Help for young Africans

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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"Youth and the Millennium Development Goals", coordinated by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs in 2005, lays out how youth are directly involved and affected by each Goal, demonstrates ways in which young people are contributing to the MDGs, and provides ‘Options for Action’ for governments, the UN system, donors and other actors to support young people in contributing to achieving the MDGs: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/youthmdgs.pdf
You may find further resources on our website: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/youth.shtml - in particular:

Cyberschoolbus See examples of successful youth-led projects, add your voice, and monitor the MDGs on an interactive map.
UN Works Read real stories about real people, learn more about the MDGs, and get involved.

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Require help/advice with your project? Want to start a new project? Send an email with your name, mobile, country and request to help@nayd.org.and we'll do what we can to help.


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On this page you can access many resources including help with projects, grants, sholarships
Home 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 Need further help? Contact us on nayd2007@yahoo.com Good luck and don't forget we're always here to help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Youth and the Millennium Development Goals", coordinated by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs in 2005, lays out how youth are directly involved and affected by each Goal, demonstrates ways in which young people are contributing to the MDGs, and provides ‘Options for Action’ for governments, the UN system, donors and other actors to support young people in contributing to achieving the MDGs: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/youthmdgs.pdf You may find further resources on our website: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/youth.shtml - in particular: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cyberschoolbus See examples of successful youth-led projects, add your voice, and monitor the MDGs on an interactive map. UN Works Read real stories about real people, learn more about the MDGs, and get involved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Require help/advice with your project? Want to start a new project? Send an email with your name, mobile, country and request to help@nayd.org.and we'll do what we can to help.	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