AGYA Youth Leaders, Kazibwe Nelson and Nansubuga Shamira along with Point Youth Media (PYM) Co-founder Hawa Mire will be providing intensive media arts training for Comfort the Children (CTC) International . CTC International is a non profit organization that helps Kenyans build and manage the sustainable infrastructure necessary to meet the challenges of everyday life. CTC’s initiatives, focused on educational, environmental, economic, health and community development, directly impacts the community as a whole.
Nelson and Shamira have been recieving media arts training from PYM for approximately the last three years and have passed along those skills to other youth that frequent Amagezi Gemaanyi Youth Association (AGYA). AGYA creates safe, supportive, sustainable learning environments where youth can develop leadership skills and express themselves creatively. AGYA serves youth with limited opportunities and resources in some of the most populated urban slum communities in Uganda.
This initiative is part of a larger partnership between PYM and AGYA where AGYA youth leaders are working hand in hand with PYM media staff in the development of a youth-focussed train the trainer model.
“This is part of an extensive sustainable plan”, explains Mire “PYM delivers these skills to young people first with the intention of having youth delivering their own training to other young people across the globe, AGYA youth leaders are a great example of how this process can be an empowering one, particularly for young people across Africa.”
The training will take place in early September 2011.
If you have further questions or are interested in having PYM staff or AGYA youth leaders conduct training at your organization, please contact us at pointyouthmedia@gmail.com
