Youth on the Streets
Rally
On the 10 November Africa Youths
for Peace and Development Organization in collaboration
with Taking it Global organized a one day forum
themed Youths on the Streets. There were participant
from ten youth groups namely Youths Arise, Sewa
Ground youth Development Organization, Future
in our Hand, Handy Capped Youths Development Organization,
House of Jesus for the disabled, PANAFU, and many
more. On this day there were also youths living
on the street, which came to share the experience
of living on the street.
In his opening remarks, Chairman
of AYPAD, Abdul Aziz Conteh, who also chaired
the occasion, intimated his audience about the
aims and objectives their organization, one of
which, he said, was working to reform street children
and youths. "We are in constant contact with
the youth and children on the streets, in order
to be able to know what their constraints are,
and to see how best we can cheep in to assist,"
the Chairman stated.
In his statement, the Project Coordinator,
Salis Bangura, said among other things, that though
the Child Right Act was enacted since 1992, very
little has been done to address child rights violation
in the country. "The number of youths and
children in the street increases everyday,"
Bangura said, "Having listened to the plight
of children, participants brainstormed on the
strategies to be put in place in order to tackle
the issue. At the end of the discussion, it was
agreed, among other thing, that a coalition of
youth groups present at the forum be formed to
work with other child-rights organizations in
a bid to address the welfare of this targeted
group."
Member of Africa Youths for
Peace and Development Organization at the Open
Forum Youths on the Street
On the 25 March 2007 Same Boat Project Sierra
Leone/ Amistad America and Africa Youths for Peace
and Development Organization in collaboration
with youth groups, commemorated 200 Years imperial
abolition of Slave trade.
On this day members of the above mentioned groups
came together and organized a procession commencing
from Eastern Police (Freetown) to Taylor Cummings
Garden (Freetown)
On the way to Taylor Cummings Garden there were
a great deal of slavery chanting, wile other member
were sensitizing the public about what was happening
before 25 March 1807 and on the went on to share
to hand bills.
On the 19 Aril 2007 Africa Youths for Peace
and Development organization was approved as local
organizes to celebrate Global Youth Service Day
2007. Africa Youths for Peace and development
Organization collaborated with Youth Groups like
Sewa Ground Youth Development Organization, Youth
Arise Organization, King Jimmy Youth Development
Organization, Barray Youth Organization, and Future
in our Hands, Same Boat Project and Klin Salone
Solid Waste management Association. On this day
as it implies we the above organizations. After
several meeting to celebrate this event there
fore came together to Celebrate global youth Service
day 2007 by rendering a service to the community.
As was organized we decide to render our service
to the community be taking care of the Victoria
park in Freetown Sierra Leone. There were 150
Participant from 10 Groups and we all cleaned
and planted flowers. After the Cleaning there
was a statement given by all the Leader of the
Youth Groups and there was also certification
of the Participating Groups after all this there
was refreshment and photos taken on the event.
