Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Media, YETAM

Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Media YETAM Quick facts: Country: Kenya, Cameroon, Mozambique Project duration: 2010-2011 People involved: Directly 450 youth trained. Thousands of students, artists and teachers. Funding: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland In YETAM project African youth are trained to use digital technology, social media and arts to voice their opinions. Youth can thus tell about matters close to them and try to create sustainable changes in the society as well as create awareness e.g. on gender inequality. Short video documentaries, photos and stories produced by the participating youth are an excellent way to create a positive social change in their communities.

Why ICT and media
Mobile phones and internet are available for the vast majority of people. What we have been missing are the channels for the global youth, especially in most remote and resoure poor places to express themselves for wider audience nationally and globally. Thus, hardening youth to influence desicion making and oppotunity creation for their future.
We are committed to create these channels via media including digital video cameras, computers, editing software and social media . Youth can use their creativity and also increase their capacity for their future work life. Material is published via web by the youth helping them collaborate across local communities, country boundaries and influence decision makers in different parts of the world.
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Information and Communication situational analyses www.plan.fi/ict4d

Technology www.plan.fi/ict4d Youth can document their voice and share it!

Results
Final evaluation will be published 2012
Material produced by youth in Virtual Village:
http://planyouth.ca/virtual-villages
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Roles and Partners
Plan Cameroon
Plan Kenya
Plan Mozambique
Plan Finland
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Contacts: Mika Välitalo Manager, ICT 4 Development Mob. +358 50 3527386 Email: mika.valitalo@plan.fi Tuulia Virhiä Coordinator, ICT 4 Development Mob. +358 400 693076 Email: tuulia.virhia@plan.fi Believe in Children

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Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Media, YETAM

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