Describe the involvement of major NGOs in development activities for the youth.
Many NGOs seek to involve young people in the design, implementation, and evaluation of youth-serving programs. Youth involvement provides the organization with valuable insight into the needs of adolescents. Youth involvement also builds the leadership and communication skills of young people. Creating effective youth involvement, however, is a challenging process, one that demands commitment and flexibility on the part of both NGOs and young people themselves.
Youth involvement is equally important in the development and implementation of an advocacy campaign. Young people can provide accurate insights into the effects of various policies, or lack of policies, on their peers, and can help an advocacy network better define its goals, objectives, and strategies. The presence of youth in all network events and activities serves as a reminder of the issues which bring the members together. Finally, young people develop leadership skills and confidence and gain work experience.
However, youth involvement is more than just young people being present at a meeting or serving as spokespeople. Young people should play as important roles in the network as do adult members, and they should participate in decision making, planning, and implementation of activities. A number of factors, however, create barriers to youth involvement.
- Cultural norms make young people reluctant to speak out and adults less likely to listen to them.
- Young people and adults may have difficulty discussing and planning activities on the sensitive topics of reproductive health and sexuality.
- Young people may lack some of the formal training in processes that adults have, which may inhibit their participation in setting goals and objectives and defining strategies.
- Adults frequently assume that they easily understand the attitudes and challenges of youth today.
- Finding suitable locations and times for young people and adults to meet can be difficult.
- Young people, particularly out-of-school, working, and street-involved youth, may be reluctant to spend a lot of time on activities for which they receive little or no money.
Young people are a tremendous resource for an advocacy campaign. Bringing young people into the process early and getting adults and youth to agree on some first steps to build their communication and collaboration will help create the foundation of a sustainable effort. Following are tips for working with young people and involving them in advocacy efforts.
- If the network or organization does not have direct access to adolescents, contact other YSOs in the community. Invite young people who work with those programs to come and speak informally about their efforts.
- Discuss youth involvement with other organizations and identify those which are successful at involving youth in their activities. Seek information and materials that will encourage youth involvement in the advocacy campaign.
- Find locations and times for meetings that are acceptable for both young people and adults. Young people, too, should be kept informed about plans and meeting times.
- Begin with activities that will help
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