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From: Denise O'Toole <dotoole@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:17:05 +0300
Subject: This week's opportunities and info for young leaders
To:
Cc: George Khisa <gkhisa@xxxxxxxxx>, David Kamau
<david.kamau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Maggie Kamau
<maggie.kamau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Greetings! Hope you have had a good week.
1) In this week's blog, YALI Regional Leadership Center alumna Sue Wanjiru
of Kenya focuses on a young lady from *Uganda *who is sure to inspire
you, *Noeline
Kirabo*:
https://suewanjiru.com/2017/06/13/my-radio-frequency-is-cari
ng-for-others-and-being-fearless-noeline-kirabo/
2) Exciting opportunity for social entrepreneurs in East Africa from
Ashoka Africa in Nairobi:
We’re excited to announce the launch of the 2017 American Express
Leadership Academy Emerging Innovators Bootcamps, designed by Ashoka and
American Express. Each year, we select 100 promising leaders in social
innovation across North America, Europe, West Africa and East Africa for
two-three days of blue-sky thinking, problem-solving around social impact
and workshops led by Ashoka Fellows and other industry leaders.
As you already know, I’m a big fan of what USAID does with youth in the
region including YALI and its mission to support creative, brave and
ambitious leaders. (You really do attract the best people!) *We’d love your
help identifying social entrepreneurs who would benefit from this
opportunity -- so that rising social innovators across** have the chance to
apply.*
Some quick details:
- The opportunity is open to rising social innovators ages 35 and
younger in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Francophone West
Africa and East Africa.
- The Bootcamps are designed for early- to mid-stage social innovators
and social intrapreneurs. Ideal applicants have launched their venture in
the past 5 years, and would benefit from joining a cohort for deep
reflection and intimate discussions about what it means to enact broad
social change.
- Each participant will receive an invitation to an Emerging Innovators
Bootcamp in either New York City, Mexico City, Berlin, Dakar or Nairobi.
The cost of meals, lodging, and activities during the Bootcamps will be
covered by us for all participants, and a partial travel award will be
issued to participants outside city limits to cover the majority of travel
costs.
- Applications
<https://ashokachangemakers.wufoo.com/forms/emerging-innovators-bootcamps-2017/>
are
open until June 30th
3) Search for Common Ground has an informative report on *Accommodating
Religious Identity in Youth Peace-building Activities* that many of you may
find interesting:
https://www.sfcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Accomodating
-Religious-Identity-in-Youth-Peacebuilding-Programs-050917-dr3.pdf
4) Kenyan Regional Leadership Center alumna *Winfred Athembo* has
developed a short video on *engaging government officials*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpmshVJPns&feature=youtu.be
5) RLC East Africa Cohort 14 alumna* Doris Mollel* and her eponymous
foundation created this video about the *survival of pre-term babies:*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOT218ku-PI&feature=youtu.be&t=64
5) *One Acre Fund* is seeking a* Product Innovations Analyst* in Kakamega,
Kenya:
https://apsia.org/careers/job-openings-internships/job-openi
ng-description/?jobID=9460&jobType=apsia_public_job
6) *FREE online courses* from the *YALI Regional Leadership Center East
Africa* are *open to all*:
https://ulearn.yalieastafrica.org/
7) A colleague at USAID/Tanzania shared information on the *State of the
World's Fathers* (Just in time for Father's Day!)
The generations before us could not be seen pushing a stroller – it wasn‘t
“manly” enough. Those same men were told not to cry, to “man up” and to be
strong, but we cannot live our lives following some predefined version of
masculinity. These social norms, the ideas about what it means to be a man,
affect boys and men throughout their lifetimes: men are less likely to see
a doctor than women are; they are less likely to talk about their feelings,
and more likely to commit suicide.
Some ideas of manhood are outright dangerous, leading men to use violence
against other men, against women, and against children. Global estimates
indicate that one in three women experiences physical or sexual violence in
her lifetime, mostly perpetrated by men, and the majority of cases by an
intimate partner.
These are some of the reasons that the Government of Iceland, has developed
the Barbershop concept: a series of events targeted at getting those
individuals in decision-making and leadership positions to reflect
personally on their power, privilege, and role in advancing gender
equality.
It’s also why Iceland are champions of HeforShe, UN Women’s global campaign
to create a bold, visible force for gender equality. And most importantly,
it’s why as a country, they have taken the gender equality agenda so
seriously in policy and practice.
State of the World’s Fathers: Time for Action builds the evidence base
for what we know: that when fathers have the opportunity and the support
to do so, they can contribute in a meaningful way to their children's lives
and to a more genderequal world.
1. http://sowf.men-care.org/download/
2. http://men-care.org/
--
*Denise O'Toole*
Deputy Chief
Office of Education and Youth
*USAID/Kenya and East Africa*
+254 20 862 2432 (office)
+254 704 851 979 (cell)
*WE PARTNER TO END EXTREME POVERTY AND PROMOTE RESILIENT, **DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETIES WHILE ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND PROSPERITY*
--
ERIC N. NGONDI
+254 720 963 825
Skype: ericngondi
Email: eric.ngondi@xxxxxxxxx
Alt. Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
YALI - Mandela Washington Fellow 2014
Ambassador - Kenya Society for The Blind (KSB)
Chairman - Vision Center for Disable Kenya VCDK
"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare
up the steps - we must step up the stairs." ~ Vance Havner.
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