YOUTHS LEADING CHANGE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE
We are passionate about making change happen
Youth Advocacy
We champion good governance, youth active participation in civil liberties, policy change through campaigns/advocacy and advocate for impactful youth policies, bridging the gap between generations and shaping a brighter future for the society as a whole.
Youth Empowerment
We bring young people together to rediscover their talents whilst we encourage them to harness their potentials and use their energies productively. We do this by creating opportunities and space for the young people in their community.
Youth & Media for Development
We help the youth to develop their communicative capacities for engagement with development actors. We train them on the use of communication tools to fight injustices in their communities. We link them to appropriate media channels to enable them to participate in development discussions.
Youth Entrepreneurship
Economic empowerment is a cornerstone to us. We have trained young entrepreneurs for the past 6 years. Based on the experience we developed a methodology for working with entrepreneurs. You can learn more and access all the materials here.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
AC-YA works to create space to enable the adolescents/youth have access to sexual reproductive health information and services including menstrual hygiene management and HIV/AIDS through awareness raising based on their rights, skills development, peer-to-peer/school health programmes among others.
Active Youth Citizens Engagement
AC-YA wokr to ensure that young people are a force for peace, democracy and equality – and an essential human resource for sustainable development and poverty reduction. AC-YA works in partnership with youth groups and organizations who share in the values and principles to work towards eliminating barriers to youth in all development process affecting them.
Education and Enterprise Development
AC-YA works to support Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) through educational sponsorship, vocational and technical skills development, and offer business training, mentorship, and start-up support for young entrepreneurs to establish their business.
SDG Youth Participation
AC-YA serves as the Secretariat for the 2030 Youth Alliance for Africa working with and mobilizing young people in Ghana and Africa to work in the SDGs’ accountability process through Annual African Youth SDGs Summit. The platform is to ensure the voice of young people in the Voluntary National Review (VNR) process.
Youth, Culture & Arts
This approach empowers the youth to use culture and arts to promote cultural identity, bridge the north – south divide and improve the participation and inclusion of the youth in governance. Our approach also recognizes the economic opportunities in arts and therefore supports the artists to be entrepreneurial in their journey
Youth & Sport for Development
Sports is used as an effective tool for development. We engage the youth in sporting activities, which holds virtues and values such as patience, tolerance, respect for others, equal rights, participation, health, sharing, peace and unity which are necessary ingredients for development.
Youth & Climate Change, Conservation and Environmental Protection
We recognize that the youth holds the future of climate and would be the most impact group. Our approach therefore empowers the youth to engage in climate policy advocacy, raising awareness and serving as community environmental brigades with the right tools and platforms to protect the environment. We also recognize agriculture as a viable business venture for young people, we therefore empower the youth to engage in the agribusiness value chain in a more environmentally sustainable manner
