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  THREE TRENDS ON HOW OUR YOUNG LEADERS ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR COMMUNITIES For Nelson Elijah , it started when he learnt about his inner potential that was hidden. As system dictates, Elijah underwent 8-4-4 system, however, through-out his schooling he missed the connection between what he was gaining vis-à-vis what he wanted. Slowly and steadily while still in secondary school, Elijah realized his passion for music motivated by his continuous urge to always learn how to play keyboard and other instruments in church, full of empathy , he thought about many children who are undergoing the same process of self-realization with less intervention to truly understand themselves, his empathetic thought gave birth to Light Children Ministry. Valery Beryl is for sure a Social entrepreneur by nature, growing up in an environment surrounded by single stories, she could not borrow from the hovering believe that young ladies could not rise up as steady social entrepreneurs. After her schoo...

AWAKE THE GAME CHANGER - C.E.O's 7TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE Why Awake Youth Initiative? Let me start with a premise…. . Africa’s future progress, or the lack of it, is inextricably linked to what is happening in African learning institution and youth based organizations today. Let me explain with a statistic. Less than 10% of the young people in sub-Saharan Africa attend college. This percentage is so small that you can be sure that those few Africans in college will, by definition, be running the show in 20 or 30 years. The upcoming leaders in business and government—the professionals, engineers, and managers who will be responsible for tomorrow’s infrastructure, education, health care, and other sectors—are sitting in a college classroom today. Consider then, in the near future, whether this influential group will play a positive role in creating a healthier, more productive, and more just future for Africa. Will they have strong ethics and a concern for the greater good, r...

  THE BIG SHIFT - STARING AT 10! MESSAGE FROM GLORIA NJERI MUNJOGU - C.O.O, AWAKE With the vision, power team and partnerships at Awake, I am glad that we strategically stand to be one of the best youth led organizations in the coming years. In less than two months in my position, I have witnessed commitment, synergy and passion of work from everyone I work with. I am committed to ensure this vision goes way and above in transforming youth livelihood and leadership in undeserved communities. I believe I will achieve empathy, that will help me understand the community well in a better perspective as opposed to a pity party form of thinking. I will understand to connect them to better available resources for their own development.

Dear Donors and Friends, With recent occurrences globally starting from health crisis and stretching to racial discrimination, it is true that we are living in a new era with complex challenges that require rapid creative interventions to enable a just, fair, and sustainable future for progressive generations. At Awake, we are redefining new creative pathways that will accelerate our rapid impact in empowering marginalized communities. The first step to this interesting journey begins by engaging everyone in our network to think about themselves as changemakers and therefore to think of Everyone a changemaker world. This new scary era, calls on all of us to re-think the practice, re-think our living, and begin to chat new pathways for a better world. It cannot just be a better world with Awake, it is a better world when all of us come together and begin to rapidly challenge the status quo, stand up for what is right, support the right intervention and enable a super-fast impact. Awake ...