Impact
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Impact 〰️
At The Youth Cafe, we believe in the transformative power of education, research, and social services. Our organization platform is dedicated to empowering young people in Africa and creating a better future for them. Education is a fundamental tool that equips individuals with knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities. Through our platform, we provide access to quality education, ensuring that young Africans have the opportunity to learn and succeed. Additionally, we emphasize the importance of research as a means to unlock new solutions and innovations. Our organization actively supports research initiatives, helping young researchers explore and address pressing issues our communities face.
Lastly, we recognize the significance of social services in fostering positive change. We promote and facilitate social service projects that aim to uplift marginalized communities, enhance the well-being of individuals, and create more inclusive societies. Through education, research, and social services, our platform at The Youth Cafe strives to empower young Africans and enable them to shape a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
1. 72% of young people are transitioning to further education or training following participation in TYC-assisted programs
2. 80% improved reading skills following participation in TYC-assisted programs through the library initiative.
3. 65% Increased recognition and visibility of The Youth Cafe as a thought leader and knowledge hub for young people in the region
4. 60% Increased use and adoption of research resources by young people, youth organizations, and development actors to inform their work, their development initiatives, further research, and policymaking.
5. 40% increase in a robust institutional approach and a community of practice centered, on mobilizing key actors to entrench democracy.
6. 120% project funding increase representing over $ 500,000 in funding that is attracted for The Youth Cafe’s youth and media literacy work from Foundations and IT Companies.
7. 75% of Young people have been equipped under this work with key media literacy skills: critical thinking, fact-checking, online safety, social media verification, and quality assessment of online information and their sources. These skills are essential in restoring and consolidating democracy in states where digital tools and social media networks have been used to spread distorted narratives to shape public opinions.
Reach
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Reach 〰️
2500+ youths trained to enhance their online civic citizenship in the face of targeted disinformation by building their analytical competencies to distinguish between facts from falsehoods. The aim is to build a culture of fact-checked youth-digital citizenship in a digital age where social media empowers propaganda,
1. 2200+ Youth and 200 Youth-led organizations were strengthened in Digital and Media Literacy to increase their civic reasoning engagement and understanding of youths’ roles in democracy.
2. 700+ cutting-edge research and advocacy on governance, education, health, climate change, media, and information literacy among African youth were published, reaching over one million young people in the process of its media and information literacy work.
3. 5 million+ young men and women in Africa have been equipped by the Youth Cafe with core media literacy skills and have become a reference point in media literacy for African youth.
4. 2005 African Youths have been offered scholarships through collaboration with universities, educational institutions, and private donations. Through the scholarship, the 2005 beneficiaries have an advantage of online learning: reduced financial costs.
Vocational education activities such as those upcoming in Dandora.
1. 400,000+ young people reached with online education, which is far more affordable than physical learning. This is because online learning eliminates the cost points of student transportation, student meals, and, most importantly, real estate. Additionally, all the course or study materials are available online, thus creating a paperless learning environment that is more affordable while also being beneficial to the environment.
2. 800+ youths in the Vocational Training Institute for Dandora Youths receive annual training that focuses on providing skill training in various areas such as hairdressing, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Beauty and Cosmetology, etc.
3. 400+ internship and volunteering opportunities have been offered to young people from over 12 countries to help accomplish over 400 projects.
4. +1250 Financial Literacy Training participants awarded[1] a certificate of participation and completion of the program on the 19th of August 2022 at The Youth Cafe office by their trainers after a successful 3-month learning period.
5. 2240+ young leaders from 49 countries have completed the Internship for their professional achievements and commitment to fostering community development. TYC received over 35,000
Number of participants awarded.
1. Applications from 60+ countries in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa.
2. Over 4,600 ambitious volunteers from over 12 countries were recruited and placed at The Youth Cafe to facilitate over 80 projects, including small-scale, high-impact projects that young people identify, fulfill key needs, and whose impact and success can be carefully measured, all through a transformative volunteer experience
3. 7000+ learners in primary schools or equivalent non-school-based settings have been reached with TYC education assistance
4. 3000+ learners have been reached by TYC education assistance in secondary schools or equivalent non-school-based settings reached
5. 800+ individuals are attending higher education institutions with TYC scholarships or financial assistance. TYC-assisted higher education interventions have reached 8000+ learners
6. 15000+ TYC social assistance beneficiaries are participating in productive safety nets
Systems change
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Systems change 〰️
1. TYC is building the institutional capacity of Youth-led organizations through the Participatory Organizational Capacity Assessment (POCA) tool by helping them identify gaps in key institutional areas, including; governance and accountability, planning and budgeting, project planning and management, monitoring evaluation and learning and learning system, data management, policy advocacy stakeholder involvement and partnership, resource mobilization, financial systems, procurement management, human resource management, inclusion, audit and compliance, partnership management and sustainability, and media and communication
2. TYC is strengthening the institutional building of 2200 youth-led organizations in Digital and Media Literacy to increase their civic reasoning engagement and understanding of youths’ roles in democracy
3.TYC’s Innovate Africa initiative, an online clearing house for short professional courses, is benefiting from the involvement of 33 active partner organizations from 24 countries and the participation of over 6,000 registered individual users from across Africa, attracting over 43,000 unique visitors per year. International organizations are members of the Group of Friends of The Youth Cafe, which also partners with hundreds of civil society actors.
4. The Youth Cafe is a youth-led and youth-serving organization that, among other goals, works towards enabling the youthful population in Africa to take charge of Africa's media growth. [1] [2]
TYC provides technical and vocational skill training in various areas such as hairdressing, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Beauty and Cosmetology, etc. This is done in a vocational training institute for Dandora Youths and neighboring areas.
Is this a performance indicator?
No. These kinds of texts can only be used to elaborate an impact, reach, or systemic change.