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| ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: TOWARDS A MORE WHOLISTIC APPROACH |
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• Sensitizing young people in their schools, organizations, and local communities in order to raise awareness about MDGs
• Adopting a progressive National Youth Policy which obliges decision workers to work with young people and developing international benchmarks such as a Global Youth Development Index to assist in this process.
• Funding regional and international youth networks in order to facilitate global cooperation
• Developing partnerships for joint environmental initiatives aimed at building capacity in young people between Governments, inter-governmental agencies and youth
• Showcasing youth-led efforts which have successfully addressed social and environmental needs on a local level and providing incentives for replication of such efforts in similar communities.
These are a mere inkling of the large-scale measures that need to be adopted and stringently adhered to if India is to retain its hopes of meeting the MDG targets by 2015. Primarily, therefore, the need of the hour is to disseminate information to Governments and other Heads of State about the import of youth and compel them to involve youth at various levels in development activities.
The world belongs to the youth and the sooner governments and other policy makers realize this all-pervading fact, the quicker will the ultimate goal of overall development of each and every human being be realized.
Name: Mr. Rahul Donde
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Henry Ekwuruke | Feb 23rd, 2007
I understand you views, but I would like to add that making the goals are one and deserve attention, with all leading to one goal: To end poverty in its totality. Congrats!
sulpying soapstone carvings from kenya samuel omweri | Mar 11th, 2007
hi Ruhal,
i,m busines man from kenya seling soapstone carvings, is there any way we can sulpy you the oroducts from here?
thanks
samuel
community handcrafts assistane business samuel omweri | Apr 12th, 2010
Dear sir /madam
We are an artisans from western kenya who are looking for Business partnership and community development project,
Here in below is the information about our organization,
we wel come you to work together and make changes in our communities.
Tamokcub project is non profit organization found in Kenya Western part of the country, it is founded by local volunteers. It has hundred artisans who make various handcrafts e.g. soapstone carvings, wood carvings, baskets, bags, T-shirts, Jewelries and others.
The project has been devised to assist the development of a sustainable industry using those native resources that are readily available. Proceeds from the project go towards the project member’s children’s education and to raise the health of all the project participants.
This project seeks to blend the resourceful creativity of the Kenyan artisans with knowledge of western world marketing distribution brought to the project by an experienced business coach.
The vision is to develop a unique product line that will attract the interest of the world, be low cost to distribute globally and be high in unique skilled labour content but low in other production costs. The business developed must be capable of sustaining the group in the long term. With economic sustainability the health and education benefits will flow.
To meet this requirement the group is working on a unique handcrafts concept from various artisans within Kisii and neighboring. All the income generating we get from the sales 100% profit of the project will go the Tamoklub Committee, for the distribution in accordance with their constitution. In addition 50% of the project costs will be expended in the Kenyan artisan groups. The constitution and committee officers are elected by the general members annually.
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
This group which is found in the western part of country faces many problems of diseases mainly Malaria, HIV/ AIDS for example 88% of the community have Malaria 60% have HIV/AIDS their average life expectancy has nearly halved over a period of 15 years as HIV/AIDS has taken its toll. Children born with HIV/AIDS seldom live beyond age of 15 years.
The group’s predominant industry is agriculture. The group as a main central workshop and other various home workshops where they are making their products. The group rents their main workshop. There are no electricity, water or communication services installed. Their homes are predominately mud and stick buildings are still used.
Drought is becoming a problem as a primary issue with lower rainfall generally. A secondary effect on drought in the north and west of the country is forcing human and livestock movement to find grazing further south. Anthrax is a health issue associated with the livestock movements.
EDUCATION
Education is scarce, around one third of teachers in the rural areas have been lost to HIV/AIDS. The Kenyan government has decreed universal primary education but the reality on the ground is the cost of equipment and uniforms, the need for younger family members to take care of their sick members, and the lack of teachers, all conspire to make general primary education of the group’s children currently unachievable. Secondary education is rare.
So we highly welcome any organizations e.g. fair trade organization, N.G.Os and others to partnership with us to assist as in marketing, representing and developing our communities as it is stating from above. contact person Samuel Omweriemail. mumayouth@yahoo.com or tamokcub@yahoo.ca
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