Help with projects

This guide takes you through, step-by-step, exactly how you can plan, run and complete a successful project in your community. We want you to use this toolkit to take action – in whatever form that might be.The following summaries have been taken from the 'Actiontoolkit' produced at the 2005 World Youth Congress, with kind permission of Peace Child International. Full copy available here. Click on each objective below for the full text version.

1 Preparation
You know you want to do something and you have an idea in your head about what that might be. Before you do anything else, you need to develop three things to turn that idea into a reality:
Identify a need
Make a plan
Writing a proposal

2 Take action
You have done your research, identified the needs and planned a project to tackle that need. Now it is time for the fun part - time to take action! Just keep a few things in mind to keep your project on track. The main skill you need to learn to become a successful leader of your project is “project management.” No matter what career you choose to pursue in later life, project management will always be an invaluable skill to possess. The main components of project management are:
Sourcing the resources
Legal issues
People management
Time and goal management
Financial management
Networking

3 Follow up and reporting
Your project is coming to a close, but it is not quite time to relax! Follow-up is vital to achieving success in the field of YLD. And whilst you will traditionally write your evaluation at the end of your project, it is extremely important for each project manager to think about the evaluation and reporting part of the project at every stage:
Evaluation and general reports
Media reports

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email : ntiokam2@yahoo.co.uk
Name : Ntiokam Divine
Location: Cameroon
Tel: +23775491933
Help Request: SGAC - Student Global Aids Campaign - Cameroon chapter - is requesting help for website registration and hosting, cost around $100 US, to help promote its activities in Cameroon.

email : sulaiman.burria@gmail.com
Name : Sulaiman Burria
Location: Sierra Leone
Tel: +23233790202
Help Request: Hi! I'm a college student in my country, and i play basketball on my leisures, and as a matter of fact in my own country sports is been negleted especially basketball. There are many young talented players in the game of basketball in my country, but cannot cope with the game as a result of the country's neglegence to it. we only have precisely two (2) basketball courts in town and all are located in the westside of the city, and we're on the east side, and we only managed on a half court, and as a result of this my team and oter teams in the east finds it difficult in terms of our training and work outs. With my smallest possible knowledge, i think basketball is the best sports in life, because it encourages players of the game to attain higher education and the proof is that the NBA drafts are drawn from colleges.
So I think with the available resources to the game in my country it will also encourage youths in eastern eastern side of my town to actively participate in the game and head for higher education. So on behalf of my team and the entire eastern community of my town, I'm seeking assitance to donor organisations to please assist us secure a full basketball court in our locality. We have secured a grounds already, but we cannot afford the finance to work on it. Thanks in advance.

email : nayd2007@yahoo.com
Name : Atanga Christina
Location: Bambalang, Cameroon
Tel: +23777433749
Help Request: We request support from any person of goodwill in the building of their new Church. The Catholic Community of about 200 persons currently worship in a mud house that is hardly resisting the rains and bad weather. A new church was started years ago (far right) but the villagers are unable to carry the project to fruition.

email : focusyik@yahoo.com
Name : Roman Nyanjui Kariuki
Location: Ruiru, Kenya
Tel: +254720366493
Help Request: We have seven children joining class one and need help with uniforms, shoes, books and bags.

email : yofsor@hotmail.com
Name : Anyanwu Chisomaga
Location: Imo State, Nigeria
Tel: +2348064322750
Help Request: I want the voice of youths in my community to be heard, i want development partners to come and collaborate with me and other youths to establish a youth based FM radio station in my community. We are now eleven in number ready to turn our ideas into sustainable innovations. One of our team member have volunteered to give his room for the studio of YOUTH VOICE FM INTERNATIONAL. So far we need equipment to help in transmitting our voice to the public. This project will provide employment, campaign against the spread of AIDS, give opportunities for youths to know the current activities going on such as : youth conferences, scholarships, internship, entertainment and promote the Millennium Development Goals MDGS. We need this materials to start working: micro phones: CD players: a computer set: transmitter and tape recorders.

email : naydcameroon@yahoo.com
Name : Chi Primus C
Help Request: Funding to support 2 initiatives
'Poverty reduction strategies and young people'
'Young people and the preservation of community water catchments'

email : donate2bapesu@gmail.com
Name : Christian Tabifor
Help Request: BAPESU (Benevolent Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Socially Underprivileged) is urgently appealing for the donation of a website (domain registration and hosting) from kind individuals, organizations, companies, business etc. This will help us achieve our mission much more effectively.

Help requests are removed after 3 months - previous HELP requests can be read here.