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What are the options for youth who have grown up on the streets of Manila and want to become independent,productive,and self-sustaining adults? I won’t venture to exhaust the possible answers to this question here,but point out that two options are entrepreneurship and employment. Traditionally,Street Kids International has focused on entrepreneurship. In [...] Below are a few tales of individuals who in one way or another participated in Street Kids International’s “Setting for Success Program” in Nepal. These stories and glimpses represent small,but what I hope will be,important chapters in their lives… Amitra is a youth worker at Chartare Youth Club (CYC) in Baglung,Nepal. She [...] The past month and half has been incredible. I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout this country where every route seems like the scenic route. One of my colleagues amused at my admiration for almost everything laughed and said ‘you see things that we don’t see’. The goal [...] Recently,I had the good fortune to go on a monitoring visit to the Eastern part of Nepal where Street and Practice Business trainings had been delivered in April 2009. The purpose of the visit was twofold;first,to follow up with some of the youth workers who had participated in the training and to [...] Last week we had a youth entrepreneurship and leadership training. I was amazed by the participants zest for a bright future. Many are not establishing businesses simply to earn a buck;they most certainly have great goals and hopes for their lives,families and community. We asked some of the youth their motivations for [...] I should be doing something? That’s the thought that kept running through my head. Shouldn’t I be doing something right now? I am just sitting here,in the corner,not understanding 95% of the language. But all is good. Right? Okay,so here is the context. From June 17 to 21,the Emmanuel Development Association [...] Worldwide,almost every NGO has one thing in common – donors. These are the private and public foundations,other NGOs,individuals and governments which invariably provide the lifeblood for almost every organization – funding. As a recent task,I decided to occupy myself with the search for the ever-illustrious source of funding for a project [...] Location:Debre Berhan May 19,2010 Over the course of the last few years,a giant mechanical monster has been moving from city to city,town to town across Ethiopia. This mechanical giant’s mission? To rip up every road,leaving piles of rock and debris,and pave the way to the future. It seems to [...] | |||||
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