Mombasa youth meeting posts
NBC News A disproportionate number of sexual minority youth in the U.S. are criminalized and subjected to abusive treatment in correctional facilities, a new study found.
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth more likely to be incarcerated
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Sexual minority youth are two to three times more likely to be held in custody for more than a year compared to heterosexual youth.
107 months ago
Jalopnik The parallels here are pretty bizarre.
Trump's New Youth Hotel Brand Gets The Name Of Toyota's Failed Youth Car Brand
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Months after Toyota killed off youth brand Scion, the name got picked up again by none other than brilliant businessman and in-no-way-a-failure Donald Trump. He’s using it for his new line of youth-oriented hotels.
113 months ago
The Wall Street Journal African poachers, Chinese gangsters, and a slew of corrupt officials are making Mombassa the world's hub for ivory smuggling.
How Kenya’s Port of Mombasa Became the World’s Hub for Ivory Smuggling
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East Africa’s biggest port has quietly emerged as the world’s major transit point for ivory, organizations that track illicit wildlife trade say. As the African elephant population falls to historic lows, tusks are exiting Mombasa in record numbe Read more ... rs.
124 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The situation is so grave that conservationists and security agencies say Mombasa in Kenya has become a key intersection of supply, demand and corruption fueling the ivory trade and a major battleground in the rush to save Africa’s elephant populat Read more ... ion.
How Kenya’s Mombasa Became the Nexus for the Global Ivory Trade Threatening Africa’s Elephants
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East Africa’s biggest port has quietly emerged as the world’s major transit point for ivory, organizations that track illicit wildlife trade say. As the African elephant population falls to historic lows, tusks are exiting Mombasa in record numbe Read more ... rs.
124 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The port of Mombasa in Kenya has quietly emerged as the world’s major transit point for ivory.
Kenyan Port Is Hub for Illicit Ivory Trade
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East Africa’s biggest port has quietly emerged as the world’s major transit point for ivory, organizations that track illicit wildlife trade say. As the African elephant population falls to historic lows, tusks are exiting Mombasa in record numbe Read more ... rs.
124 months ago
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota When Adults Don't Quit on #Youth, Youth Won't Quit on Themselves: http://huff.to/1Kvjt06 via HuffPost Education #YouthVoices #mentoring
When Adults Don't Quit on Youth, Youth Won't Quit on Themselves
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Seeing what happened to him, and to so many others, taught me a tough lesson: Without the presence of caring adults and support systems, students...
126 months ago
Peter Amuto It's hot here in Mombasa
130 months ago
Stephanie Button Please take a second to like this page to help us redefine the publics image of homeless youth and raise awareness of this issue within our communities! Thank you for your support!!
Homeless Youth AK
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This page is to be used to help refine public understanding of aspects of youth homelessness in the state of Alaska and its available resources.
131 months ago
Friendship North/South FNS / Vennskap Nord/Sør VNS Friendship North / South (FNS) Enebakk - Mombasa have started a new project in Mombasa. The aim of the project is to contribute to a better life for children and youth with developmental disabilities and their parents in Mombasa. The project will thr Read more ... ough courses, meetings and dialogue with parents of mentally challenged and preparation of information materials aim to create an organization for parents of handicapped.
Friendship North / South is an international network of communities, municipalities, schools and individuals engaged international cooperation. FNS works for a peaceful, equal and development that are driven by common people's participation and cooperation. Creating development requires both insight into global issues - and concrete local action. Global cooperation make people able to influence on their own society and change their own communities. Local networks are built, civil society must be strengthened and new creative solutions see the light. Friendship North / South runs no aid or emergencies, but creates development results in the north and south through cooperation between equal partners.
In collaboration with principal Rophus at Pwani School for mentally challenged, we are now working on the project also aims at improving parental understanding and relationship with their children with developmental disabilities. The challenges in this area are enormous. Which does not mean that it is impossible to make a difference! Many live with an understanding of the reason why the child has a developmental disability is maternal. Many fathers therefore choose to run off while mom gets left with all the children. There is also much shame associated with having a child with developmental disabilities. There are many stories about physical and sexual abuse committed by both family and others. Even murder. These stories rarely involves efforts to make responsible perpetrators and that most people tacitly accept that it happens. This will be done in collaboration with us from Norway, teachers and the principal of the school and youngsters.
