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Young Roots

Country: United Kingdom
Region: Western Europe
Language: English

IMPACT

Young Roots, a group of 15-20 youth living in Oxford with African or Caribbean roots met regularly over 2 years, bringng into existance a safe haven, a family of youth and elders from 8 African countries and people of all backgrounds -musicians, researchers, refugees, asylum seekers, interested youth, artisits to produce several movies, a DVD, & perform at key community events as well as organised fundraisers for World Aids Day. Young Roots led workshops in schools to spread awareness and respect for African cultural heritage, performed high quality music concerts (MOMA, Cowley Carnival, Museum of Natural History, Poonana's Nightclub). all this including music production and soecial access to the Pitt Rivers Museum ethnographic collection, enabled the young people to build skills and confidence through the expressive arts and persuing their own lines of research. Half the group were Kenyan and the project enabled an exchange of video messages with a youth group in Nairobi, eventually leading to several of the group revisiting their homeland.
ACT
- Help to strengthen youth voices all around the world by finding out about the many different ways to get involved with and support the United Youth Development Organization. UYDO is a youth-led, grass roots, not-for-profit organisation driven by hundreds of members from more than 35 different countries.
- Visit the website of the Global Youth Service Day. GYSD is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning. On GYSD, children and youth address the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, and governments.

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Description

A video introducing the Young Roots project, featuring original music from Zimbawean-born artist Sinini Ngwenya and highlights of performances, workshops, cultural exchange, work with a famous museum, and simply getting togetherfor fun and friendship.

Facilitated by: Nick Lunch, Moses Bikishoni, Sinini Ngwenya and Andy McClellan.
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