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  • Largely Peaceful Kenyan Vote Bolstered by Youth, Technology

    April 2, 2013 Editor 0

     

    As Uhuru Kenyatta is confirmed as Kenya’s new president, the U.S. Institute for Peace interviews a youth peace-activist involved with the Yes Youth Can! project:

    Ann Wanjiku Mwangi, who overcame a childhood growing up in the Rift Valley and a slum in Eldoret despite twice having her home burned to the ground, said the Yes Youth Can! program helped her broaden her influence in youth organizing. She’s now treasurer of the National Youth Bunge Association.

    “I came to understand that the youth in Kenya were being misused every election year because they were unemployed,” Wanjiku told the audience. “Through ‘Yes, You Can,’ we have been able to explain to the youth the importance of peace and that peace in Kenya rests in their hands.”

    Global Envision asks some of the designers of the Yes Youth Can! program how technology can play a role in connecting youth with one another and inspiring peace, a requisite for strong economic development. Read our piece here.

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