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Youth Empowerment Sources and Sites - Africa and otherwise (FIrst Pass)
The question of where to go for success stories, inspiration, examples, methods in the youth empowerment arena came up on the discussion board so I decided to do a little digging around. Here are some sites, papers, and online books with that seemed promising/relevant.
Web-sites
This page has a host of links to youth led social action projects and resources for those interested in the same
This site, the International Youth Foundation has a suite of programs that all deal with the employability of African youth
Papers and abstracts
The abstract for this paper has some good tidbits from a South African case study
A slightly older article on using technology for youth empowerment
Youth development in West Africa (full paper)
Participation of youth as partners in peace in Africa (full paper)
Full (or almost full) Books through Google Books:
Youth Empowerment Case Studies. These two are great researchers (and I took several cla**** from Dr. Checkoway). I hope the link works, it is a long one, but you get the full text of the book}
Here is another anthology on youth development
This volume has checklists, etc, for actually putting a project into place, a****sing it, and carrying it forward. It is an urban context, but could be really relevant for some areas of the world.
Creating better cities with children and youth: a manual for participation
By David Driskell, Growing Up in Cities (Project)Google Books has a lot of similar volumes. Once you get to one of these volumes then there are other suggested volumes which are also relevant.
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Comment by Yemisi Ajumobi on March 6, 2010 at 8:24pm
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Wow William thanks for a very valuable resource for the EVOKE network . I find that alot of people are interested in the field but they just don't know where to go and how to start. You've done a great job of digging around by providing a vast array of options that would serve as a great resource for individuals like me interested in Youth Empowerment. A +25 Evidence Award from Alchemy has been added to your point total for such resourcefulness.
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Comment by William Purves on March 6, 2010 at 8:45pm
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Wow! Thanks. I will keep on hunting things down. I am working on how to set up an SMS network right now (on the cheap) and will report on that as soon as I have a clearer idea of how to do it. I am also trying to find an inexpensive (or free) mapping program so we can get a sense of where everyone on the EVOKE network is from in one glance. Any ideas?
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Thanks for the initiative William! I know you're now aware this application has already been created but I'd still go ahead and post it on here in response to your question so other agents can take of this new feature.
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