Young & Youthful

Being young is unique, it is special, it is exciting. I had an epic time as a young boy; having all the time in the world to worry about sweets and games. I still recall how we competed to identify the steepest hills so we could slide down the slopes in half-cut plastic cans. I did not know until 20 years later that this is when my mind expanded and formed patterns that allow me to make sense of my present day world.

Well, being a youth is a different story; this is the transition phase between dependence and independence. When we form our own hopes, choose our own paths, weave our own dreams, of course, with the promise of the requisite support and framework, we become creatures that thrive on possibilities. Youths and young adults brim with potential and the radiance of knowing that they are growing into something is unmistakable.

Uganda has claimed the title of being ‘The youngest country in Africa’ and is facing daunting challenges of youth unemployment and school drop-out. Reports suggest that the prospects of these groups are at best threatened. Their radiance of growing into something is continually dimmed by elusive opportunities, inadequate skills among others. In the absence of appropriate interventions we risk having a generation whose future is mortgaged by policy failures and malfunctioning education systems.

This is where intervention programs like Kyusa come in. We partner with youths in urban and rural slums to help them create passion-driven sustainable careers through an 8-weeks program. Youths are empowered with employable skills and entrepreneurship skills to solve the lack of economic opportunities.  We know that no country has better possibilities than those of its young population. What is possible for the 12-30 years old youths composing 80% of Uganda’s population is exactly what is possible for Uganda.

No generation is better than its teachers. We welcome you to help us become better teachers to our youth.