I have been working as a youth leader since I was in standard one during my primary education level. I have been a monitor from standard one up to standard three (1995 to 1997) then I was elected to be a prefect from standard four up to standard six (1998 to 2000) then I was selected to be a head prefect when I was in standard seven in 2001 and a President of Roots & Shoots at school.I started my secondary education for four years in 2002 in 2003 I was selected to be Minister of Environment and Health and President of Roots & Shoots at the school up to form four in 2005. After that in 2005 November, life become bad at home, I didn’t know what I shall do so that I can help my mother and the rest of my family.
In 2005 December I started to work as a Roots & Shoots volunteer in 48 Roots & Shoots Clubs in the Jane Goodall Institute in Kigoma region Tanzania. I worked in TACARE (Lake Tanganyika Catchments and Reforestation Education) area and GGE (Greater Gombe Ecosystem Program) area. So my friends, you can see how I have been working as a leader for a long time, in both school and the Roots & Shoots program
Young people have great power to make changes but they don’t have a place to talk to people about what they think. I have been proud to be with the Jane Goodall Institute through the Roots & Shoots Program and the Pearson Foundation through the Digital Arts Alliance and Nokia through the Mobile Learning Institute. All of these programs are helping to raise the voices of young people, especially in local communities. In Africa, most people believe that the youth don’t have power or ability to advsce leaders, parents and others. But my experience is that the young people of the world have AMAZING things to say, and I’ve heard them say it through the many movies we’ve made with the Mobile Learning Institute.
So, I decided to establish a blog with a page called Through the Window to give you a chance to tell the world how you think we can save the world. Through the Window is a special page for any one to write anything about what is not going well in the world, your country, your region, or your village community. Make sure that your story is true and send it to isack_nyasilu@yahoo.com or jamboisack@gmail.com so that I can post it and your friends can see your power and we can help you to make changes that will positively affect the world.
Friends, I want you to think about how youth around the world can come together to share our problems. I believe that the world is like house and continents are like the rooms in house so we as African, Asian, Australian, Europeean, South American and North American we are living in the same house (the world). all problems that taking place in Europe or in America can affect Africa too. I know that we are different economically and developmentally from one continent to another, but these differences do not matter. By cooperating to solve the problems that affect all of us, we can save the world. Let us start by sharing our problems and solving them together. We have to join forces to support the Pearson Foundation and Roots & Shoots by visiting in http://www.youthvioce-isack.blogspot.com/ as often as we can.
I think we can make difference. I want us to work together to create a World Youth Committee so that we can raise the voices of young people in war-torn countries like Somalia, Congo, Iraq, Israel, Palestine and other areas. Let as come together. The time is now…not tomorrow.
I would like to take this chance to say thanks to the Pearson Foundation’s Digital Arts Alliance Program and the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program for supporting me and other young people who come from poor families like me. It is important to support young people so that ideas and solutions can be passed from one generation to the next. The Pearson Foundation supports youth who think they don’t have power through the Digital Arts Alliance. Because we can now make movies about our experiences, we see that we do have power and can make changes.
Friends write your story to tell us what you see Through the Window. And, welcome!
Thanks,
Isack Nyasilu
Email isack_nyasilu@yahoo.com or jamboisack@gmail.com
Blog http://www.youthvoice-isack.blogspot.com/
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