Welcome to AFRIKA!
The region of Hope, Resiliency and Action. At Youth4Nature Afrika, we are on a mission to raise the Afrikan spirit higher by highlighting and celebrating youth restoration and climate action work happening across the region.
Here, be sure to look out for #Y4NSpotlightSeries, regional briefs, webinars, blogs and other relevant content in the region.
Interested in collaborating on a project/webinar/workshop, or have ideas on meaningful collaborations we can forge or explore? Reach out to our office, t, at hello@youth4nature.org.
INUKA PILOT: WE LAUNCHED
Youth4Nature has LAUNCHED its first-of-a-kind, for-youth-by-youth restoration project-INUKA. The project, which launched on 20 March 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, seeks to take advantage of experiential learning to deliver training on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) best practices, youth leadership and storytelling and scale-up solutions across five key landscapes in Kenya (Coastal Mangrove ecosystems, Inland wetlands, Semi-Arid, Highland forests and Agro-forestry ecosystems).
INUKA, a Swahili word for “rise up”, taps into youth actions and leadership in NbS by bringing to light the incredible on-the-ground restoration work they do while inculcating International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Global Standard for NbS as an effective tool for assessment, design and verification of NbS.
INUKA’s goals include;
Biodiversity and NbS best practice
Sustainable Livelihoods and Youth Leadership
Community Building and Storytelling
Meet the #Y4NAfrika team that is headed to the Africa Protected Areas Congress this July in Kigali, Rwanda!
Afrikan youth are already leaders for protected areas and need a seat at the table to co-shape policy and implementation processes and decisions. At APAC we will be doing just that - advocating for the role of youth and local and Indigenous communities and hosting events to create space for youth to exchange and add their voices.
Learn more about what we are planning and get to the know the team here! More details coming soon about our events and how you can get involved.
#PhotoChallenge
To inspire action across the region, our #PhotoChallenge takes on the warmth of our inspiring Y4N Global Ambassadors from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, Egypt and many other Afrikan nations.
These photos inspire action from all of us, by showcasing the amazing landscapes, environments and actions young people are taking at the local level. And for you, we hope that these equally inspire you!
#Y4NSpotlightSeries
The Youth Spotlight Series project seeks to challenge the status quo and offer a platform for youth in the global south to share their stories (as activists, stories of their initiatives or projects, their journeys in community leadership), and have those unique stories profiled and amplified on Youth4Nature’s social platforms, as well as linking the youth action to networks that can support their cause. Initially designed to highlight the youth in Africa, this project is expected to be rolled out to other parts of the global south, with cooperation among the Youth4Nature regional directors and regional programs. The aims are to:
Highlight unrecognized youth working to drive impact in their communities
Incorporate existing exemplary youth action at the grassroots
Listen to their stories and compile it/ profile it
Use their stories to amplify their efforts
Bring in a new perspective to inspire underrepresented youth
Pitch these stories to partners/ local/ national/ regional actors
Create a lasting catalytic change on how youth engagement is done
STORYTELLING
African Youth, you are invited to submit your story! For more, click here.
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Meet the #Y4NAfrica Team
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