YOUTH IN HOLIDAYS CHALLENGE.COMPETITION.

URUBYIRUKO RUFITE IMYAKA 10-25 RURAKANGURIRWA KWITABIRA AMARUSHNWA MU BYICIRO BITANDUKANYE AHO WAKORA UMUVUGO, INDIRIMBO, GUSHUSHANYA,… Soma byinshi birambuye.

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND CULTURE LAUNCHES YOUTH IN HOLIDAYS CHALLENGE

According  to NST1,  Rwanda places youth at the centre of transformation by giving them a platform for decision making, social welfare, human development, entrepreneurship development and many more. The  article  106 of the priority  area 6 stipulates the increase of citizen’s  participation, engagement  and partnership  in development.

As part of the implementation of GenU Rwanda, the Ministry of Youth  and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF Rwanda, Ministry of Education, the National Youth Council have organized a holiday program dubbed “Youth in Holidays Challenge” to encourage  young people to increase their involvement in civic engagement activities, contribute to solving challenges faced by respective communities as a way of keeping them safe, active and creative and using holidays as opportunities for growth and change-making.

Eligibility criteria

Being Rwandan Youth aged between 10-25 years

Scope of competition

The Youth in Holidays challenge will  focus on issues (human security issues) affecting communities that call for young people civic engagement such as:

-Drug abuse

-Human trafficking

-Teen pregnancies

-COVID-19 pandemic

Candidates will showcase their skills and talents through:

-Short essays

-Short videos (demo, sketch, etc.)

-Poems

-Drawings/cartoon

-Songs

General criteria

Each proposal shall respond to the following criteria:

• Reflect orginality: innovation and creativity
• Aligned  with  civic engagement activities
• Relate  individual experience
• Be  an exemplary inspiration  to young  people

Application process:

Interested and competent applicants shall complete the application form available here https://bit.ly/2WtHd7B

Submissions will be accepted until Sept 30, 2021.