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What started out as an excellent idea ended up being a dreadful one!! The organisation had to use few individuals who agreed to their stories being told. What do we take away from this experience? I am not sure how to respond to this, but we need to be careful on how we approach these issues, particularly development issues. I guess that's the lesson learnt! It is incongruous to realise that most people tend to be very proud of being a product of a school or university. Not a non-governmental organisation or a project. One wonders as to why? I thought all these institutions, whether in our communities or in society, contribute to our development!! Maybe I am wrong! I am using this example deliberately to illustrate the value of being clear from the beginning. In 2007 the network embarked on a similar project called Side View or profiling. The purpose of the project is to profile young people that have been part of the process then and those participating today and to also assess as to what extend have their ideals then and now are contributing to a better life for youth. Let me give background information on the network and its ideals in order to paint a picture on the reasons behind this side view. The network grew out of a process, which prepared children and youth to participate in the Earth Summit in 1992. The idea was to encourage young people to present their concerns to politicians and participate in the process to raise awareness of the need for sustainable development. 6000 school children participated in the process, which ended with a Children's Hearing in Norway in 1990. 40 other countries organised similar activities, which culminated in the Global Children's Hearing that took place at the Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1994 the Post Pessimist network was started in the Former Yugoslavia. Young people from different ethnic groups organised their own network and meetings. The purpose then was to ensure that young people take part in their own development. This was done through arts and culture, sports and political involvement. Lots of interesting projects were carried out in the region. The process became a success. In 1997 the idea of a movement or network of active youth groups organising their own projects was introduced in Southern Africa. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi were amongst the first countries to have been introduced to the movement. In South Africa the network was introduced in 1998 with a series of meetings across the country. Through these meetings the idea of a network was born. In 2003 members of civil society organisations came together to draft the first constitution that saw the birth of what is to be called the South African Young Voices Network,(SAYVON). The main objective for the network is to ensure that young people are vigorous change agent. The idea is to ensure that young people's lives are improved at all levels. The people interviewed in this side view represent few of many young people that were part of the process from the beginning and those participating today. The side view does not desire to showcase these people as its results, but to find out how these people are using the ideals today!! We thank each and every person that contributes to the development of this "SIDE VIEW". Your contribution is priceless!! |
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The Regional Youth Hearing took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 28 November 2008 at the Kliptown Freedom Square/Walter Sisulu Square.
SAYVON features two research papers published by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa: