Last Wednesday, we launched our NGO Forum YRC aka 'The Garage'. It is one of the lasting schemes that as volunteers, through funding from Restless have been charged with implementing in our CSOs. We were quite lucky that the garage within the compound of our offices was given to us to turn into a YRC for the youth in the local area. We hope that it will be a lasting centre that the youth can use on a daily basis to access information in fields such as SRH, Civic Participation, Livelihoods and Sports. We have sourced material from all around the area so it is stocked to the brim ready to be used. The event itself was successful and the youths seemed really enthusiastic for the centre to be opened. We just hope that it will have a lasting effect. We painted it blue last weekend so hopefully from the pictures you can see it looks swish!
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| This is me and Trevor. I was on the registration desk and wandered in to help. I think he just wanted the sweets we were handing out! |
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| Before we opened the YRC officially, we held a talk about what it offers, why we are opening it and how it can be accessed. |
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| One lucky youth was tasked with officially cutting the ribbon to the entrance. |
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| This is the youth accessing different information on a range issues. |
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| We had an opening banner which we asked everyone to sign their names on. It's now hung up in the YRC. |
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| This was all the participants and staff at the event. |
Ps. The beard has gone!
