Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathise with each other because each of us is more […]
Category Archives: Toolkit 1 – Youth Work: Women Upskilling Young Women
Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution. Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what’s happening if there are billions of people out there doing […]
If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here’s to possibilities of friendship and connection and […]
Leadership is about falling in love with the people you serve and the people falling in love with you. Joyce Banda Chidi’s main problem is that she started with a ‘how’ rather than a ‘why’. Her ‘how’ was organising a cooking club for young women and her ‘why’ was to help young women to stay […]
What we realise is that we can’t really answer these questions. Chidi worked really hard, and her idea was a good one. Her generosity isn’t in question, but her approach is. In order to design an effective activity for young women, we need to know as much as possible about the actual challenges they face […]
Chidi has always loved cooking. As a teenager, she spent hours cooking for her family and watching cooking shows on TV with her aunts. She credits discovering this early passion with keeping her out of trouble while her younger sister had a baby and didn’t complete school. Chidi wants to share her love for cooking […]
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela What is the purpose of a youth group? We must know the purpose of our organisations. We can’t plan for the future if we don’t know what […]
The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf This guide shares our experiences as women leading youth projects for women and girls in three African countries – Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Whilst some […]