The month of September is different than the summer time. Most the youth use to come to the center to fill their time with entertainment and personal development. On September 9 the new School year supposed to start, unfortunately there are strikes, later they solved, But, East African Youth Program welcomed its student members back from their long summer break and wished them on good terms with this new school year. A lot of the youth are moving from middle to high school, and this means for them, new environment, new friends, and new scenarios that they’ve never been in before. However the case, many of the youth were really excited about starting a new school year.
In the month of September we decided to focus on three main themes. The first theme focused on School New Year, second defining culture, and third activities is Basketball touremount. This month total of 53 youth participated in the …show more content…
Many of the East African youths have difficult times with the concept of culture. When presented with so many other cultures, they immediately see that they have to leave their own culture in order to be in the ‘normalcy’ zone with others. Some face conflicting views between the customs taught to them by their parents and the customs expected from them by their peers outside of their homes and in schools.
Sometimes they are asked questions about certain practices or beliefs yet they are unable to answer comfortably when in reality this is what bounds them to their family and community as a whole. 33 youth attended this workshop which took place on Wednesday, September 16 and 23th, 2015. In order to counter these and among other misconceptions, we decided to teach the youth, the definition of culture, then, for them to learn the different ways to explain their cultural practices without ever feeling
In the month of September we decided to focus on three main themes. The first theme focused on School New Year, second defining culture, and third activities is Basketball touremount. This month total of 53 youth participated in the …show more content…
Many of the East African youths have difficult times with the concept of culture. When presented with so many other cultures, they immediately see that they have to leave their own culture in order to be in the ‘normalcy’ zone with others. Some face conflicting views between the customs taught to them by their parents and the customs expected from them by their peers outside of their homes and in schools.
Sometimes they are asked questions about certain practices or beliefs yet they are unable to answer comfortably when in reality this is what bounds them to their family and community as a whole. 33 youth attended this workshop which took place on Wednesday, September 16 and 23th, 2015. In order to counter these and among other misconceptions, we decided to teach the youth, the definition of culture, then, for them to learn the different ways to explain their cultural practices without ever feeling