Global News by Tag: youth
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – Arifa Jan, 27, is striving to infuse life into the traditional craft of making namdas, rugs created from felted wool. In the process, she is also realizing her dream of becoming an entrepreneur, a dream that has been traditionally out of reach for women in Kashmir.
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LAGOS, NIGERIA – Fashogbon Abiodun David, 34, is the CEO of Fashi Fizzie, a fashion boutique, and Fizzie Republic, a marketing company, in Ibadan, a small city in southwestern Nigeria.
David says he started his business a decade ago with less than $20 USD.
KANDY, SRI LANKA – Kethmi Hettige, 17, is a student from Sri Lanka’s deep south, where the traditions and culture of Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority are fiercely protected. But she says she received exposure to the minority Tamil language and culture when she attended the Future Leaders Conference in August in Kandy, a city in central Sri Lanka.
ACCRA, GHANA – Cecil Ato Kwamena Dadzie, 21, converged with other young people from across the continent at the African Youth and Governance Conference this month in Accra, Ghana’s capital.
Dadzie, a Ghana ambassador for Voices of Future World, a project that aims to increase youth participation in public debate, says the conference provides the opportunity to network with other young people from various countries and discuss youth development issues.
ACCRA, GHANA – Genevieve Osei, 15, is a student of the Holy Trinity Senior High School in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. She is also a member of Curious Minds, a local youth development organization. Osei and dozens of other teens attended a colloquium yesterday to discuss the national budget for 2011.
NAIROBI, KENYA – “The most betrayed lot in this country are the youth,” says John Mutua, who is unemployed despite his two college degrees.
Mutua says Kenya is doomed because of its sky-high unemployment rate, currently more than 40 percent. Mutua says he wonders why the government is not coming up with new strategies and employment programs, especially for youth.