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Creative highlights community change on International Youth Day 2014

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Aug.12, 2014  – In celebration of International Youth Day en août. 12, Creative Associates International recognizes those who are working to provide opportunities and hope to young people, particularly those in conflict and post-conflict environments. (www.CreativeAssociatesInternational.com)

“Today’s youth are incredibly capable and resilient, and want to be part of positive change in their families and communities," dit Charito Kruvant, Président et chef de la direction de Créatif. “I have been so impressed to see that everywhere Creative works, young people are not just involved in this change; they are leading it.”

Initiated by the UN in 1999, this year’s theme is “Youth and Mental Health.” The UN reports that while 20 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion youth aged 15 à 24 experience a mental health condition, seulement 20 percent of these young people receive the treatment they need.

Creative’s Youth Day Celebrations

Creative and the communities where it works are celebrating International Youth Day in a variety of ways.

Au Honduras, par exemple, en août. 10 une estimation 1,000 membres du Alliance de la jeunesse du Honduras program marched through the Parque Central of San Pedro Sula wearing white and carrying banners with violence prevention messages.

The program—funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and other partners—empowers youth and their communities to prevent and confront violence in cities like San Pedro Sula, où plus de trois personnes sont assassinées chaque jour. Dans 2013, the city held the highest murder rate in the world, outside of a war zone.

The Youth Against Violence movement, whose work across Honduras and other Central American countries is supported by USAID, hosted a workshop in the city of Comayagua on Aug. 9 to launch a new chapter of the group.

The workshop brought together representatives of local neighborhood groups, églises, educational centers, the Municipal Youth Office and fire department. En août. 12, in the cities of El Progreso and Choloma, chapters of the group will sponsor breakdance, percussion and musical performances and marches to celebrate International Youth Day.

Avec 37 years of implementing global development programs – particularly ones that improve education and strengthen communities – Creative is proud of its holistic youth-centered initiatives that equip those it serves to lead the way in addressing violence, poverty and unemployment, says Kruvant, one of the four women who founded the company.

Par exemple, in its Nigeria Initiative d'éducation dans le Nord (DANS LE), financé par l'USAID, Creative worked with local communities to expand access to education for orphans and vulnerable children, with a focus on health, compétences de vie et conseils psychosociaux.

Seulement 60 percent of school-aged children in Nigeria have access to basic education and the situation is even worse in the north.

“When I traveled to northern Nigeria, I saw the overwhelming obstacles young people must overcome to get an education,» dit Kruvant. “We are deeply committed to ensuring that youth in these challenging situations have access to education and the tools and opportunities for long-term success.”

In its more than four years, the NEI program boosted school enrollment in the northern states of Bauchi and Sokoto by 33 pour cent, with a 38 percent jump for girls, and empowered 16,000 orphans and vulnerable children with the tools to overcome the psychosocial trauma caused by conflict and contribute to their communities.

Au Guatemala, Le sauveur, Honduras and Panama, Creative’s USAID-funded centres d'accueil pour les jeunes have supported 43,136 young people in vulnerable communities by addressing the factors that make them vulnerable to violence. By the end of September, Creative will have 77 centers in El Salvador, bringing the total to 192 en Amérique centrale.

Dedicated to helping teenagers and young adults navigate the transition to positive adulthood in some of the most adverse environments, like Nigeria and Honduras, Creative recognizes the resiliency of youth and their neurological capacity to adapt and overcome trauma, which is supported by new research in adolescent brain development.

À propos de Creative Associates International

Creative Associates International travaille avec des communautés mal desservies en partageant son expertise et son expérience en matière d'éducation, croissance économique, gouvernance et transitions du conflit à la paix. Creative est la deuxième plus grande entreprise détenue par des femmes qui travaille avec les États-Unis.. gouvernement.

Basé à Washington, D.C., Creative a des projets actifs dans plus de 15 pays. Depuis 1977, cela a fonctionné pendant presque 90 pays et sur presque tous les continents. Reconnu pour sa capacité à travailler rapidement, de manière flexible et efficace dans des environnements touchés par des conflits, Creative s'engage à générer des solutions durables à long terme à des problèmes de développement complexes.

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