While great strides have been made in many parts of the world in ensuring that more youth have access to education, the stark fact remains that an estimated 125 million young people worldwide are not in school.  The loss of such a basic right is incalculable to those young people who are denied the opportunity to lead independent and productive lives and to their communities and nations as they fall even farther behind in the critical areas of economic and human development. 

Lack of educational and extracurricular opportunities denies the orphans the opportunity to develop leadership skills which they can use to guide their communities into the future. By being trained in non-formal education and formal education, helps the orphans youth can become peer educators who can spread awareness of salient social issues.

Nothing liberates and empowers orphans quite like education because its gives them the power to make a difference in their lives.

Educated and trained orphans will in turn pass the knowledge and skill to their peers in the community.

Orphans who are educated are less likely to get HIV/AIDS and in Africa which has such high pandemic levels, we need to begin changing the trend.

Education is development and a human right.  It creates choices and opportunities for people, reduces the burdens of poverty and diseases and gives a stronger voice in society.  For nations, it creates a dynamic workforce and well informed citizens able to compete globally, opening doors to economic and social prosperity".

YESproject provides the orphans with the urgently needed support services in form of education to make a positive impact in their lives.

SayYES to orphans is a campaign to create awareness for the orphans and to raise their educational funds.

YES Orphans Support Project Approach

YES Orphans Support project aims to link the orphan scouts in Africa with friends in a support friendship relationship.

The project works through the orphan youth, national scout associations and the Government (Social Service Department and the Ministry of Youth Affairs)

This outreach commitment, the first of its kind in the history of adult scout leaders, mobilizes support friends to be actively involved inYES Orphans Support project in Africa.

Youth Leaders are deployed to recruit orphans in communities who are listed as members of Orphans Group. The orphans are further recruited and supported to join one of the community based YES Patrols.  Divisional-wide Patrols are registered as YES Orphans Group through the Government (Social Service Department) and as YESScout Group though the National Scouts Association.

YES Orphans are prepared and  introduced to the existing YESScouts and absorbed in YES Scouts Patrols where they are further trained and invested as Scouts of the World (SW).  YESScouts Patrols are registered together as YESScout Groups under the existing National Scouts Association.

Orphans Case History:

The case history of the YESScouts and their progress reports are placed on individual web pages for selection by prospective support friends who may be interested to sayYES.  These web pages holds information such us the photograph of the YESScouts, name, age, family size, living conditions and schooling information.  This information which is confidential by nature is only privileged for access by prospective support friends.

YES Support Friends:

YES Support Friends while browsing the YESScouts web pages normally come across the needy orphan cases and they may select one, two, three... or a group for support.The selected YESOrphans are then placed under their care to provide financial and material support.

YESSupport Friends regularly organize adventure tours in Africa and undertake voluntary support services and other youth exchange activities in the country.  During such visits, they spend time with the supported YESScouts, getting to know the community people and building friendships that becomes the basis of the future support and interaction between them and the YESScouts.

Orphan Benefits:Kenya has an 8-4-4-education system: eight years in primary, four years in secondary and four years in the university.

YESScouts throughYES friends are able to access secondary education.YESProject provides support in form of school fees, school uniform, blankets, bed-sheets, towel, shoes, socks, school bag, school box, playing ball, reading books and writing materials.

This form of support enables the YESScouts to access secondary education in communities based schools or Government based schools and they gain knowledge that further helps them realize their full potential.

ThroughYESProject which last for several years (programmed),YESresponds to the actual needs of the orphans in communities.  However, in order for the relationship to be productive, the YESScout Group is based on a partnership concept.  YESScout Groups contributes greatly to reaching the aims ofYESProject and this approach allows the YESScouts to respond to other scouting for community development services.

The above provision helps the orphan scouts to receive the physical, cognitive and emotional care necessary to be connected to their past and be prepared for their future.

Through the acquisition of knowledge, skills and  positive attitudes,YESsupports the preparation of the orphan scouts for active involvement in community development through other voluntary services. YESScout Group is enriched in this way.

Cost of Sponsorship: To provide for all these facilities for one orphans it costs GB₤ 20 per month, but even  GB₤ 1, 2, 3 or more goes a long way in supportingYESProgrammed

YESensures that 100% of the money raised goes directly to help the orphan scouts placed under the care of the guardians, teachers and are trained and guided by youth leaders.

YES Progress Reports:At the end of every school term, YES friends receive an update of each supported orphan scout, based on information gathered byYES.  The updated information may also include recent letters from the orphan scouts or their guardians.
YES Project is focused on orphan scouts comprehensive development to ensure that they skillfully participate in making the world a better place to live.

 

YESProject is a concept and phiosophy that can be emulated by other youth leaders to promote wholesome education through the spirit of support friends.

YESProject hopes to contribute greatly towards the Education For All (EFA) Project.

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