The youth hold the key to a greater future and the future requires effective leadership. Leadership being a critical and effective tool that creates confidence amongst people encouraging a professional and positive environment for successful execution and as we look to the future it is evident that the youth will be responsible for nearly all aspects of society.
WBG YPP has provided the opportunity to gain first hand leadership experience as we transition to adulthood and are able to open new doors accessing our full potential not only for us but for the world around us.
This leadership program helps young people develop the skills and confidence to become leaders in their various communities and feel confident in their beliefs instead of succumbing to peer pressure and negative influence.
Problem solving being one of the skills learnt to be used in the real world specifically the developing challenges in developing countries one of them being
Poverty in underdeveloped countries the sub Saharan to be precise has resulted from high levels of corruption from greedy leadership and overdependence on foreign aid and more.
Development of Leaders with great innovation power and technologies will support development in these countries growing economies to unimaginable heights.
A new UN report recently concluded that one million species risk extinction because of human activity and that the destruction of nature threatens humanity.
Climate change being another challenge threatening out own existence through global warming, change of weather patterns which we are already experiencing, rise of water levels and extinction yet this is one of the least discussed topics in our governments.
Greta Thunberg a young climate activist said “I’m telling you there is hope I’ve seen it, but it doesn’t come from the government or corporations it comes from the people (youth).”
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