Nelson Mandela you may be gone, but your dreams, aspirations and legacy lives on. You were a leader like none. You treated everyone equally in spite of their race, color or position in society. It is through you that whites and blacks learned to live and work together. Today you are no more, but we, the youths of today will try to emulate you and continue the fight for a better tomorrow. You have done your part and did it greatly. It's now up to me and my fellow youths around the w...

Savana Signatures organized one day training for Female ICT Teachers (FICTTA) members and the Tech Girls Club patrons on the new Tech Girls Training Module developed with support from UNICEF Ghana to train and guide Tech Girls on how to become young reporters. Leading a session on photo taking, Mr. John Stephen Agbenyo, Executive Director of Savana Signatures shared projected photos and asked the participants' opinion on the quality, size, position and focus. The participants were...

0n 30th October 2013, a student leader of Laikipia University Maralal campus was shot following a peaceful demonstration against the deteriorating security situation in Samburu. In November, two students lost their lives in Loikas the outskirts of the Samburu County headquarters- Maralal after being shot, a Samburu woman was shot in Barsaloi Samburu North. Two Turkana boys also lost their lives after being shot in Baragoi Samburu North. On 9th December a young boy in Nkabai, was at...

Your name: Carrie Gryskiewicz Your age: 32 Where are you originally from and where do you currently live? I am originally from Minnesota in the United States, and I currently live in the Hague in the Netherlands. According to your business card – what’s your job title? I am the family reunification program manager at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Netherlands. And how does that compare with what you wanted to do when you were 10 ye...

Young people remain at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of rates of infection, vulnerability, impact, and potential for change. They have grown up in a world changed by AIDS but many still lack comprehensive and correct knowledge about how to prevent HIV infection. This situation persists even though the world has agreed that young people have the human right to education, information and services that could protect them from harm. Young people are disproportionatel...

Interview with Shruti Rai, a young film maker from India. Watch Shruti's film "Maina: The Little Bride" here. What is your video about? This video is about the child marriage issue in the rural and remote areas of India. It is the story of a girl "Maina" whose father decided to fix her marriage at an early age. Why did you make this video? What motivated you to make it? My school SVISG in India is closely working with CHINH Early Education Web Channel that has integrate...

With the advent and reliance on nature's fluid (crude oil), our lives and environment have become plagued with all manner of pains- from oil spills, to gas flares to land grabs to deforestation to environmental degradation, from degradation to the loss of biodiversities from loss of biodiversities to starvation and death and weather / climate changes. All of this happens because we fail to play safe with that which nature has given to us (natural resources). We cannot explain t...