SAVE THE AFRICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
(SAY-F)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Save
the African Youth Foundation (SAY-F) is a Non- Governmental Organization NGO
and Charity Organization based in Spain established in 2014 to help the African
youth both at home and in diaspora to realize their self-value and worth and to
encourage them to discover and exploit their God given talents to the utmost
use as to pursue a meaningful livelihood to benefit themselves, country, Africa
and the world at large. Formed for the interest and welfare of the vulnerable
African boys and girls, gender injustice, maltreated and abused young women,
who are debased by some obnoxious societal laws, norms and traditions that are
contrary to the female gender.
MISSION.
1.
Save African
Youth Foundation (SAY-F) is to promote human values, self-worth, and to instill
to the youth of Africa that each person’s life has a value to himself and to
the society.
2.
To teach the
youth that, because you were born you have a mission to be here.
3.
To promote
community out- reach programs and organizing enlightenment programs in schools,
colleges and charity homes.
4.
To inform the
youths of Africa the dangers of migrating abroad without acquiring substantial
qualifications, skills and trainings that will enable them fit in well in
foreign lands.
5.
To correct the
wrong notion that Europe and America are paradise as to prevent the youth from
risking wasting their lives embarking on deadly adventure to come to Europe
through the deserts and waters.
6.
To foster inter
socio-cultural exchange and relationship among African youths and their Spanish,
European and counterparts worldwide.
7.
To liaise with
Government and agencies to encourage and promote non-formal/formal education
and vocational skills training initiatives for vulnerable children and out of
school youths in view of encouraging self-reliance and building a sustainable society
with improved standard of living.
8.
To promote female
education and stop child girl marriages as female education is bedrock for a nation’s
development.
9.
To
promote sex education and to prevent untimely death and abortions from the
female genders. And to prevent our girls from prostitution which is taboo in African
culture, and as required in the Christianity doctrine, good upbringing.
10. Providing the disadvantaged young people who are drop
outs from schools due to death or separation of parents, victims of drug and
child abuse affected and vulnerable youths with a means of survival, and
keeping them busy to enhance their positive impact to the community.
11. To promote civic education through our magazine
publications, enlightening the youth on the followings; Human right, duties of
the citizens to the government, duties of the government to the citizens,
violation of human right, the child right, sex right and gender inequality.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONDUCT
1.
Believes in
upholding the positive interest of young Africans for the interest and welfare African
youths world-wide.
2.
Believes in
self-help participation and identifying the potentials among the African youths.
3.
Believes that
every African child should live a good quality life.
4.
Sourcing of
funding, resources, and networking with Africans in diaspora and International
organizations to give back to African continent.
5.
Will work with
Government agencies and Embassies to achieve goals that effect and improve the
lives of vulnerable African youths and out of school children.
OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP
The
policy framework of (SAY-F) is guided fully by registered memorandum,
constitution, and regulations of the Save African Youth Foundation world-wide
and regulated through the NGO board in extending development supports to African
continent.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The
executive board is composed of two founding members and an associate partner. Individuals
chosen on basis of adequate professional experiences in areas of relevance to (SAY-F).They
include, Hon. Uchendu Precious Onuoha, Journalist, Media Correspondent,
Author/Writer, (Founder and President). Mrs. Anthonia Nkiru Nduka, Economists,
ex- Banker (Co-founder and Secretary), Mabel Mark- Associate partner,
humanitarian, and acid attack victim of male chauvinism.
SECRETERIATE
The
operations office is located in Madrid Spain as indicated above, with the head
office to be in Nigeria and functional offices to be established in all the
countries of Africa and world-wide.
PROGRAM FOCUS
-The
(SAY-F) will liaise with Government and non-Governmental agencies in Africa,
Europe and world –wide to enhance youth development programs.
-The
SAY-F will engage in preventive enlightenment programs in colleges, villages
and communities and cities to discourage African youths from embarking on
dangerous immigration to abroad and help them to realize and exploit the
opportunities that abound in Africa.
-The
SAY-F will liaise with respective African and European Embassies and
authorities to establish rehabilitation centers to carry out enlightenment
campaigns in designated areas for preventive and re-orientation measures
towards vulnerable African youths who are trapped and rescued in the deserts
and boarders in a dangerous immigration process to Europe.
-Exchange
of youth program activities among African youths and affiliated youth organizations
in Europe and world-wide.
-The
overall focus is to encourage the youths to embrace the opportunities offered
to them to learn skills and vocations that will enable them harness their full
potentials and their capabilities as to be useful to themselves and the society.
Also show them a route out of poverty, lifting them out of the streets, away
far from the risks of drug, violence and crime. And to prevent the dangerous
immigration adventure through the deserts and waters to Europe.
We
welcome any support towards this cause.
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