UN-Habitat has made a call for nominations for the 2015-2017 Youth Advisory Board. The Board will serve a two year term and comprises 12 advisors (one male and one female youth) from Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America and West Asia. Additionally, the board includes one youth observer representing young people with disabilities and two observer members (one youth representative from informal settlements and one external advisor), appointed by UN-Habitat.
The Youth Advisory board advises UN-Habitat on strategies to engage young people in sustainable urbanization and urban development, and seeks to strengthen youth participation and advocacy in youth-led initiatives.
Our own Vanessa Phekani from Malawi is interested in serving on UN Habitats Youth Advisory Board because as she sees it as great platform to begin serving humanity.
She says it is a great platform to begin the change we want to see. To begin to change the barriers that hold Youth back in all aspects of society. She believes that serving on the board will allow her and many other youth to take on a responsibility that will not only affect our generation but many generations of young people to come.
Miss Phekani is proactively involved in numerous youth empowerment projects such as:
educating and advocating for adolescents;
· campaigning against child trafficking;
· promoting gender equality;
· career develompment initiatives &
· Youth counselling
For the long term, she is developing a program called “Youth with a Purpose”; a social enterprise with the goal of inspiring the next generation to Step Up, Lead and Fulfill its Purpose. She says she has the passion, zeal and can-do attitude tobe an effective Youth Ambassador via the Youth Advisory Board and will therefore be happy and honoured to serve.
Take some time out and VOTE for her at:
Web link; http://unhabitat.org/voting-opens-for-the-2015-2017-un-habitat-youth-advisory-board/
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