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Youth Led Survey

Purpose

Gather data from developing country applicants of Opportunities Fund to better understand youth led organizations and the factors that influence them.

Methods

Online Youth Led survey filled out by Opportunities Fund applicants, and youth led agencies interested in the fund. Additional data could be gathered from applications forms.

Current status

601 youth led agencies have filled out survey from 52 developing countries

Countries of Origin

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Youth Led Survey - Organizational Focus

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Youth Led Survey - Funding Level

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Youth Led Survey – Group Benefit

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Youth Led Survey – Funding Sources

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Youth Led Survey – Adult involvement and activities

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Youth Led Survey – Adult involvement and activities

This project is a youth led initiative but we had to involve elders for mentorship, administrative issues and financial support. Youth Coalition for development under Save Life Initiative Kampala, Uganda

Apart from running our children centre, only one adult is involved in active management of the organization. They are basically in a non-active management of the centre such as 9 of them being on the board of trustees. They basically play a mentorship and an advisory role to the organization.Community Alliance for ChangeNairobi, Kenya

Youths without adults is not enough, they need to be guided here and there as adults could have more experience on the society and the environment that surrounds the youth.Kafue Youth Care and Community Prevention Programme (KYCCPP)Lusaka, Zambia

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Youth Led Survey – Adult involved vs. Non-Adult involved – Project cost

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Youth Led Survey – Adult involved vs. Non-Adult involved – Project needs

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Youth Led Survey - Way Forward

Challengeso overcoming technological barriers

o integrating application and survey data o Categorization of youth work

o done by MDG?

Opportunitieso Large dataset from diverse set of countries, comparabilityo Opportunity to use dataset as a baseline, identify subset of projects

to do more in-depth qualitative worko Sharing of data to inform other programs and projects

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Focus of NetworkFocus of Network• Culturally/Southern appropriate

o Intergenerationalo Definition of participationo Definition of youth

• Place basedo Lack of knowledge of youth’s everday liveso Defines access to life’s chanceso Not soley psychoogical

• Participatory/Research for actiono Meaningful engagement of youtho Research not for sake of research

• Practice to policy to practice o Connections between policy and program and research

• Capacity Building focuso Help desko Platform for training and capacity building

– Platform to • Dissemination

o Better communicate on their best practices

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