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We Ar

e the

Future A program for youth and children

-Municipally led initiative-



Global

Partners

The United Nations Human Settlements

Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United

Nations agency for human settlements. It

is mandated by the UN General Assembly

to promote socially and environmentally

sustainable towns and cities with the goal

of providing adequate shelter for all.

The Glocal Forum is a Swiss and Italian

non-profit organization, created in 2001 to

empower local communities by linking

them to one another and to global

resources, in order to achieve social

improvement, democratic growth, peace

and a balance between global

opportunities and local realities.



We Are the Future Partner

Examples

Hub for Innovativ

partnerships

http://www.undp.org/



Current WAF Centers:

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia; Freetown – Sierra Leone;

Kigali – Rwanda; Nablus – Palestinian Authority

South Africa- Cape Town

Centers currently in the planning phase

We Are the Future

Cities



What is We Are the Futu

Initiated in 2004 by the Glocal Forum and the Quincy Jones Foundation, the WeAre the Future (WAF) program is dedicated to the development, protection and

fulfillment of our world’s most important resource: its children.

Together with individuals, cities, private companies, local and international

organizations, WAF works for the benefit of children and young adults living in

deprived areas.

Our Vision… Is to create a community atmosphere where children and youth

can flourish and grow without constraints. We believe that these

children and youth are our hope for peace in the future - provide

them with the tools to visualize a better future, and the world will

reap the benefits.

We are creating municipally-endorsed WAF Child Centers toprovide specialized programs in the areas of Health, Information

technology, Sport, Arts and Nutrition.



Program Details

The WAF program aims to empower youth, believing in their fundamental role as agents

of change and as builders of today's society. Each Municipality participating in the program

therefore selects groups of youth who will receive WAF training in one of the following

areas:

Information and Communication

Technology ( ICT) Health Sport Arts Nutrition

Multi-sectorial program for children

By using their new skills to teach local preschool-aged children, the youth contribute to,

and participate actively in, the development of their community, while the children

benefit from a comprehensive early childhood development program.



Goals Help local authorities to developprograms for youth and children

Establishment of a municipally

owned WAF Center for youth,

children and the community

Training youth aged 16-25 to de-

velop and run programs for children

Children as ultimate beneficiaries



Role of theMunicipality

Select the beneficiaries (children and youth);

Donate a building and running costs for the WAF

Center

Appoint a municipal WAF Coordinator and hire a

WAF Manager;

Set up a separate bank account for WAF

MAYOR

WAF

Coordinator

WAF

Manager

Sports Youth ICT Youth Arts Youth

CHILDREN

Sports Trainer ICT Trainer Arts Trainer

Nutrition Youth

Nutrition Trainer H

Submit monthly reports and

quarterly financial reports

to the Glocal Forum

Coordinate WAF with other

programs running in the city



Activities

Promote - through physical activity and sports games - teamwork, leadership, basic lifeskills, relational capacities, psychosocial stimulation, awareness and knowledge about

fitness. Provide recreational activities for children in a safe environment.

SPORTS…

…ARTS

Increase learning capabilities, foster their creative

development and encourage children’s spirit of initiative. Offer recreational activities in a safe area.

…ICT

Introduction to informatics, literacy, logic and hand-eye coordination with

specialized computer soft- and hard-ware for children, coupled with longdistance learning and exchanges.



Program Status: Addis Ababa, Eth

• The Municipality has demonstrated outstanding commitm

to the program, taking full ownership over all program issu

• Donations were received from the City of Washington D

Oracle, IANA-Unitessile, the British Council and othdescribed below.

• The WAF center is located in a poor area in the center of the city next to the Kebebe Tsh

Orphanage.

• Despite changes of municipal staff, including the Mayor, since the WAF program was

launched, the program has continued and is continuing to move ahead.

• The WAF program has reached a large number of youth and children all of whom are fr

orphanages or disadvantaged families in the poorest areas of town.



Addis Ababa: Information & CommuniTechn

• After the past success of the program involving more than 70 children,18 youth and 100 more children are now benefiting from our ICTactivities in Addis Ababa.

