"Education, Competencies and Volunteerismus"

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"Education, Competencies and Volunteerismus"

The 'Our Kids & Their Future 2017' conference aims to sensitize youth (Africans and Germans) about societal and cultural values, world views across different societies (Germany and African countries), awake consciousness, encourage and promote parents’ support for their kids and help encourage kids through role models in the society. This event is also intended to help build a more self-confident generation of (intercultural) young people with the support and involvement of role models beginning with their parents. Give the kids a solid foundation and counsel them as they choose their future careers in a global world!

Anybody who is interested is invited to participate! The event is free of costs.

Erasmus+ project 'Empowering Young People of African Origin for Political Participation in Europe

"Participate"

Farafina Institute, in cooperation with African & Caribbean Diversity and AKOMA Bildung & Kultur, and with support from the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Erasmus+, successfully completes the project 'Empowering Young People of African Origin for Political Participation in Europe' (Participate)

Group picture in front of the stage of Kenako Africa Festival, Berlin, 3rd transnational meeting

The project aimed to place a particular focus on empowerment and participation of young people of African backgrounds. This focus evolves from the finding that youth with African backgrounds do not only share limits in opportunities for involvement with other young people but do also have unequal chances for participation among young people in general in societies of European countries. Besides opportunities for participation in fields such as education, the labor market, entrepreneurship, culture and the media, this is particular true for the political field. This final project report illustrates the implementation of the project and summarizes its main findings that were generated on the basis of the workshop discussions, feedback surveys among the participants, expert interviews with representatives of African youth organisations in Germany and the UK and an online survey among young people with African backgrounds.  

'Participate Swaziland-Germany'

                      We are happy to announce the start of our new project

    'Participate Swaziland-Germany'

Young people from Swaziland, Ghana, the UK and Germany will meet up to exchange about history, politics, institutions, justice, political and governmental systems, education systems, the position of young Africans in the world and potentials of their participation in reducing inequalities in their societies. The project will bring to the attention of the public the issues of relevance for young African people.

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Transformative social change and natural resource governance in the Gulf of Guinea

Together with the Centre of Land, water and Environmental Risk Management of the Technische Universität München (TUM) Farafina Institute (FI) is building a large network of knowledge partners on transformative social change and resource governance. We are connected to researchers, experts, civil society organizations, state institutions and private sector stakeholders across the Globe, spanning Africa, Europe, and South East Asia. The diversity of our network in geographical location and expertise gives our Transformative Social Change project wide visibility, depth, and true multi-perspective. See here for our network of knowledge partners. Funding institutions and Partners

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