FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR’S DESK 
 

Dear Members and Friends,

Welcome to World Youth Alliance Africa. I hope you will find here relevant and useful information about our work.

I am grateful to be in a position to serve young people of Africa, the future of our continent in a journey to promote the dignity of every person. The work of WYA focuses on training young people to understand and be able to articulate the concept of human dignity and how this concept relates to different issues, most of which we still face here in Africa. We seek to promote people centered policies at international institutions where decisions are taken that affect all of us.

In Africa this concept of putting the person first and at the center of policymakers’ business is needed more than before at national as well as international levels and its relevance still alive, until this concept is fully understood.  Be it health policies, development aid, population related policies or the fight against HIV/AIDS there is trend in policies that reflect a little understanding of the needs of the person.

This kind of understanding of the needs of the person is not only found in international policies, it is present in governance in Africa and beyond. Be it corruption that robs the poor and marginalized of their rightful share in common good and blocks integral development or a simplistic view of wellbeing and development that looks at development as only a matter of income. Income is indeed an important part of it, but development policies should also seek to enable people to have a broad sense of their own wellbeing and opportunities to express and make choices about their lives and future.

The World Youth Alliance gives young people a platform to express their voices on matters that affect their lives and that of others. If you care about what is happening whether in policy or cultural trends and the way it affects all of us, join us today! The issues outlined above are just few of many examples where our work can offer an alternative and effective solution to today’s pressing problems and the more voices we have the louder we can shout and the more we can be heard.

Here are different ways you can get information of  WYA Africa Region; if you are not yet a member and would like to become one click here; if you are a member and would like to undertake WYA Track A Training click here; if you would like to know what is happening at WYA Africa Regional Activities click here; if you want to learn more about WYA Africa internship programs click here. If you want to learn about the history and founding of the World Youth Alliance click here. For information regarding WYA Africa National Chapters and how to contact them click here. Check out here for WYA Africa blog. Finally to check out WYA declarations and statements click here.

Yours Truly,

Obadias Ndaba
Regional Director, World Youth Alliance Africa