Grant from Canada Fund for Local Initiative
Formally announcing that Youths For Integrity has received a grant of FJ$28,000 on

Championing accountable governance, democracy & peaceful pluralism, through Youth Civic Leadership Training .

YFI participants pictured at a leadership workshop

Mr J Veramu said that, "We have contextualised our project to the UN Global Youth Development Index Report for Fiji released in October 2016 and the provision that Fiji requires educational interventions especially for its young leaders both in urban and rural areas. We are proposing a series of peer education leadership training workshops in the 3 major divisions of Fiji around the theme of “Championing accountable governance, democracy & peaceful pluralism, through Youth Civic Leadership Training.”

Fiji’s rating in the 2016 Global Youth Development Index has increased by 0.08 to 0.60 from the 0.52 Index recorded in 2013. The Global Youth Development Index ranks 183 countries according to the prospects of young people in employment, education, health, civic and political spheres. Fiji performed well in the education index recording a measurement of 0.7222 reflecting a ranking of 106 out of 183 countries and 25 out of 49 Commonwealth states 

In this proposal we propose a holistic peer leadership training program building on our previous training. We feel that this approach will provide an effective means through which young people can reach out to other youths to develop personal competencies especially on articulating their views, interacting harmoniously in multicultural settings and promoting democratic processes.

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/new_zealand-nouvelle_zelande/development-developpement/CFLI-FCIL.aspx?lang=eng