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How Does Climate Change Affect African Youths?

The Youth Cafe’s policy brief titled African Youth and Climate Change was written in light of COP27 to address significant themes concerning climate change and African youth engagement. We find that despite the urgency of including youth in climate discussions, there are several difficulties that African youth face in getting involved. Reasons, why these focus areas are of concern for African youth are elaborated, followed by recommendations concerning these issues. The latter portion of the brief summarizes four challenges African youth face regarding participation in climate matters.

Toolkit On Pro-Environmental Youth Engagement

Are you a young person, ambitious to engage in pro-environmental change but need to know how due to the complexity of the climate crisis and the diversity of options? In this toolkit, you will find information and guidance on how to engage and lead pro-environmental change on four levels (without necessarily requiring a lot of resources or time): individual, local and national, international, and social-media communication

How Does Climate Change Affect African Youths?

How Does Climate Change Affect African Youths?

The Youth Cafe’s policy brief titled African Youth and Climate Change was written in light of COP27 to address significant themes concerning climate change and African youth engagement. We find that despite the urgency of including youth in climate discussions, there are several difficulties that African youth face in getting involved. Reasons, why these focus areas are of concern for African youth are elaborated, followed by recommendations concerning these issues. The latter portion of the brief summarizes four challenges African youth face regarding participation in climate matters.

Toolkit On Pro-Environmental Youth Engagement

Are you a young person, ambitious to engage in pro-environmental change but need to know how due to the complexity of the climate crisis and the diversity of options? In this toolkit, you will find information and guidance on how to engage and lead pro-environmental change on four levels (without necessarily requiring a lot of resources or time): individual, local and national, international, and social-media communication

Become the Voice For Climate Change | October 2022

Be the Voice for Climate Change

The Youth Café is providing an enticing opportunity for its members’ voices to be featured in the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP, 27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. We value your voice and want you to be heard by world leaders like the United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency Abdel Fattah El-Sisi-the Egyptian and COP27 president, and other heads of state. Register Here

Become a Youth Research Panelist Today/October 2022

Help government, brands and NGOs make well-founded decisions in Africa. When you join The Youth Cafe, you will be asked your opinion and insight on attitudes, opinions and wishes of young people in terms of education, employment and the labour market, the economic situation, the level of social protection, health & wellness, people, politics and governance, and other forms of social participation. Its findings are intended to help agencies, policymakers and development practitioners to plan new youth-oriented social policies that will address the existing challenges that face young people in Africa and beyond today. Register Here To become a research panellist.

Africa Youth Development Index/July 2022

The Youth Cafe’s  Africa Youth Development Index (AYDI) is a collaboration between The Youth Cafe and other youth-serving organizations across the globe to measure, benchmark, and monitor youth development and access of young people to education, training, employment, health, and wellbeing.

The Youth Cafe’s AYDI focuses on indicators like The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita; the Human Development Index (HDI); the GINI; literacy rates; Drug use; fund allocation; minimum wage; skilled labor; Internet users; employment ratio; NEET (a  young person who is not in education, employment, or training).

Other indicators include agro-produce, livestock, market exploitation and value addition; access to finance, capital and grants; conducive trade and business environment; health and well-being; social protection; sports and creative economy; youth representations and inclusion in government and its agencies; systematic coordination of the youth function; culture of civic citizenship by the youth; and public participation among others.

Join Us As We Launch The Kenya Youth Manifesto/May 2022

The Youth Manifesto is a declaration of a shared vision for Kenya and its youth. It is a culmination of a long process and journey that began nine months ago. Join us in Villa Rosa Kempinski as we launch the Youth Manifesto and contribute your voice.

The journey for the preparation of the Youth Manifesto began with the convening of youth participants who are actively involved in the political and civic leadership space from across the country in a nationwide Youth Summit.

Participants from Nairobi (Nairobi, North-Eastern, Eastern, Central, Coast, Rift-Valley, Nyanza, and Western) came up with a draft of the Youth Manifesto, which highlighted key thematic issues under three broad pillars; Economic, Social, and Political.

Our 2021 Annual Report Is Out!!! | March 2022 Newsletter.

The Youth Café is proud to share the eighth Impact Report produced based on the Social Return on Investment methodology. The average Social Return on Investment ratio for The Youth Café is 1:12, meaning that an investment of $1 delivers $12 value in terms of positive social impact. The present report outlines the main activities and projects carried out by The Youth Café from January to December 2021. The activities were developed and implemented in compliance with The Youth Cafés Strategic Plan approved for 2021-2023, its Theory of Change, and The 2017 Kenyan Youth Manifesto. +140 activities were chosen for evaluation during the reporting period to represent the diversity of The Youth Café programming. They were selected to represent all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 22 countries in Africa.

Take Part In Our Upcoming Regional Summits | February 2022 Newsletter.

International Republican Institute and The Youth Café in conjunction with partners will hold regional consultations seeking grassroot level inputs by youth who are not engaged in the political process to ensure that the priority issues are captured comprehensively. In addition the secretariat will conduct Key Informant Interviews to address information gaps particularly on the policy recommendations on the policy issues.

