“ It has been disclosed time and
again that the future as a whole is
always dependent on the future of
the youth in any given time. And
often the prospect of nations has
always been dependent on this
fact. That’s why they give priority
for the development of their youth
and invest continuously a lot. And
in no other instance could this
statement hold more truth than in
case of Eritrea. But any and every
effort will be meaningless without
awareness and a well-defined
purpose from the part of the youth.
So the one crucial question we need
to ask is how can we promote and
provide a conducive environment
for our youth to enable them
to contribute in building their
community for the future?
We can start by acknowledging
the change and continuity in our
society. One thing is for sure, times
have changed, and first and foremost
we need to accept this new shift in
the minds of our youth. But this
by no means is meant to give less
credit for the imperativeness of our
history and past as it is and always
be the guide and indeed reference
we will seek as a nation for times
to come. Indeed our community
has the benefit from the wisdom
of ages as it is the owner of rich
culture and history that can even
be an inspiration to others. And
one other rich resource we have
is the creativity of our youth that
has been proven time and again
through the course of time. These
two things by all means comprise
the best option and suggest a best
approach to inspire our youth and
amass the required result.
Having these qualities at our
disposal we need to take the focus
of what our youth are good at
and moreover how we think they
should support their community. In
order to receive support from our
youth and attracting them to the
community, we need to help them
live the greatness that lies and
cultivate the voice within them.
It’s not always necessarily that
we should talk in collective terms.
Although change is the result of
collective actions, it is nonetheless
comprised of individual actions, and
hence preferences and capability.
This is to say that every individual
has what it takes to achieve the
life that they know they can have;
therefore our purpose should be to
create awareness of inspiration that
already exists within our youth by
instilling desire, direction, and most
importantly purpose, and help them
to create their own belief system
deeply rooted in our history. It is
this belief system that will mould
and grow the nation as a whole for
the future of our country is nothing
more than the individuals and
particularly the youth within it.
And the task should start from
the bottom so that when, children
believe they could be anything
they desired with no sense of fear
and would one day rule the world
our society should rather support
their passion, drive and vision
by inculcating the awareness
that regardless of their life
circumstances, or environment, they
will be able to achieve whatever
they envision for themselves. In
doing so we will keep the dreams
of our youth alive that will in turn
feed the growth of our community
for, once again, its future lies within
the dreams of our youth. After
all what do the achievers in our
society or around the world, those
who we admire, have in common?
Nothing other than the fact that
they believe in themselves and their
dreams. And believing in yourself
and dreams is the fundamental
foundation to achieving what you
want out of life, regardless of your
background, education, gender,
circumstances or anything else.
We often see examples of someone
overcoming great odds to achieve
their goal, due to their belief in
those values. Looking at our near
past would suffice this conviction
echoing there’s nothing stronger in
this world than a heart that knows
what it wants. Our self-concept, the
belief we have of our self, will be
the catalyst of our actions. Hence It
will affect every decision we make
in life, our ability to grow mentally,
and the capacity to embrace change
within generations.
So in order to create a value
based community that we always
aspire and strive for, we need to,
as a nation, combine the ‘wisdom
of ages and the creativity of our
youth’. And As parents we need to
set the example of what defines our
community so our children can be
the future. Today’s youth need to
develop a way of thinking that will
install life-long values they will
need in order to prosper, to fight for
what is right, to fight for what they
believe, to fight once again to keep
our heritage alive for eternity.
The future of our nation and
heritage lies on the centuries of
wisdom and the creativity of our
youth; our legacy cannot live without the other "
--
Sincerely
*YPFDJ British Columbia Chapter*
YPFDJ Goal and Purpose
- Our goal is to build a strong, conscious and patriotic youth movement.
Our purpose is:
- To raise the awareness and level of organisation of Eritrean youth to
serve our nation
- To reassert the identity, patriotism and unity of Eritrean youth
- To promote the participation of Eritrean Youth in the national
reconstruction of Eritrea as well as guarding the sovereignty of Eritrea
- To enhance the position and influence of Eritrean Youth in their
respective countries of residence.
Received on Mon Jul 30 2012 - 21:22:56 EDT
