Laos PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION Anna Phommachanthone’s Background and Origin As someone from an impacted community, Anna made the decision to reconnect with her Lao roots. She decided to reach out to Legacies of War in order to advocate and work towards a better future for her ancestral home. […] read more
Uganda ABSTRACT Young people possess the know-how, passion, drive, and dynamism to provoke significant change around them. Yet youth are rarely included in civic dialogue, poorly represented in political spaces, and often sidelined from decision-making. This is the case in Uganda, where approximately 75% of the population […] read more
Nigeria ABSTRACT Having young people participate in civic life is important for democratic health. Know this: the Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI) started the Kimpact Democracy School (KDS) in 2020 to increase civic learning experiences, which have nearly vanished in conventional schools in Nigeria. Such experiences strengthen young […] read more
Georgia ABSTRACT In 2020, People in Need (PIN) piloted a Media and Information Literacy (MIL) programme in four regions of Georgia, with a special focus on non-dominant ethnic groups and youth. Aiming to strengthen critical thinking and increase youth civic engagement, PIN used its well-proven One World […] read more
India ABSTRACT In Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, The YP Foundation has been promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for the past five years. Initially, the community didn’t take SRHR seriously, and there were evident gaps in accessing crucial health services, including safe abortion and contraceptives. […] read more
Senegal ABSTRACT In Dakar, capital of Senegal, around 3 million people live in the suburbs. And, as often in the world, in Senegal the word ‘suburbs’ is associated with poverty, overpopulation, unemployment, violence, sanitation and urban development problems, but also with ‘youth’. Indeed, young people live there […] read more
Greece ABSTRACT nEU Citizenship empowered more than 300 young people in four different cities in Greece. Through this initiative, they developed skills related to civic engagement, sustainable development and active citizenship. By delivering workshops, educational activities and experiential learning, the initiative has a positively impacted on the […] read more
Nepal ABSTRACT Nepal has experimented with a range of government systems, from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy to multi-party democracy. These shifts, however, have brought little in the way of change in the lives of ordinary citizens resulting in polarisation, civic disengagement and political apathy. Corruption and […] read more
Uganda ABSTRACT The aim of the WFD’s ‘Strengthening National Youth Representation and Engagement in Politics in Uganda’ programme was to ensure better representation for the needs and interests of young people in policy and decision-making in the Parliament of Uganda. The programme supported the Uganda Parliamentary Forum […] read more
El Salvador ABSTRACT In 2018, TRACODA created a training process, targeting youth from the eastern of El Salvador. Shortly after, in alliance with the Centre for Strengthening democracy, the organisations reshaped the vision of the process and launched ‘Democracy bootcamps’, which brought together young people aged 14-22. […] read more