Position: Volunteer Youth Leaders
CWS-FilmAid International (FilmAid) is inviting interested Youth Leaders from Naivasha currently involved in community development work with young people either through youth groups, CBOs or CSOs or any other social group that seeks to empower the youth.
The position will involve participation in development of a videos highlighting youth political and socio-economic concerns and in turn disseminating the videos through public screenings.
FilmAid International is a non-governmental organization that uses film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted.
Politics in Kenya over the years have tended to generate immense ethnic conflicts since political parties in the country are dependent largely on ethnic blocs for votes. During past civic, parliamentary and presidential elections, voting patterns have largely been determined by ethnic affiliation and this has generated battles between various ethnic communities as every ethnic bloc seeks supremacy.
The youth have mostly been used as the foot soldiers in such political contests, with politicians adept at manipulating their poverty, real and perceived injustices, ignorance on civic and political issues and ethnic sentiments. During political contests, it is the politicians who set the political agenda and then hire youth for mobilization of votes, violence towards opponents and necessary protests and demonstration to push their agenda.
To effectively generate their own agenda and play a meaningful role in reconciliation, leadership, civic affairs and reform, it is critical that the youth develop a shared concern of issues that are important to them regardless of their ethnic and geographical background.
This involves creating a platform of dialogue and learning on these issues. It is with this backdrop that FilmAid international with support from USAID/OTI – Kenya Transition Initiative (KTI).
FilmAid seeks to engage the youth in Kibera, Naivasha, Eldoret and Kisumu in Inter-ethnic dialogue around ethnic stereotypes, violence and tolerance, and developing shared concerns while creating a platform for articulating national youth issues outside definition by mainstream media.
Project Objectives
CWS-FilmAid International (FilmAid) is inviting interested Youth Leaders from Naivasha currently involved in community development work with young people either through youth groups, CBOs or CSOs or any other social group that seeks to empower the youth.
The position will involve participation in development of a videos highlighting youth political and socio-economic concerns and in turn disseminating the videos through public screenings.
FilmAid International is a non-governmental organization that uses film to promote health, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted.
Politics in Kenya over the years have tended to generate immense ethnic conflicts since political parties in the country are dependent largely on ethnic blocs for votes. During past civic, parliamentary and presidential elections, voting patterns have largely been determined by ethnic affiliation and this has generated battles between various ethnic communities as every ethnic bloc seeks supremacy.
The youth have mostly been used as the foot soldiers in such political contests, with politicians adept at manipulating their poverty, real and perceived injustices, ignorance on civic and political issues and ethnic sentiments. During political contests, it is the politicians who set the political agenda and then hire youth for mobilization of votes, violence towards opponents and necessary protests and demonstration to push their agenda.
To effectively generate their own agenda and play a meaningful role in reconciliation, leadership, civic affairs and reform, it is critical that the youth develop a shared concern of issues that are important to them regardless of their ethnic and geographical background.
This involves creating a platform of dialogue and learning on these issues. It is with this backdrop that FilmAid international with support from USAID/OTI – Kenya Transition Initiative (KTI).
FilmAid seeks to engage the youth in Kibera, Naivasha, Eldoret and Kisumu in Inter-ethnic dialogue around ethnic stereotypes, violence and tolerance, and developing shared concerns while creating a platform for articulating national youth issues outside definition by mainstream media.
Project Objectives
- Produce together with youth in Naivasha a 15 minute film on issues relating to youth participation on mitigating inter-ethnic violence, understanding critical issues pertaining to leadership, civic affairs and reform and highlighting shared concerns among youth from different ethnic and geographical background.
- Promote dialogue on inter-ethnic violence, critical issues pertaining to leadership, civic affairs and reform, shared concerns among youth from different ethnic and geographical background by working with FilmAid to conduct film screenings of the produced films
Requirements for Volunteering
- Be a member of an active Youth led group or be in a position of authority in a CBO working with youth on youth related issues with a demonstrated ability of teamwork, networking skills, organization, communication and planning.
- Willingness to embrace new ideas with knowledge of the use of different Art forms like drama, Theatre for development, Narratives, short films and community theatre an added advantage.
- Be able to demonstrate good facilitation skills through experiences over the last 6 months and where possible to show certificate of formal/informal training.
- Should be not more than 30 years old and able to demonstrate leadership skill through sharing a recent experience that involved leading youths in any youth oriented activities.
- General knowledge of the reforms agenda in the country with specific emphasis on the roles of the youth and their involvement in reforms agenda through mobilization of young people to participate in the election of leaders, empowerment through civic education, agenda four (4) reform issues or any other related issues.
- Familiarity with current political issues in the country, especially on issues that triggered the post election violence and the perceived root causes of the violence
- Extensive knowledge of the location with a demonstrated ability to mobilize youths from the different regions in the target locations. (Should be a resident of the target location)
Please respond to the advert via email expressing your interest by filling the attached questionnaire to smotieno @ filmaid.org
Applications to be submitted via email or call 0716 000 346 during office working hours by latest 31st March 2010
We will be conducting interviews on the 6th and 7th April 2010 from 8.30 am – 4.00pm at a venue to be communicated. Ensure that your email address and telephone is indicated.