Take Part In Our Informal Housing Challenge | January 2022 Newsletter

On February 19, 2022, The Youth Café is planning an event to address the informal housing challenge. The key partners in the event include; The Aga Khan University, University of the Fraser Valley, Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems, UN-Habitat -Youth Café-Urban Economic Forum, and other private sector and community partners who focus on the informal youth housing challenge and its impact on young people.

Have You Registered As A Voter? | November 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Coordinating Committee for Elections having been launched with the obligation to enhance youth participation in the electoral process, it is imperative to enhance the capacity of this committee to be able to carry out its mandate as per the aspirations shared by the commission.

Have You Been Vaccinated? | October 2021 Newsletter

Despite the need to be vaccinated, Africa is falling behind in the global vaccination drive with only 3% of the continent’s population being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release from the African Union. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), dedicated to “immunization for all” had a virtual introductory meeting with The Youth Café. The meeting involved discussion on increased engagement and collaboration in the African continent engaged in Covid-19 advocacy at the regional and continental levels.

Meet Grassroot Champions Working To Fight Corruption | September 2021 Newsletter

After months of applications and shortlisting, The Youth Café and its partners have awarded 3 finalists who are working on fighting corruption at the grassroots level. The event took place at our offices and we had guests such as Amos Onyango of PLO Foundation, Nerima Wako of Siasa Place and Samuel Kimeu the Executive Director at Africa Voices Foundation and formerly of Transparency International.

Introducing The Youth Ecopreneur Awards | August 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café has partnered with International Trade Centre to promote the 2021 Youth Ecopreneur Awards. Youth Ecopreneur Awards call for young ecopreneurs with innovative solutions in three categories: waste, water, and energy. Stand a chance to win a monetary prize total of USD 15,000 as well as technical assistance and coaching by ITC experts.

The Awards welcome applications from entrepreneurs up to 35 years old with a registered business in the least developed and developing economies. The Awards offer a stage and sounding board for youth to showcase their sustainable and scalable solutions to accelerate the green economic transition and receive support on this journey.

What Future Do Nairobi City Youth Want? | July 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café in collaboration with the Ford Foundation have partnered on a project that seeks to engage the youth in the fight against corruption and build their power to impact government policies and uphold their rights in the closing civic space.

YAY!! We Are Finalists For The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award! | June 2021 Newsletters

The Youth Café was nominated as one of the top five finalists out of a pool of over 220 nominees from 52 countries around the world!

The WIN WIN Youth Award is an international award that aims to empower and reward young people who play an active role in the creation of a more sustainable future. We were nominated for our work under the thematic area of Governance and Political inclusion as highlighted in our Theory of Change. One of our projects in this area is titled “Engaging youths in the fight against corruption and the closing civic spaces in Kenya”.

How Financially Literate Are You? | May 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café aims to pilot a financial literacy intervention program for youth. This will be key in addressing the unique problems young men and women face and help them navigate the financial real world. To better understand the youth financial attitude, behavior and influences. Kindly fill the form below and help us in designing the program.

Advancing Youth Online Civic Reasoning In Kenya! | April 2021 Newsletter

Your participation in this survey helps us understand the current training needs regarding digital media literacy among youth in Kenya. Help us enhance the fact-checking skills of the youth to restore eroded trust by fake news, improve civic online reasoning and encourage responsible social media usage among the youth.

Are You Interested In Youth Mental Health? | March 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café (Kenya) in partnership with University of Sussex (UK) is looking for young people between the ages of 18- 25 in Kenya to help design online youth mental health support. In this study we want to explore people’s views of youth mental health provision in your community. We are also interested in finding out about your use of online platforms. This study is looking at ways to provide accessible mental health support to young people, particularly those affected by COVID-19, and we are looking for young people living in Kenya aged 18-25 to share their views and help the design process.

Where Are You Going? Waenda Wapi? Quo Vadis? | February 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café has partnered with the Open Think Tank Network on this policy project called “The Future for Human Mobility”. The Open Think Tank Network members - Agora (UK), Foraus (CH), Polis180 (DE), and Ponto (AT) - plan to experiment with a participatory foresight methodology to create explorative future scenarios on how people move across the world by 2050.

Here’s Our Annual Impact Report For 2020! | January 2021 Newsletter

The Youth Café is proud to share the eighth Impact Report produced based on the Social Return on Investment methodology. The average Social Return on Investment ratio for The Youth Café is 1:12, meaning that an investment of $1 delivers $12 value in terms of positive social impact. The present report outlines the main activities and projects carried out by the The Youth Café from January to December 2020. The activities were developed and implemented in compliance with The Youth Café Strategic approved Plan for 2018-2023 and The 2017 Youth Manifesto. +50 activities were chosen for evaluation during the reporting period to represent the diversity of The Youth Café programming. They were selected to represent all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 22 countries in Africa.

Saying Thanks To You!!! | December 2020 Newsletter

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We couldn't have done it without you.

This has been a challenging year! However, in many ways, it has also been a year of tremendous clarity and insight. We were reminded this year how similar our aspirations are and yet how much disparity exists in our ability to achieve those aspirations; we confirmed how interconnected our nations are and that injustice in one location can cause pain and outrage across the globe; and most importantly, we learned how to stay genuinely connected even while isolated!