The problem of ideal youth is real. This has been created by various factors. Arresting these people is not creative problem sloving. The authorities should talk to the youth , find why they are idle, what goals they have in life, etc. a) High school drop out ratios in elementary and secondsary schools b)Parents not enforcing discipline in their children c) Lack of creative programs to engage youth into productive life d) The emerging "Marungi" Culture e) DIscotheques and Video shows f) lack of employment opportunities
I am procastinating about an idea like this one if it does not exist already. May be the districts' authorities should look into something like this to engage the youth. Hopefully they can allocate funds for it. *Youth Opportunities Program (YOP)* * * *Statement of the Problem*: In the last ten years, the academic standards and performance in the schools in West Nile Region have progressively declined. The school systems are churning out thousands of youth who have no skills to progress to colleges, universities or other tertiary institutions in the country. Hundreds of these youth can be seen lousing around in towns, market centers or public places like Arua Park in Kampala looking for work. Some of these youth have resorted to chewing addictive drug known as “marungi’ or smoking marijuana. The numbers of mental health cases in the region are on the rise. The trends of these problems are catastrophic for the society. While adults may see these youth as lazy bums, there are hardly any creative programs to involve them in productive life. Therefore, it is imperative that creative programs must be created to engage these youth into becoming productive citizens. *Vision*: Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) targets youth from poor families living in abject poverty by helping those children experiencing family problems and struggling to become better students/citizens, both academically and socially. The objective of the programs is to help these children develop the ability to resist negative peer pressure and increase the skills needed to achieve their dreams by remaining in school and graduating from high school. *Mission**:* The Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) aims to help youth between ages 13-25 to become responsible, educated, caring citizens, to teach them life skills, and help them to stay in school. The academic intervention program focuses on helping youth to reach grade level standards, pass the National Examinations Board (UNEB) Proficiency Tests, and become intrinsically motivated to learn. YOP allows participants to experience opportunities beyond their neighborhoods and aims to prepare them for life after high school and encourages them to have bigger career dreams. * * *Goals/objectives of Youth Opportunities Programs* - Career counseling, Mentor/Role Modeling - College & Degree Completion - Substance Abuse Prevention, Alcoholism & smoking - Physical and mental health Counseling - Conflict Resolution & Problem solving - Crime & Violence Prevention - Youth Activity Centers - Youth Clubs/Associations - Employment & skills Training - Internship/Apprenticeship - Prevention of pregnancy & early marriages *Program implementation methodology/strategy:* · Hire and train young graduates with social science background as youth outreach workers (social workers). These graduates will train the older youth as team leaders employing the “Train the Trainer Model”. The graduates of the training program can become programs delivery agents in elementary and secondary schools, churches or other public community centers. This will be six months training spread over school holidays or six month intensive programs for out of school youth. · Promote sports activities after school, Boys Scouts and Girl Guides. After school tutoring. These are traditional programs around the world that have been used for centuries for occupying and engaging youth in productive life. · Researching & Publishing information about career opportunities. In Uganda reading materials are very scanty. Public libraries are non existent. Newspapers hardly reach rural areas. Children are limited to information they get from their teachers. Publishing information in pamphlets or small booklets gives children the best opportunity to be well informed and make better career choices. · Teaching youth about the economic, health and social consequences of alcoholism, smoking and addictive drugs. · Training youth on problem solving, conflict resolution, assertiveness, crime/violence prevention, leadership skills and taking personal responsibility for their actions/decisions. · Recruit and train out of school youth and train them with employable or business skills in: o Auto Body Mechanics/painters. o Motorcycle/bicycle mechanics. o TV/Radio technicians and assemblers. o Computer hardware repair, database administration, programming, web site development. o Carpentry, woodwork, metal fabricating, welders, etc o Hair saloon studios. o Plumbing & Electrical wiring. o Tailoring & Fashion Design. o Theater and performing arts. o Restaurant and Hotel Cooks, servers, & bartenders. o Brickwork, masonry and building. o Small scale farm management skills. o Promote Youth apprentice/internship programs with local businesses. o Managing personal finance & budgeting skills. o Operating & managing a small business. · Teaching youth about the consequences of early marriages, pregnancy prevention, HIV/AIDS education and prevention. · Develop youth activity centers, youth clubs/associations either in churches or local schools where youth can come together to debate on social issues affecting their generation, society or the nation. John J Avudria On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM, <westnilenet-requ...@kym.net> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > westnilenet@kym.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > westnilenet-requ...@kym.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > westnilenet-ow...@kym.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested (samuel andema) > 2. Re: Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested > (Maureen Ayikoru) > 3. Re: Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested > (samuel andema) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:07:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested > To: WestNileNet@kym.net > Message-ID: <383920.98414...