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Kenyan Youth Innovations To The Informal Housing Challenge.

Kenyan Youth Innovations To The Informal Housing Challenge.

In many developing countries, informal settlements are a widespread occurrence. "Informal settlement" is sometimes misinterpreted as a shorthand for urban poverty and misery, overcrowding, and exposure to environmental dangers. This may be influenced by the fact that informal settlements lack essential infrastructural services and facilities and have a high concentration of difficulties to cities' social and political fabric.

CRI, UNESCO, The Youth Cafe, And +150 Partners Hosted A Global Online Festival For International Day Of Education

CRI, UNESCO, The Youth Cafe, And +150 Partners Hosted A Global Online Festival For International Day Of Education

The Youth Cafe has been honored to be part of a global online festival for the International Day of Education hosted by LearningPlanet. In a time when schools, universities, and youth are so deeply affected by the pandemic, the #LearningPlanet Festival provided a timely opportunity to celebrate education as a powerful way to collectively move forward. The Youth Cafe had an opportunity to showcase the organization, particularly on our education and skills work. The organization is working towards increasing the creation of opportunities for young people to develop employability skills and competencies to take on future challenges and opportunities in the society “21st-century skills” or soft skills like critical thinking, communication skills, and adaptability.