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Stacey Fru becomes an Ambassador of The Youth Cafe, to champion Youth Empowerment in Africa.

Stacey Fru, a 13-year-old Philanthropist, Child Activist, Inspirational Speaker and International Multiple Award-Winning Bestselling Author of Chapter Books, becomes an Ambassador of The Youth Cafe, to champion Youth Empowerment in Africa.

As the need of youth empowerment grows in Africa, The Youth Cafe is taking the lead. In Africa, young people number 845 million: at The Youth Café, we believe that this gives the world 845 million reasons to work with them.

From a demographic point of view, this calls for a paradigm shift towards the recognition and support of the youth to harness their potential to foster community resilience, propose innovative solutions, drive social progress, youth empowerment and inspire political change. Young people are a tremendous and essential asset worth investing in. 

"By being an Ambassador for The Youth Café , I am looking forward to learn a lot from The Youth Cafe and lead the charge in shining a light to issues affecting  young adults in Africa, particularly to the benefit of children. As an Activist, I feel that I will impart the knowledge I will get as an Ambassador to many people. I promise to do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so)" Stacey Fru.

The partnership with Stacey Fru will undoubtedly open the door to an unparalleled multiplier effect as our message spreads. 

Young people make up the bulk of Africa’s total population with an estimated 75% of the continent’s population below the age of 35.

"Our strategy has always been to look at today's youth bulge as an opportunity for development and economic growth. This is why we are the lead organisation for implementing multidisciplinary and multi-perspective projects including Peace and Security, Preventing Violent Extremism; Governance and Political Inclusion (Remittances and Accountability); Culture, Arts, and Sports; Education and Skills; Business, Job Creation and Entrepreneurship, Universal Health Coverage, Environmental Preservation and Climate Change." Willice Onyango, Executive Director at The Youth Cafe.

To date, The Youth Cafe has reached 1.6 million young men and women with our projects and attracted major partners.

Early this year, Stacey was named as a Global Child Prodigy. In the past, she was honoured by the President of Egypt as one of 5 most influential young Africans and became  the youngest TEDx speaker in South Africa.

The Youth Cafe  was launched in 2012 by a group of a bright and motivated  young people who were honoured to be selected to give input to the United Nations High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on Post 2015 Agenda. Together they devised the model that The Youth Cafe  utilizes today. Bolstered by grassroots knowledge, The Youth Cafe has dedicated time and effort to bringing hope to young people

"This partnership with Stacey Fru is a unique, pioneering collaboration in the field of international development." Willice Onyango. 

In 2020, The Youth Cafe  wants to expand the impact of its work with signature leadership programs and transformational training. The Youth Cafe works with young men and women  around Africa in the belief that young people are a tremendous and essential asset worth investing in. 

A new initiative led by The Youth Cafe is the capital campaign for a $2 million  for a regional Youth Leadership Center as a permanent facility as its work grows. The Leadership Center will provide opportunities for young people to participate in an interactive and innovative learning experience that combines sports with  workshop-type instruction and safe spaces for political dialogue. The programme is specifically designed to invest in capacity building and expansion of skill sets so that program participants are strong, result-oriented leaders.

This is an excellent opportunity for you and other investors to combine strengths and mutually benefit as a stakeholder.

Our vision is to have an equitable and fair society in which young people enjoy full social economic and political rights. Our mission is to model and advance youth-led approaches towards sustainable development, social equity, democratic governance, and economic viability practices by utilizing innovative research policy and advocacy actions.

“We hope to increase the agency of young people.,” said Youth Cafe Executive Director Willice Onyango. “Young people are ready to partner in shaping Africa’s future.”

About Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe is an award-winning pan-African youth organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Youth participation is essential to our mission. When you empower young people, it helps us build stronger communities and a brighter future. That’s true here in Nairobi and it’s true around the world.

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About Stacey Fru

Stacy is a Philanthropist, Child Activist, Inspirational Speaker and 12-year-old International Multiple Award-Winning Bestselling Author of Chapter Books. More information: www.staceyfru.co.za

Stacey is a 13-year-old Philanthropist, Child Activist, Inspirational Speaker and International Multiple Award-Winning Bestselling Author of Chapter Books, who was named a Global Child Prodigy this 2020. Stacey was honoured by the President of Egypt as one of 5 most influential young Africans. She is the youngest TEDx speaker in South Africa. She wrote her 1st book, ‘Smelly Cats’ without her parents’ knowledge at the age of 7. With over 20 awards and recognitions and still writing, Stacey has published 5 Chapter Books. Her first book was approved by the South African Department of Basic Education as suitable for young learners from Early Childhood through to Primary Schools. 

A special attribute about Stacey’s writings is that one of her books is available in Braille, and Blind SA adopted one of her short stories as their reading for World Read Aloud Day 2020. Her 3rd book “Smelly Cats on Vacation” was launched on the same day as her education foundation - The Stacey Fru Foundation, through which she empowers others. Stacey writes stories, essays, poems, speeches and attempts songs. She is a guitarist, a motivational speaker, storyteller, poet, TV talk show host, chairlady, and teacher.

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