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Depression, stress and anxiety among the youth are the most common psychological disturbances during this Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by The Youth Café, a Kenyan based Pan-African nonprofit organization. It further states that Covid-19 has created uncertainties about the future amongst the youth.
Youth inclusion should be institutionalized and fast-tracked.’ As part of its mandate, The African Union Office of the Youth Envoy and the African Leadership Institute with support of the African Union, Department of Political Affairs hosted a two-day virtual engagement to launch the 'Greater Inclusion of African Youth in Public Service and Governance Report.'
The Youth Café, upon invitation, had the opportunity to attend the Ford Foundation Strategy launch, held on 30th January 2020 at Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi-Kenya. The theme of the event was, bridging the inequality gap. This event saw convergence of several partners spanning from representatives of civil society and private sector, to government representatives, in order to discuss the widely growing inequality in the society, with a keen focus on the young people. Corruption was explicitly mentioned as a major reason for inequality.
