Activities
The Youth Cafe focuses on eight different thematic areas/activities. Each thematic area has distinctive inputs, outputs, and outcomes. Our activities are as follows:
Culture, Arts and Sports
Invest in socio-economic stability, support for youth talent, and sustainable development economic growth through cultural entrepreneurship and the creative economy spanning an assortment of creative industries such as music, performing arts, theatre, film, video, photography among others.
Peace and Security
Achieve positive contributions through active engagements and participation in the maintenance and promotion of local and international peace and security, and advocating for the prevention of violent extremism through media platforms(social, mainstream, digital).
Governance and political inclusion (Accountability)
Develop accountability initiatives and increasing advocacy for political stability and good governance to ensure there is a transparent, democratic, and accountable environment while enhancing further collaboration among stakeholders(local, international, private sector, and civil societies).
Governance and political inclusion (Remittances)
Increase the generation of domestic resources and eradication of high levels of poverty through advocating for changes in the legal and regulatory framework to ensure that the young people and especially the ‘undocumented’, ‘unbanked’ and poor are not further disenfranchised.
Education, Skills, and Technology
Create opportunities for young people to develop employability skills and competencies including numeracy and literacy, “21st century skills” like critical thinking, communication skills, digital/media literacy skills, and adaptability to take on future challenges and opportunities in society while increasing their adaptability in the era of the fourth industrial revolution and access to high-quality job opportunities.
Business, Job Creation and Entrepreneurship
Create a business acceleration program and a start-up capital to support the young people who have great business ideas but lack the financial means to kick off their businesses while providing training/ mentorship opportunities for young people to leverage and create self-employment and job opportunities for other young people.
Universal Health Coverage
Provide key education opportunities such as access to knowledge, information, and health care young people need including; correct perception of their risks on HIV; increased knowledge on sexual behavior; the need to resist forced sex from partner(s) including having multiple intergenerational sexual partners; and drug use during sexual intercourse that compound vulnerability of young people to HIV.
Environment Preservation and Climate Change
Increase programs that provide young people with knowledge based on environmental and climate adaptation (climate change literacy), advocacy for the creation of more green jobs, and creation of a collaborative platform where young people can actively engage and participate in finding solutions to the environmental challenges such as investing more in the blue economy.