This research explores motivational and hindering factors for youth participation in structured youth development programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I used the Ethiopian Social Security and Developmental Policy definition of youth, which is similar to the definition of the Unite…
Experts in the field offer critical and informative analyses of the full spectrum of topics that are essential to advancing our understanding of the principles for effective mentoring of young people.
The Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth (HC • HY) project has provided grassroots support for the creation of robust, welcoming environments not only for children and adolescents at risk but for all youth. Building Healthy Communities for Positive Youth Development explains the …
"The Healthy Communities. Healthy Youth (HC. HY) project has provided grassroots support for the creation of robust, welcoming environments not only for children and adolescents at risk but for all youth. Building Healthy Communities for Positive Youth Development explains the D…
The Healthy Communities / Healthy Youth (HC / HY) project has provided grassroots support for the creation of robust, welcoming environments not only for children and adolescents at risk but for all youth. "Building Healthy Communities for Positive Youth Development" explains th…
This thesis investigates music education provided by non-profit organisations in South Africa as a means of countering socio-economic inequality. I focus on the case study of the national organisation known as the Field Band Foundation (FBF), with whom I undertook an intensive p…
The performing arts is one particular area of youth community practice can that can be effectively tapped to attract youth within schools and out-of-school settings, or what has been referred to as the "third area between school and family." These settings are non-stigmatizing, …
Music, Song, Dance, and Theater explores the innovative programs and interventions in youth community practice that draw on the performing arts as a way to reach and engage the target populations. The book draws from the rich literature bases in community development and positiv…