Felana's Blog

Entrepreneurship is an art that is better to learn young. With the YMCA branch of Moramanga, 22 young adolenscent have been introduced to the hazards, the risks, and especially the pleasures of the entrepreneurial profession. On the other hand, every young person can become a positive leader if he/she is passionate and motivated. Self-awareness is an important quality for teenagers with learning and attention to develop. It can help them to become effective self-advocate, speaking up for what they need in a positive way. We had open conversations in which the participants could express how they felt and point out the positives impacts.
Through these sessions, we offered training on self-awareness and entrepreneurship education for young people in Moramanga included in the follow up activities of the young advocate for change. The goal is to give them the desire to undertake, to concretize one day the ideas that are important to them. They will not necessarily become entrepreneurs but will have developed a state of mind and key abilities for their professional life.
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Part of our vision which is to empower young people for the African Renaissance, we are conscious of the youth issues related to their conflict with the law especially in Moramanga. More than 80% of the offenders in jail are young people so it needs a serious program that aims generally to solve this problem.
 
The YMCA Madagascar provides the youth justice program to assist these young offenders to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to manage their lives effectively without further offending. Through supervision, offending related programs and linkages to appropriate support services, the youth justice service promotes opportunities for rehabilitation and contributes to the reduction of crime in the community.

 

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. They are obviously the future that we want to construct. Don't you think that Kids need to be equipped with positive self-esteem and self-confidence just as much as anybody else?

The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. While they build their identity, question the world around them and identify their strengths – how they consider themselves is a major factor when it comes to determining the life they will lead. That were the aims of this power space: “Y-Modelling for kids” which was launched at the YMCA Pietermaritzburg under the Y-Zone Programme.
The Y-Modelling was a modelling show conceived to build and improve children's self-confidence within an innovative and different activity. As we commemorated also the first birthday of the Y-Zone Centre at YMCA Pietermaritzburg, we brought together this celebration with the Y-modelling on the 1st August 2018 as well as the School new term in Pietermaritzburg.

This Kids modelling was a rewarding experience for children and parents within their relationship. It thrived on talented kids who are energetic and have fun in front of many people. The show also made the children feeling excited to socialize with their parents whom invested their time and their creativity for them. Therefore, the YMCA Pietermaritzburg planned to integrate this activity as an annual power space for its Y-Zone programme as it was a kind of outreach activity to get and involve parents into the YMCA programmes.
Through this power space, our children learnt how to come out of their shell. They had the chance to walk tall, speak clearly and smile cheerfully in the presence of others, they built the confidence they need to succeed and their parents assisted them by praising for their efforts. Stressing out over minor problems will do little to encourage them, and making the whole thing fun for the child is vital if these benefits are to become a reality. Let's make sure they get their healthy dose of motivational values in them!