@web24716.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we > wait to start a new debate. > > > > > > > > > > News in brief > > Monday, 25th May, 2009 > > > > > > E-mail article > > > > > > Idle youth to be arrested > YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle > youth in trading centres during working hours. Local leaders said they > reached the decision after realising that production had reduced because the > youth shunned agriculture. The district is threatened by food shortage after > a long dry spell. Addressing members of civil society organisations at > Praford Conference Hall recently, works and technical services secretary > Abdulutali Asiku said: “Those found idle will be arrested and prosecuted to > serve as a warning to others.” Asiku also noted that food prices had > increased because of low production, which had led to scarcity. He urged the > residents to cultivate during the current rains to increase food security. > > Thanks > > Sam Andema > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090525/1555d59b/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 00:49:20 +0000 (GMT) > From: Maureen Ayikoru <ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth > to be arrested > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > Message-ID: <670411.43963...@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > > In a tandem with Sam Andema's previous email, parts of West Nile are > certainly in the news - unfortunately for reasons far removed from the realm > of general goodness. Here is another worrisome news on potential > disabilities caused by quinine among our children in Ayivu county. Details > in this link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/14/682475. > > > Cheers, > > Maureen Ayikoru > > --- On Tue, 26/5/09, samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > From: samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested > To: WestNileNet@kym.net > Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 12:07 AM > > > > > > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we > wait to start a new debate. > > > > > > > > > > News in brief > > Monday, 25th May, 2009 > > > > > > E-mail article > > > > > > Idle youth to be arrested > YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle > youth in trading centres during working hours. Local leaders said they > reached the decision after realising that production had reduced because the > youth shunned agriculture. The district is threatened by food shortage after > a long dry spell. Addressing members of civil society organisations at > Praford Conference Hall recently, works and technical services secretary > Abdulutali Asiku said: “Those found idle will be arrested and prosecuted to > serve as a warning to others.” Asiku also noted that food prices had > increased because of low production, which had led to scarcity. He urged the > residents to cultivate during the current rains to increase food security. > > Thanks > > Sam Andema > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/westnilenet/attachments/20090526/42f61a62/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:34:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth > to be arrested > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > Message-ID: <436879.27642...@web24715.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Maureen, > > Thank you very much for drawing our attention on this medical > problem. Although i had read the news paper i had not paid attention to that > particular article. I highly recommend that every one reads it for the good > of our children. After reading the article i wish to know if someone can not > sue the hospital for crippling thier child through quinine injection which > according to the laid out medical rules is out lawed in Uganda for reasons > clearly stated in the artilce. Alaka Caleb or any other "learned > friend" should guide us on this. Most of this problems we suffer seem to be > out of our own ignorance. > > Once again thank yo for drawing our attention to the article. > > Sam Andema > > --- On Tue, 26/5/09, Maureen Ayikoru <ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > From: Maureen Ayikoru <ayiko...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Quinine disabilities and Idle Yumbe youth to be > arrested > To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> > Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 4:49 AM > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > In a tandem with Sam Andema's previous email, parts of West Nile are > certainly in the news - unfortunately for reasons far removed from the realm > of general goodness. Here is another worrisome news on potential > disabilities caused by quinine among our children in Ayivu county. Details > in this link: http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/14/682475. > > > Cheers, > > Maureen Ayikoru > > --- On Tue, 26/5/09, samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > From: samuel andema <andema...@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [WestNileNet] Idle Yumbe youth to be arrested > To: WestNileNet@kym.net > Date: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, 12:07 AM > > > > > > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Why not reflect on this one which appeared in the New Vision of today as we > wait to start a new debate. > > > > > > > > > > News in brief > > Monday, 25th May, 2009 > > > > > > E-mail article > > > > > > Idle youth to be arrested > YUMBE-The district executive committee has asked the Police to arrest idle > youth in trading centres during working hours. Local leaders said they > reached the decision after realising that production had reduced because the > youth shunned agriculture. The district is threatened by food shortage after > a long dry spell. Addressing members of civil society organisations at > Praford Conference Hall recently, works and technical services secretary > Abdulutali Asiku said: “Those found idle will be arrested and prosecuted to > serve as a warning to others.” Asiku also noted that food prices had > increased because of low production, which had led to scarcity. He urged the > residents to cultivate during the current rains to increase food security. > > Thanks > > Sam Andema > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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