Rural Voices of Youth (RVOY) is an initiative of Voices of Youth (VOY) – UNICEF’s website for young people that allows you to connect to young leaders from around the world to share and express different views and interests. Using Facebook and VOY discussion forum, RVOY focuses on leadership of youth in the rural and urban community. Launched in Nigeria in 2005, the Rural Voices of Youth (RVOY) links young people from rural areas in different countries, who do not have access to internet, to explore, speak out and take action on global issues that are important to them in order to create a world fit for children
Today, the RVOY network has expanded to 22 countries (Liberia, Gambia, Peru, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ghana, Oman, Kenya, Argentina, Togo, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Nepal, Uganda, Haiti, Swaziland, Morocco, Sweden and Nigeria) where RVOY focal points work with young people in communities on child rights and child participation issues.
Age: Minimum 15 years.
Tasks
RVOY National Focal Points (NFPs) are appointed to set up RVOY country networks. In specifics their tasks include:
l Collate *rural community contributions and posting these on the country facebook page/consultation documents and VOY website
l Drafting updates for the RVOY newsletter and circulating the newsletter amongst rural communities and local decision makers
l Use VOY online communication tools and facebook to communicate with other NFPs and engage with the global Voices of Youth community
l The NFPs would communicate via SMS and paper based mail with rural communities, as well as conduct initial face-to-face visits as needed.
l Help identify possible partners to create opportunities for the RVOY network in their countries, including opportunities for technological trainings, face-to-face meetings, involvement in rights related initiatives and the like.
l Commit at least 6 hours per week to UNICEF-RVOY’s work on a voluntary basis. This is in addition to any other task as may be assigned by the RVOY Coordinator or Coordinator- VOY.
l Take part in monthly conference calls/chats and respond promptly to email communications.
This Network offers:
l Certificate of Recognition
l Opportunity to develop leadership and life skills including capacity building on development issues.
l Opportunity to contribute and participate in UNICEF related activities.
l Opportunity to network, meet other people.
Interested? Please send your curriculum vitae and motivation letter torvoy.unicefvoy@gmail.com . Note that applicants from countries other than those listed above are qualified to apply. See the attached concept note for more details. Application closes on the 20th of November 2009
Please visit: http://www.ypwc.org/images/docs/unicef%20rvoy%20concept%20note.doc to download the RVOY concept of operation.
I am a young man, passionate about youth empowerment and youth affairs in general. i am a student at the University of Nairobi and the secretary to a students group by the name “Students for Global Sustainability”- University of Nairobi chapter. we have recently done a project called “The Eldoret Return to school Project, which targeted children who are of the school going age but for some reasons are not going to school. through this we were able to return 185 children to school, through partnership with some students from college of Notre Dame, Maryland. we are extending this campaign to other parts of the country and continue to interact with large numbers of youths country wide.
I am interested in the opportunity to serve in the RVOY program and kindly request to be considered to serve in Kenya, as the country representative or in any other capacity,through which I can provide my contributions to help change the lives of the youths globally.
The youths all over the world have never had real opportunities to give their opinions on various issues and event to identify and grasp the many opportunities that are available for them. this is a great opportunity and i urge all the youths to use this tool to interact, share ideas, opportunities, knowledge and even challenges, for common good
I’m a young and vibrant guy, very youthful & a quick learner too! All I want is a better world, starting with my community, in other words I love thinking globaly and acting localy! Anything Developmental, I love!
I’d very much love to be my nations focul point! thank You!
I’m a young Cameroonian who studied in environmental sciences. I’m also an active member of the Youth Network for Central Africa Forest (Réseau des Jeunes pour les Forêts d’Afrique Centrale) and the regional coordinator of the association Youth Synergy and Development (Synergie Jeunesse et Développement). I was thus implicates in expressing the youth cameroonian position on the Copenhague Summit; also In the youth cameroonian position on migrations in Paris. I also participate to the organisation of conferences on environmental aspects in Cameroon.
I’ll like to be through this amazing program the focal point for the Cameroon country so that i would share with my fellow citizen, experiences and knowledges from the world.
@Fredrick Odhiambo
Please send an email with the motivation letter and the resume to the address that was given