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Youth Empowerment in the Global Crisis: Zambia’s Response
Released:  3 September 2009
19th August 2009, Commonwealth Youth Programme Regional Director Mr. James Odit accompanied by Programme Manager, Victor Mensah joined delegates from UN systems and other youth development agencies to the launch of the second National Youth Symposium in Zambia.

Zambia Requests for Lead Country Status
Released:  1 September 2009
August 19, 2009, the Government of Zambia presented a formal request to the Youth Employment Network (YEN) for Zambia to attain “Lead Country Status under the YEN, a global initiative for employment by the United Nations, World Bank and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

CYP Africa Joins forces with Barclays, UNICEF, ILO and the Ministry of Youth in Zambia
Released:  17 July 2009
Young people in Zambia are at risk of social exclusion and exploitation. The weak economy can’t deliver sufficient employment opportunities for the growing young population, and the education system isn’t equipping them with the skills they need to find employment or start a business.

Increasing youth participation in policy processes and democratic governance
Released:  17 June 2009
Young people constitute a major force within the framework of socio- economic and political life of the Cameroonian society.

Addressing the HIV/AIDS challenge among school drop outs
Released:  17 June 2009
Youths in Malawi, like any other African country keep facing a lot of challenges and the major ones being poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment. Limited opportunities for social/economic activities that young people can engage in has led to an increase in number of young women aged between 13 -25 indulging into commercial sex. This puts them at high risk of catching the HIV virus.

CYP, A ray of hope.
Released:  11 June 2009
The Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA) has thanked the Commonwealth Youth Programme Regional Centre for Africa for giving young positives in Uganda a ray of hope and a sustained smile in the face of the greatest epidemic faced by mankind.

Uganda YAPL: New Adaptations
Released:  11 June 2009
CYP Africa’s partner implementing agency, the Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA), has gone an extra mile in providing leadership for young positives by actively involving the Young Ambassadors of Positive Living (YAPL) to empower its members as role models to educate their peers on the dangers of HIV/AIDS and promote the value of lifestyle and behavior change for healthy living.

The CYP Diploma - A wealth of experience
Released:  11 June 2009
For the past 25 years, Commonwealth Youth Programme Africa Centre has strengthened human resource development efforts in member countries through professional training courses in Youth in Development Through the Youth Work Education and Training Programme, CYP Africa has collaborated with Partner Institutions in the Africa Region to deliver the CYP Diploma course, and short courses relevant to the development of youth in development skills.

CYP Africa Test
Released:  9 June 2009
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CYP Africa hosts the International Award Leaders Training Workshop
Released:  7 April 2009
24 - 26 March 2009 Commonwealth Youth Programme Africa Centre hosted the International Award for Young People - Award Leaders Training Workshop.