A
recent blog from Devex communications associate Elisabeth d'Auchamp
shares a great idea being implemented by the European Commission:
“International
development may not be the first thing on the mind of a 13-year-old. Talk of
frameworks, donor priorities, annual reports and endless acronyms will, in most
cases, be less attention-grabbing than, well, everything else in the life of a
teenager.
But
while the future of the globe might currently be handled by adults, youth has
an equal if not a bigger stake in creating a sustainable world.
As
such, aid groups are now ramping up efforts to engage young people in global
development. Among them: the European Commission.
“How
would you fight poverty?” the commission is asking young people in a video
contest recently launched on Facebook. The competition is open to everyone aged
13-24 regardless of nationality, and the only condition is to create a video of
no more than 120 seconds which answers the question, and upload it on YouTube
by Nov. 1.
For the
winners, the prize involves having their solution to global poverty presented
to thought leaders and decision makers in Europe. They will be flown to
Brussels to attend the 2013 European Development Days in November, where their
short videos will be screened.
So what
do you want changed to create a poverty-free world? Take out your smartphone,
digital camera, tablet or any other video-taking device, and have your
say — or invite a teenager or twenty-something near you to do so. Join Young
Voices Against Poverty.”
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