \u2013 Teaching Black History Conference<\/h2>\n
Fritz Kwa Mendi And Esing Prudencia \u2013 Supporting Internally Displaced Children To Return To School<\/h2>\n
Wariri Faith Mereh, Top Teens Nigeria \u2013 The Science Of Self Esteem By Top Teens Nigeria<\/h2>\n