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PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR VIHIGA COUNTY

VENUE:  BLUE STAR HOTEL DATE:     7 TH NOVEMBER 2017 EVENT:   PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR VIHIGA COUNTY The aggression among the Vihiga youth was just what the AYP-AYICC team needed to jumpstart the youth consultations in the country. It could be agreed from the high turnout of energetic youth that Vihiga was a great choice. Since tit for tat is a fair game it was only fair that the team give the mic to the virulent Mr. Evans Gichaga who stirred up the conversation on how this group of young people could work together to create the much-needed change in their own society. His catalytic skills got the youth deliberating how they could tap into innovation and creativity for their own financial benefit and means to instigate change in the society. After this briefing discussion to keep the audience at par with why they were here, it was only protocol that the team explained who they were and why they had come to talk about the matter at hand. And who better else to do so than t

PRE- AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT NAIROBI COUNTY

VENUE:    YMCA CONFERENCE HALL. DATE:       10 TH NOVEMBER 2017. EVENT:     PRE- AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT NAIROBI COUNTY . From the county near the great Lake Victoria to the county in the Indian Ocean now we were in the city under the sun, Nairobi. It would seem like the morning showers would go ahead to threaten all the plans laid down by the AYP-AYICC team, but this would not be so. This was due to the uniqueness of the day and the group of people. Today we would prove the notion wrong or right that the best of the best dwelled in this city, whether or not this was true, the two previous counties had given us something to remember and we had seen it all what more could Nairobi bring. True to its praises this county was one of a kind. Despite the morning downpours, there were exceptional young people who arrived an hour before time and volunteered to help the team set up the venue. Talk of punctuality. This gave the team hope that despite the cold the sun would surely shine again

PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR MOMBASA COUNTY

VENUE :    CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. DATE :       8 TH NOVEMBER 2017. EVENT:    PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR MOMBASA COUNTY The AYICC-AYP team arrived in Mombasa ready to vehemently engage the young minds of Mombasa on matters that were most important to them. This great expectation could be due to the fact that enthusiastic youth in Vihiga had given the team a run for their money. The team encountered a quite unexpected audience ready to engage in mind-boggling discussions. It was a disappointment to find that some of our equipment got shy of the audience and refused to function out of the blues or maybe it was the hot temperatures. But this would not deter the team from achieving its objective neither were they going to let it intimidate them. Despite the initial low turnout we held on to the boat of hope as one Mr. Isaac Oindo gave an insightful presentation on what our organization was all about and what we had come to engage them in and why was it important for us t

Why The Future is Investing in Youth

#InvestingInYouthKE Studies have shown that Africa seems to be experiencing something called a demographic bonus which simply means that it seems to have more young people than old people. The predictions also seem to indicate that by 2020 three out of every four Africans will be the age of 20years. This is proof that youth are indeed the future of Africa.  It is for this reason that European Union is seeking partnership with the AU in order to try and secure the future of the youth who are the incoming leaders of Africa. This partnership will seek to inquire what is it that is important to the African youth or what it is that they would like to see changed in terms of Climate change and Environment, Education and Development skills, Peace and Security, Governance, Culture sports and arts, and finally employment or job creation. It is by dissecting these aspects of the day to day life that this partnership hopes to be able to draw a roadmap on how youth can be better represented a

Trump Pulling Out of Climate Finance and What it Means for Kenya

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It was not until the last five years that the menace of climate change sunk deep into the brains of Kenyans. It was not until late last year that Kenya started to put into use the climate finance funding that was being distributed by the likes of World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-operative and Development (OECD). President Trump. Courtesy For a developing country, we would expect a 100% turnout and aggressiveness for the climate finance money but only a shocking 29% of Kenya's institutions claimed that money: taking a large chunk of the percentage was Makueni County.  If we isolate the county from other counties we find great disparity that we may say pushed the county to run for this money. Makueni seems to be a county that has experienced hardship in terms of rainfall availability and as a result they had to adapt to their low levels of rainfall conditions therefore ceasing the once in a lifetime opportunity to better their lives.  Rural f