... To Address Concrete Realities. Community Technology Review, Winter 2005
e-Terview: Youth for Technology Foundation, IT Edge, June 2006
United Nations Volunteers Honors Outstanding Volunteer Teams, ...
... understanding of activism, civic participation and the tenets of democracy. The program leverages an action based civics curriculum. Participants take effective action on concrete issues in their community ...
... make a concrete difference in the lives of rural and disadvantaged youth.
The "New Owerri Digital Village" will be designed and constructed according with the tenets of sustainable, environmentally-conscious ...
Unless we are able to translate big thoughts into concrete steps of action...they are pointless."
~Larry Bessidy
In 2008, YTF's Owerri Digital Village partnered with the Imo State Job Center to ...
Unless we are able to translate big thoughts into concrete steps of action...they are pointless."
2009
YTF launches “Yes, Youth Can!” a civic education program designed to raise ...
... why should we do this?" and I answered, "...because it is the right thing to do - I see great potential." I am pleased that this vision is helping to solve some of these communities' most concrete issues. ...
... designed such that participants learn to use technology and then apply the tools they have learned towards a concrete issue; health, education, economic sustainability, in their communities.
Program ...
"Many NGOs don't start with concrete projects that address real needs. They don't listen, they just impose. There is no such thing as drive-by development. YTF is grassroots focused, YTF listens, then ...
... bridge different social and economic obstacles. To this effect, all YTF’s innovative programs are designed to use technology as a tool to address a concrete community reality and at the same time, equip ...
... edition of the Community Technology Review. "Owerri Digital Village, teaching young people to use technology to solve concrete realities." Read the full publication here.
December 2004 - Youth for ...
... school). 3). Empowering youth to affect positive and concrete changes in their community using appropriate technology. 4). The village’s only nursery school established and piloted in 2009.
The Sironko ...
"Unless we are able to translate big thoughts into concrete steps of action...they are pointless."
~Larry Bessidy
At Youth for Technology Foundation, our milestones are earned by focusing on lifelong ...
... designed such that participants learn to use technology and then apply the tools they have learned towards a concrete issue; health, education, economic sustainability, in their communities.
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... no concrete programs exist in Nigeria for youth to build leadership capacity in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention by providing opportunities for young people to gain and expand their skills as educators, ...
... cannot be overemphasized," said Njideka Harry, YTF's Executive Director. "YTF ensures that its programs identify a concrete issue in the community, then trains youth to develop a deeper understanding of ...
... and support, I am able to find the time to continue to volunteer and contribute in a concrete way to YTF.
Have you met with any of the other YTF volunteers that you work with who live in other countries? ...
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