On March 17th we had a meeting with Approximately 60 parents of Pupil with developmental Disabilities (mentally challenged) that Pwani School for mentally challenged. We talked about the history of people with developmental disabilities in Norway, the creation of NFU (Norwegian Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities) and what we are working on and why. We talked about the causes of developmental disabilities, a challenging issue since many people here are thinking That the causes might be witchcraft or punishment of the mother. We have met many great parents who really want to work for the best for their children. The meeting also attended representatives of Kenyan authorities department for disabled, parent representative who were talking about their own history. The meeting turned out to be beyond all expectations. When we started this project we had a goal to create an organization for parents of mentally challenged in first place here at Pwani School. Therefore it was so wonderful that the meeting today was concluded with the selection of an interim board who will work further with the creation of a parent organization! They had the first meeting now in april. This means in principle that an organization actually has been created. The name of the new organization is MWANGAZAPAS, meaning to show the way...
We are looking forward to the next chapter!
Thank you all for supporting our project! Please share our page.
Best wishes
Jan Gunnar Berg, Oslo Norway
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friendship-NorthSouth-FNS-Vennskap-NordSør-VNS-Enebakk-Mombasa/411598059020836
Friendship North/South FNS / Vennskap Nord/Sør VNS Enebakk Mombasa
Our goal is the establishment of an organization for parents of the mentally challenged in Mombasa, Kenya.
131 months ago
Friendship North/South FNS / Vennskap Nord/Sør VNS Friendship North / South (FNS) Enebakk - Mombasa have started a new project in Mombasa. The aim of the project is to contribute to a better life for children and youth with developmental disabilities and their parents in Mombasa. The project will thr Read more ... ough courses, meetings and dialogue with parents of mentally challenged and preparation of information materials aim to create an organization for parents of handicapped.
Friendship North / South is an international network of communities, municipalities, schools and individuals engaged international cooperation. FNS works for a peaceful, equal and development that are driven by common people's participation and cooperation. Creating development requires both insight into global issues - and concrete local action. Global cooperation make people able to influence on their own society and change their own communities. Local networks are built, civil society must be strengthened and new creative solutions see the light. Friendship North / South runs no aid or emergencies, but creates development results in the north and south through cooperation between equal partners.
In collaboration with principal Rophus at Pwani School for mentally challenged, we are now working on the project also aims at improving parental understanding and relationship with their children with developmental disabilities. The challenges in this area are enormous. Which does not mean that it is impossible to make a difference! Many live with an understanding of the reason why the child has a developmental disability is maternal. Many fathers therefore choose to run off while mom gets left with all the children. There is also much shame associated with having a child with developmental disabilities. There are many stories about physical and sexual abuse committed by both family and others. Even murder. These stories rarely involves efforts to make responsible perpetrators and that most people tacitly accept that it happens. This will be done in collaboration with us from Norway, teachers and the principal of the school and youngsters.
On March 17th we had a meeting with Approximately 60 parents of Pupil with developmental Disabilities (mentally challenged) that Pwani School for mentally challenged. We talked about the history of people with developmental disabilities in Norway, the creation of NFU (Norwegian Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities) and what we are working on and why. We talked about the causes of developmental disabilities, a challenging issue since many people here are thinking That the causes might be witchcraft or punishment of the mother. We have met many great parents who really want to work for the best for their children. The meeting also attended representatives of Kenyan authorities department for disabled, parent representative who were talking about their own history. The meeting turned out to be beyond all expectations. When we started this project we had a goal to create an organization for parents of mentally challenged in first place here at Pwani School. Therefore it was so wonderful that the meeting today was concluded with the selection of an interim board who will work further with the creation of a parent organization! They had the first meeting now in april. This means in principle that an organization actually has been created. The name of the new organization is MWANGAZAPAS, meaning to show the way...
We are looking forward to the next chapter!
Thank you all for supporting our project! Please share our page.
Best wishes
Jan Gunnar Berg, Oslo Norway
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friendship-NorthSouth-FNS-Vennskap-NordSør-VNS-Enebakk-Mombasa/411598059020836
Friendship North/South FNS / Vennskap Nord/Sør VNS Enebakk Mombasa
Our goal is the establishment of an organization for parents of the mentally challenged in Mombasa, Kenya.
131 months ago