• The ICT program utilizes special software for this young age-groupcovering language, computer basics, colors, shapes, multimediainteractions, sounds, time, inter-personal communication, motor skill

development, hand-eye coordination, emotional intelligence, visual andspatial perception, creative thinking and vocabulary.

• Plans are underway to open the computer center during the afternoonhours for the entire community to benefit.

• Additionally a distance exchange program is being organized with

several schools in the UK through Global Gateway.



Addis Ababa : Nutrition, Sport, Arts, H

• The nutrition program, which is done in collaboration with FAO thanks

to donations from Starbucks, is training youth leaders in urbangardening, marketing and entrepreneurial skills, nutrition, health, hygieneand food safety issues.

• It has recently commenced: a hectare of land has been prepared for fruitand vegetables production (for both consumption and market sales) and20 youth have begun receiving training.

• Agensport, the Sports Agency of the Lazio Region, has committed tobuild sports infrastructure at the WAF Center of Addis Ababa.

• Fundraising efforts for arts and health are underway with internationalorganization including Aiutare I Bambini, the World Bank through theJapan Social Development Fund (JSDF), and World Bank HIV/AIDS

program (HAPCO).



Program Status: Freetown, SL

• The WAF Center, located on the outskirts of the city, includes a mini-soccer field built by FIFA and 800sqm land for the nutrition program;

• The local Municipality has recently finished rehabilitating the Center andis now building a new structure in the compound, demonstrating seriouscommitment to the program

• Millicom Sierra Leone has made in-kind and financial donations to theWAF Center.



Freetown – Arts, Nutrition,

Arts

• 25 youth received training from the International Theater Institute, ArtsEducationalists and Njala University and are currently passing their knowledgeon to 200 children at community preschools.

Nutrition

• The program, which is done in collaboration with FAO thanks to donationsfrom Starbucks, aims to train youth leaders in urban gardening, marketing and

entrepreneurial skills, nutrition, health, hygiene and food safety issues. It hasrecently commenced and the project manager has already been selected.• The program will build on the pilot nutrition and agriculture activities already

carried out by the Glocal Forum and the Municipality of Freetown involving 25youth and 250 children.

Health

• The Rita Levi Montalcini Foundation is supporting the health educationprogram. A health education curriculum for preschool children has now beencompleted by a local doctor who is currently training 25 youth.



Freetown: ICT, Sport, Capacity Bu

ICT

• Preparations are underway on a WAF computer center thanks to a donation byMillicom International. Microsoft donated software and funds, Comfywaredonated special keyboards and software for pre-school children. The World Bankdonated 4 computers for the WAF Center management.

Sport

• Millicom Sierra Leone has also committed to support the Sport Sector of the WAF

Program. The Sierra Leone National Sports Council has developed a sports trainingprogram proposal.

Capacity Building

• GF received a grant from the World Bank Netherlands Partnership Program toprovide capacity building training to municipal staff and youth involved in We Arethe Future in cooperation with UN-HABITAT.

• The training coveres Organizational Management, Entrepreneurial, Project Planning,Governance, Financial Management, Fundraising, Monitoring and Evaluation,Project Proposal Development, Activity Planning, Accountancy, Human ResourceDevelopment, Team Building and Leadership, etc.



Program Status: Kigali, Rwa

• The WAF center is located in the center of town,near the slums, and in the Maison des Jeunescompound where many children and youth gather.It includes a mini-soccer field built by FIFA, acomputer center and land for the nutrition project.

• Since the WAF program was launched, the

program has been evolving continuously, in spiteof various changes in the Mayor’s and communityoffices.

• Donations were received from the City of Rome, the City of Pescara, the Province of

Pescara, the World Bank, IANA-Unitessile, the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation,

Microsoft, Comfyware and Walt Disney Italy and others described in the following

slides.



Kigali : Sport, Arts, ICT, Nu

Sports

• Youth were trained by the Italian University of Motor Sciences,the Italian Union of Sports for All and the Share organization and arecurrently working with 150 children.

