Young people can turn their energy and creativity towards solving difficulties. Celebrated in recent days, this year’s World Youth Skills Day paid tribute to the resilience and creativity of youth. In her short TED-Talk, 12-year-old Adora Svitak challenges us to reconsider what “childishness” is. She invites adults to engage in child-like thinking to bring about change. To watch, click here.
One of our partners, Paper Boat, works in hard-to-reach communities in India to inspire and enable children to bring about change. They work with children and young people through creative approaches to build their confidence, resilience, and acceptance of self.
We recently facilitated an away day with Paper Boat trustees and staff in the UK. After 18 months of not meeting in-person, due to the pandemic, they reconsidered the most effective route to follow to keep on enabling the transformational and meaningful work they do.
To know more about Paper Boat's work, in partnership with CEDAR, you can watch this short, 2-minute video
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Quote of the week: "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation" - Pearl S. Buck