Promoting non-violence among Guyanese youth - Groups - Action Tools

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Name: Promoting non-violence among Guyanese youth
Website: http://www.vycguyana.net
Description:
Who: The project seeks to reach:
• Limers direct beneficiary via VYC Peace educators conducting street shows at sea walls, stabroek market and city mall. The project will target 3500 Youth hanging out (liming) at these sites in the capital city of Georgetown
• Youth (young people) – direct beneficiary via DJs radio, television and public events. The project will target 1500 youth at these public events.
Secondary beneficiaries:
• Parents of youth
• Teachers at 10 High schools
• Wider community members listening to DJs on radio and television and also those witnessing street shows and mural exercise.

What & How: : The project will seek to effectively promote non-violence among at-risk youth in capital city of Georgetown by the end of September, 2011.
The following activities will be executed over the period:
• Training - Over a period of 1 week, VYC will train 30 Peace Educators in the art of drama. The training will be executed at VYC’s office at the commencement of the project. The training will be facilitated by two facilitators from Artistes In Direct Support ( An NGO working in Drama). A sensitization workshop will also be organized with 9 popular Disc Jockeys (DJs) on the importance of promoting the message of non-violence to their audience. The session will last 2 half-day.
• Targeting the DJs to sell the messages of non-violence – VYC will mobilize 9 popular radio and television Disc Jockeys (DJs) from across the country to join the efforts to promote youth-led, violence free general election. DJs will develop messages which will be added to the popular music lyrics to spread to their wide fan base. The messages will be added to popular Disc and distributed to the population targeted at every event organized. This activity is important to raise awareness of youth and violence while motivating their fan base to spread the message. This activity will commence at the beginning of the project and continued over the project life.
• Youth-led street Theater - Once weekly, VYC will develop weekly 15 minutes street shows at popular hang out sites for young people. 12 Street shows will be executed over a 6 months period. This activity is important to effectively propagate social and political messages and to raise youth awareness regarding critical issues.
• Mural- pledge to stop violence – VYC will organize a mural painting exercise where youth across Georgetown and other parts of the region can pledge their support for non-violent elections. The exercise targets 500 individuals. This event will be well promoted by DJs on radio and television likewise during street shows. VYC will organize for the murals to remain during elections as a symbol of young people’s unity in stopping violence. Persons will be encouraged to use different color paint to make a hand print. Each print signifies ‘no to violence and yes to youth development.

• Where: The project will be implemented at the following venues:
• Sea walls – on average 1000+ young people and families hang out every Sundays
• Stabroek Market – on average 500+ young people hang out on Fridays
• City Mall – on average 500+ young people hang out on Saturdays
• DJs street parties and special events
• Youth in Georgetown and wider region participating in mural.

The project will be operated out of our office in Lodge. The project will be managed by Goldie Scott, VYC CEO, and the Project Coordinator. Ms. Scott will be responsible for the overall framework and technical approach and will provide daily management, in areas of budgets, establishing and implementing quality assurance processes, ensuring achievement of key deliverables and documenting key results. All project staff will report to the Project Coordinator as needed.

National UN Volunteers – 4 National UN Volunteers will support the coordinator in the implementation of the project objective which will include: selection and training of Peace educators (street shows), Sensitization sessions with 9 DJs and management of street shows and mural event.

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