American, Cameroonian Students Discuss Youth’s Role In Development Tuesday, June 11, 2013 By Jude Fuhnwi CameroonPostline -- Some 34 students from universities in the US and Cameroon have shared information about the United Nations Organisation, UNO, and the role of young people in efforts towards achieving Millennium Development Goals, MDGs. This was during an outreach programme in Yaoundé on Wednesday, June 05, organised by the United Nations Information Centre for Cameroon, Central African Republic and Gabon, in the press room of the centre. The meeting, dubbed “Youth Outreach Event: Youth and Development” was aimed at encouraging the Cameroonian youth to take action and be involved in the “Post 2015 agenda for development” The event hosted 17 students from Boston University in the USA, on an exchange programme in Cameroon since May 6. While 17 others were selected from the two State universities in Yaoundé and affiliated higher institutions like the International Relations Institute, IRIC, and the Advanced School of Mass Communication, ASMAC. During the event, an overview of the UN’s development work, especially the MDGs, was highlighted. According to organisers, the event was an opportunity for the 17 youths from Cameroon to exchange ideas and development projects with their peers from America. “Youths should be proactive,” a UN Volunteer official, Galina Chus, told participants. Talking to The Post, participants lauded the initiative and said it was enriching. “It is a great idea for us because it falls in line with the objective of our trip to Cameroon, which is ‘dialogue of innovative engineering solutions in Cameroon’. The idea is wonderful,” said the academic advisor of Boston University, Lauren Machunis. Another participant, Carlson Chofor, said he will be “able to communicate ideas learned during the exchange trip to other youths, get connected and attend many more of such programmes.” A view corroborated by another, Simo Laroche, who added that she would engage herself in “voluntary actions and sensitise people not to dump waste papers on the environment.” The event was coordinated by the official in charge of Communication at the United Nations Information Centre for Cameroon, Central African Republic and Gabon, Anne Nsang, who called on the youths to do something for their communities, in order to inspire others. First published in The Post print edition no 01437
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