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EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF YOUTH AS CHANGE AGENTS: EMPOWERING LOW-INCOME/NON PRIVILEGED YOUTH THROUGH

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN PAKISTAN

Contents1. Introduction1. Introduction1. Introduction1. Introduction

2. Political System of Pakistan2. Political System of Pakistan2. Political System of Pakistan2. Political System of Pakistan

3. Model Project3. Model Project3. Model Project3. Model Project

4. Results4. Results4. Results4. Results

5. Future5. Future5. Future5. Future

INTR

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INTR

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ION YOUTHYOUTH

Youth Population: Pakistan’s youth

constitutes almost 64 per cent of the total population.

??Question: Whether Pakistani Youth is ready to determine the fate of entire future of Pakistan?

LOSTLOST

The Generation Lost : An age that lack stable government, justified economic growth, basic physiological needs and high rate of unemployment.

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PUBLICPUBLICIt’s not the Public: Pakistan’s political system has always been ruled by reigns in hands of few influencing families or army dictators.

DISTANCE

Youth at Distance: The imbalance in the political infrastructure restricted the youth to participate in the national policies and ultimately the process of policy making.

EXPLORE

Exploring the Potential: Now in globalised world It’s very high time to explore the potential of Pakistani youth as positive change agents.

GOALS

THE PLAN

RESULTS

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IDEA do it!do it!

Amr bil Ma'ruf wa Nahy an al Munkar: establishment of justice, equality and righteousness (Ma’ruf) in society, and the eradication of injustice, falsehood and evil.(Munkar)

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Y4DY4DYouth for Development: offers training programs to help youth to develop, implement and evaluate new initiatives and to manage their respective organizations more strategically at grassroots level.

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Change!Change!

Information for Change: Information is the catalyst, the driving force, and the product of such an evolutionary process is change. Good information flow is an integral part of social and economic development.

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44Four Guiding Goals: Youth would be seen as agents of positive change and improvement in society as a whole, through…

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BKBKTehsil Mankera: Thesil Mankera is one of four administrative units of District Bhakkar(BK). Mankera is further divided in to 7 union councils (administrative units). There are 108 villages and total population is 170,000.

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ISSUES!ISSUES!

What they have: There is only one intermediate (till 12th garde) school and only 12 high schools offering education till 10th grade with some primary schools offering education till 5th grade. Health and transportation facilities are very rare.

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ICTICTInformation & Communication Technology: The Plan was to train at least 5 youth representatives from each union council in using internet ,networking and communicating there problems and suggesting solutions through it.

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Y4DCY4DCYouth for Development Centers: So far there are 108 male Y4DC’s and 108 female Y4DC’s and 7 union council level Y4DC’s. Each center has working body of 10 trained people.

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GE BEFOREBEFORE

Isolated Groups: The youth and the majority of the people were not aware of the power of community-networking and were very passive about their role in community.

AFTERHear Us: they want to be heard and participate in policy making process at every level.

Service-learning

Civic engagement Youth governance

Leadership development

Organizational development

Youth development

FUTUREFUTURE

QUESTIONS?

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