Youth and cultural development foundation has been working with Intiative Africa and the British Council in implementing youth led projects since 2014. Among others Active Citizens, Horn of Africa Leadership and Learning for Action (HOLLA) and Support to Social Enterprise Leadership(SE) are the major ones. Through these programs YCDF has built the capacity of thousands of Ethiopian youngsters in every corner of the country using the internationally tested tool – The Active Citizens Toolkit.
Active citizens is a social leadership skill training program that promote intercultural dialouge and community-led social development. Through the program, we bring together people with diffrent belifes and perspective to learn from and share with each other. Working with our partners around the country, we train participants in the skills and knowldge needed to affect social change in their communities.
Active Citizens (AC) connects thousands of like-minded people around the world who collectively want to make a fairer and more inclusive society in the AC program we deliver training. Using the Active Citizens toolkit that has four important steps.
Let’s join hands and hearts to make a lasting impact, because together, we can change lives and create hope for those who need it most
In Ethiopia SRGBV problem continues to deepen in recent years. It is one such problem that is creating tension . . . . .
Youth-led Peace Dialogue Initiative - Learning to Live Together
Connecting Ethiopian Women and Youth Entrepreneurs to the Export Market: A Case of AfCFTA” is a capacity building project . . . . .
The project “Promoting Youth-led Intiatives for Enviromental sustainability through Leadership and Learning for Action (ESLLA)” a youth-led sustainable development campaign has been implemented in Walisso-Oromia in partnership with Oromia/Youth and Support Office, Initiative Africa and the British Council of Ethiopia. It was funded by Europian Union-Horn of Africa Leadership and Learning for Action – HOLLA Project from August 2015 to December 2017.
The over al purpose of the project was to build and increase the leadership capacity of youth to intiate and implements Social Action Projects that contribute to the sustainable development of local communities. It benefits totally 224 young people [male 87 and 137 female] with interesets in social /enviromental Enterperenurship with approaches of community dialouges, organizing events and rendering volunteer services. Two Youth-led Social Action projects and four local awareness raising activities delivered by youth community educators that contribute to localized promotion of community development and which showcase positive youth participation to about 4498 [ 2159 male and 2349 female] people directly.