Arts

• 20 youth were trained by the Italian Cities of Rome and Pescara and arecurrently passing their knowledge on to 150 children.

ICT• Youth were trained in Microsoft Unlimited Potential and Comfyware

software and are currently working with 150 children.

Nutrition

• Preparations are underway for the Nutrition/Agriculture program, whichwill be done in collaboration with FAO thanks to donations fromStarbucks.

It aims to train youth leaders in urban gardening, marketingand entrepreneurial skills, nutrition, health, hygiene and food safetyissues.



Kigali : Health, Capacity Bu

Health

• Funded by the Foundation of the Angelini Group, the WAF Mobile Unit projectis providing health services, growth monitoring and prevention education at theWAF Center and in two other sites in the City of Kigali.

• Over 900 children and their family members have already benefited from the Unitsince it was launched in late June 2007 and the numbers are expected to increasesignificantly over the course of this one-year project.

Capacity Building• GF received a grant from the World Bank Netherlands Partnership Program to

provide capacity building training to municipal staff and youth involved in WAFin cooperation with UN-HABITAT.

• The training covers Organizational Management, Entrepreneurial, ProjectPlanning, Governance, Financial Management, Fundraising, Monitoring andEvaluation, Project Proposal Development, Activity Planning, Accountancy,Human Resource Development, Team Building and Leadership, etc.



Program Status: Nablus, PalestAuth

• The WAF center is located in the center of town and includemini-soccer field donated by FIFA and a computer center;

• 800sqm land next to the WAF center has been allocated by municipality for the nutrition program;

• Undeterred by the replacement of Mayor and Municipal

authorities since the program was launched, WAF hcontinued and is continuing to move ahead;

• Donations were received fro

the City of Barcelon

Microsoft and Comfyware.



Nablus: Nutrition, S

Nutrition

• The Nutrition program, which began in September 2006, is supportedby the Region Emilia Romagna and the City of Reggio Emilia. It hasinvolved so far 15 youth and 480 children. Crops grown in the gardeninclude lettuce, beans, green onions, zucchini, radish, parsley,coriander and squash.

• We are currently finalizing the agreement with FAO to enrich theprogram.

Sports

• The program began in November 2006 when 15 youth receivedtraining on movement, sports equipment, role playing, physical growthand fitness.

• Between April and June 2007, 480 children participated in sports

activities led by the youth.



Nablus: Ar

ICT

• The program began in November 2006 when 15 youth received trainingon Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Course on the basics of computing.Furthermore they were shown how to use Comfyware keyboards andsoftware specially designed for preschoolers.

• From April to June 2007, 480 children received instruction from theyouth.

• The City of Geneva has donated funds to build on this program by

training youth to teach children about music and technology usingcomputer software specially designed for pre-school children.

Arts

• The Arts program began in November 2006 with training for 15 youthon drama, music, painting, drawing, collage and role playing.

• From April to June 2007, 480 children participated in arts activities led

by the youth.



South Africa: Cape

• The proncipality of Monaco and UNDP have initiated the program

with the Glocal Forum.

• Center is located at Gugulethu area

• The municipality is in the process of reconstructing the NY49 site

use of the center. The Ikwezi center was allocated for the interm pe

training of youth to begin.

• Other local partners are the university of Kawazulu-Natal, JMC insBrands and My Life foundation. Additional potential partnerships

discussion.



Over 350 youth aged 16-25 trained in one of five sectors (arts, sports, ICT, health and

nutrition):

• Involve local and international civil society organizations to provide training;• Selection of 5 youth project coordinators to manage each sector area;• No more than 5% drop out rate;• Development of a curricula and local certificates for each training sector;• Improvement of youth skills as assessed by trainer evaluation.

• Development of locally recognized curricula for children;• Baseline study carried out on the status of children;• Improvement of children skills as assessed by youth evaluation;

• Parents and caregivers satisfaction with the program;• Sustainability/replication strategy put in place.

Expected Results

Participation of 800-1000 pre-school children in an integrated program covering the differen

sectors:

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