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The Youth Cafe

The Youth Café is a not-for profit pan-African youth organization that was founded in 2012 and works with young people in Africa and around the world to foster community resilience, propose innovative solutions, drive social progress, enable youth empowerment and inspire political change. The Youth Café is headquartered at Kitisuru Gardens, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Youth Café's work is based on its current strategy,[1][2] its Youth Manifesto[3][4][5] (they facilitated its creation in Kenya during the 2017 general elections[6] and required that the next president needed a youth manifesto[7][8]) and the African Union Youth Charter[9][10] (a political and legal document which serves as the strategic framework that gives direction for youth empowerment and development at continental, regional and national levels). These guiding documents looks at today's youth bulge as an opportunity for development and economic growth. This drives their work for implementing multidisciplinary and multi-perspective projects including Peace and Security, Preventing Violent Extremism; Governance and Political Inclusion (Remittances and Accountability); Culture, Arts, and Sports; Education and Skills; Business, Job Creation and Entrepreneurship; Universal Health Coverage; Environmental Preservation and Climate Change. Their projects have reached many youths. In addition to their stand-alone programs, they maintain long-standing collaborations with partners worldwide. Their work is regularly cited by media and government bodies, and used by firms, investors, philanthropic leaders and policymakers such as Participedia,[11] UNESCO,[12] Climate Links,[13] Apolitcal,[14] Global Donor Platform,[15] Ethelo,[16] and UNODC.[17] They also produce Youth Cafe, a youth TV program on KTN that host debates on matters and issues pertaining the youth.[18]

Empowering Youth In Africa
  1. ^ "The Youth Café's Strategic Plan 2021-2023". The Youth Cafe | Youth Empowerment in Africa | Creating a Better Future. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. ^ "THE YOUTH CAFÉ 2021-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Coalition For Kenya Youth Manifesto" (PDF). SquareSpace. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "Coalition For Kenya Youth Manifesto" (PDF). International Observatory on Participatory Democracy. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 9, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Coalition For Kenya Youth Manifesto" (PDF). Siasa Place. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Youth Manifesto". The Youth Cafe | Youth Empowerment in Africa | Creating a Better Future. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  7. ^ Onyango, Wilice. "The next president of Kenya needs a youth manifesto". UREPORT-CITIZEN JOURNALISM. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  8. ^ "WAKO: The future of youth in Kenya: Our manifesto". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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  11. ^ "Kenya Youth Manifesto – Participedia". participedia.net. August 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  12. ^ "UNESCO MIL Alliance". Media literacy Award. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  13. ^ "Investing in Today's Youth for a Sustainable Tomorrow". Climate Links. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  14. ^ "Kenya's youth is fighting to heal the wounds of the 2017 election". Apolitical. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  15. ^ "Kenya Youth Participatory Budgeting". GIE. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  16. ^ "Kenya Youth Participatory Budgeting". baringo.ethelo.net. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  17. ^ "Youth Exhibitioners at UNODC's December Youth Conference Display Incredible Courage, Leadership and Determination". www.unodc.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  18. ^ Digital, Standard. "KTN News". www.standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

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