Today is International Youth Day and we’re celebrating by looking at the power of young people to change the world around them.
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Kenyan members of Activista, ActionAid’s global youth network campaigning to end poverty. http://www.facebook.com/ActivistaInternational Photo: ActionAid
Students at a school in Ghana, where a project to improve sanitation and access to clean water is helping girls stay in education longer. Photo: Morgana Wingward
A car wash business launched by SIDAREC (Slums Information Development and Resource Centres) in Kibera slum, Nairobi, was established to promote and consolidate skills existing within slum communities, especially young people. In 2009, SIDAREC won the ONE Africa Award, a grant of $100k.
Young women learn how to use technology to create music as part of Beat Making Labs. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/beatmakinglab
Staff of Youth Empowerment Centre Muvubuka Agunjuse (Enlightened Youth) in Uganda. Photo: Karoline Lerche/ONE