Youth Venture South Africa

Summary

Providing support for young people resulting in positive change in the areas of knowledge skills & values, through seed grants &skills transfer. YV SA is building a movement of young changemakers now

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	$50 - Provides transport for one (1) team member for a two (2) day training workshop
	$100 - Provides transport and costs for one (1) team member to attend a leadership workshop
	$200 - Provides leadership training for two (2) team member
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

South Africa is still in a transitional phase of its devleopment as a newly established Democractic country. National reconstruction and nation building in South Africa is important and young people are the center of it. Youth Venture South Africa is seen as a innovative programme of action providing a platform and opportunity for hundreds of young people to be actively part of nation building and national reconstruction.Johannesburg is the pilot area targeted for 2008.

Activities

YV supports youth by helping them address social issues in their communities. Youth form teams and create sustainable action plans that must be approved by a panel. Then, they receive seed money and technical support to start their Venture Team.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $175
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $74,825
Total Funding Goal: $75,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

YV is dramatically increasing the proportion of changemakers in the world by reaching youth and providing them the opportunity to see their own potential, develop skills thus,, creating an everyone a changemaker world.

Project Message

The critical factor for success of any human grouping - be it a company or a country - will be the proportion of changemakers it has to develop new ideas, take initiative and lead.”
- Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka and Youth Venture

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Allan Williams,
Manager Youth Venture
33A Sturdee Avenue
Rosebank
Johannesburg 2196, Gauteng PO BOX 30653
South Africa
(+27) 11-880-5592
Email:

Project Sponsor

Youth Venture Inc

Organization

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 2000
Arlington, VA 22209
United States
703-527-8300
http://www.ashoka.org

Learn more about Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in South Africa and can also be found under Education.

For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 27, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 20, 2007.

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