CANADIAN YOUTH VISIT YARAC IN JOS, PLATEAU STATE, July 2-17, 2008

Meet Lori Ryan and Natasha Halpin of Development and Peace, Canada.

The highlight of the visit by the Canadian youth group is to learn and share experiences with Nigerian youth on varying areas of interest. Particularly, see how the strategies of theatre and soccer for democracy work in Nigeria. Lori Ryan the D & P Youth Animator will be leading the team of six other youth and young adults to Nigeria for two weeks.

YARAC’s Final Narrative Report For The Joint Donor Basket Fund Project: "Beyond Elections: Protecting People’s Mandate through Transformative Voter Education for Grassroots Women and Youth Organizations in North Central Nigeria." For the full report, download the attached Word Document.

"You Can Tell the Future of a Nation by Looking at the Status of a Woman"
Jawaharlal Nehru. First prime minister of India

YARAC is calling for Action from all stakeholders, both Government and individual, who have a stake in the future of our nation to begin to invest BY empowering the WOMEN AND GIRLS beyond the box of the kitchen by being a part of the 2008 International Womens day Celebration.

As a result of the debt cancelation by the Paris club of Creditors, Nigeria made a commitment to allocate funds that would have been used to service debt to the implemetation of projects and programmes that will assist in the attainment of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in the country. A sum of N100billion was allocated by the past administration to 10 MDG related MDAs which include: Agriculture, Water Ressources, Power and Steel, Works, Youth and Intergovernmental affairs, Housing and Environment, Education, Health, Women Affairs.