December 12, 2020 (Juba, South Sudan): The Nile Youth Development Actions (NYDA) organized a two-day training for 15 internally Displaced youth who participated under the umbrella of the IDPs Youth Forum. The training encompasses elements of strategies for personal growth and development, and community organizing for positive action. The training module further included the role of youth-led Civil Societies in peacebuilding, peace-making, peace-keeping, and inclusive reconciliations, and the importance of peace dissemination and campaigns among communities.
The training was viewed by many internally displaced youth as an eye-opener that keeps them optimistic for a better South Sudan that accommodates everyone in harmony. Further, the Nile Youth Development Actions (NYDA) took the lead in the outreach program to train and inform the internally displaced youth in Juba about the ongoing Public Consultations on the Ratification of the African Youth Charter, from the angel of inclusivity, the trainers distributed the copies of the Charter to all participants.
Article (2) of the African Youth Charter stipulates that “every young person shall be entitled to the enjoyments of the rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed in the charter irrespective of their race, ethnic group, color, sex, language, national and social origin, fortune, birth or another status. NYDA sees its reification as a fundamental step in enhancing youth participation through policy implementation in South Sudan.
