1 YOUNG TANZANIAN FOR COMMUNITY PROSPERITY Southern Africa Conference on Volunteer Action for Development Alfred O. Magehema: Founder & Director FNB Learning Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 18 th October 2011

Recognizing community-based volunteering for poverty alleviation in the region The role of youth in community based-volunteering  About YTCP  Youth facts in Tanzania  Why youths get involved in community volunteerism.  YTCP efforts on community development  Impacts  How can this be further supported 2

About YTCP What is YTCP and when did it start? 3

Who are the team members? SKILLS:Environment and Management, Medicine (health), Business Managements, Entrepreneurship and Information Technology 4

YOUTH FACTS IN TANZANIA 5

Youth Population in Tanzania 6  Source: Calculations based on UN’s World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision

Youth and employment opportunities 7  Estimated number of graduates from Primary, Secondary and High learning institutions entering the labour force annually.  Source: YES Tanzania

The greatest challenge facing sub Saharan Africa today is poverty. Youths are more vulnerable group YTCP works towards highlighting and strengthening the role of young people in poverty reduction strategies. 8

YTCP acknowledges that youth:  More populated in the community  More energetic and physically fit  More accessible and available  High creativity and innovative  Easily transfer of knowledge 9

10 What if we don’t involve youth?  Raising level of poverty  Poor governance  Conflicts in the Society  Increase HIV/AIDS rate  Idle youth in the community

11 YTCP efforts on Community Development

 Conduct training to youth organizations and institutions 12

13  Conduct training to young entrepreneurs.

14 THEME: Climate Change, Life skills and Education Motivation  Raising awareness to Primary and Secondary Schools

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 Let’s empower youths for change 16

17  YTCP promotes youth’s innovative ideas Mr Leornard, is an entrepreneur and domestic utensils designer Young man with dream of generating energy, biogas

18 YTCP impacts to the society

 Impart volunteerism spirit among young people  Increase in level of academic performance  Rising level of environmental Protection in the society  Increase employment opportunities More than 4000 young people and 20 youth organizations were reached 19

Other youth’s efforts in Tanzania 20 Azania students with biogas production for community development

7/1/2004TCSS545A Isabelle Bichindaritz21  Environmental Watch Association of Tanzania (EWAT)- “ Waste recycling and reduction“  Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC)  DARECHA- Create employment opportunities to young people

22 Challenges facing YTCP  Insufficient equipments and facilities (limited funds)  Extensive coverage area  Negative perception of volunteerism  Insufficient skills among youth.

How youth’s efforts could be further supported?  Strengthened support  Youth participation  Recognition 23

THANK YOU ALL www. ytcp.org We believe in Youth’s Potential for Change 24