Who are We?

The Young Peoples Forum (YPF) is a true story, an ideology and an organization, depicting the urge of the young people to be the real change of the community in which they live. It is an initiative that was founded by a group of 5 young people from Kenya, who believed that in all of us as human being lays a noble ability, gift and rare passion that can change our nation and forge a greater value system in which our future can learn and draw inspiration. We believe that every human being can and should live beyond the worries and premises of having good houses, more jobs, more wealth and self sustenance. We believe that we are all created to inspire change and make life better. And this is what we are out to do.
YPF saw the unhealthy and dirty environment, state of unemployment and idleness of youth, increased crime rate, uninformed youth population, unavailability of social justice, the infringements on human rights, the neglect by the government, the poor state of infrastructure and the hopelessness that hanged around the Eastland Community of Nairobi and decided not to wait but to start doing something; however small, to improve livelihoods and restore hope.
Armed with the passion to be the change agent, YPF is determined to reach as many young people as possible and organize them into but not limited to change agents through training, information dissemination, role modeling, mentorship, talent identification and development, environmental preservation, job creation through creative thinking and innovations, societal conscious on human rights and social justice, individual contribution to the welfare and good of our communities, offering a plat form for dialogues and peace developments.
The YPF is a family where every young person is appreciated and their noble abilities, professions, knowledge and talents are harnessed, shared and developed to full potential. We look into being powerful and influential leaders that will make our nation and continent rise from the periphery of neglect, self destruction, inequality, tribalism and disunity. We intend to light up our nation, and we believe that someday the world will be happy and transformed because of this humble beginning that intend to nurture.
We are better together. And we believe that someday, change will come to Kenya, to Africa and to the world. And while we are beginning small and equally aware that we may not get there as a people, we believe that we will inspire somebody or some nation and that eventually, one day our dream will come to pass. We are taking this initiative not that we benefit as people but that someone may find it an option to do what is good for the world’s common good.
So, The YPF is an ideology and a summon that calls upon all the young people: illiterate and literate, rich and poor, gifted or not, to do something from wherever they are to make better their generation and pave the way for the generation to come.
Membership is open to all. You don’t need to be physically available, not even being in Kenya or Africa, all you need is to start doing something constructive in pursuit to improve the lives of others, with the little that you have including time, knowledge, information, organizational skills among others.
So as you join YPF, you are signing up into starting a life project that you will be remembered of as your life contribution to the community in which you lived in. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Mother Teresa, Patrice Lumumba, Wangari Maathai among others did their part to make this world better. They did so by self sacrifices and knowledge that man has to live beyond self. This is what you too can do or be. Start the journey with faith and in the final analysis it will be completed by you or by somebody else.
The YPF is guided by the following values;

§ Equity and Equality.
§ Tolerance and meritocracy.
§ Popular participation and inclusiveness.
§ Honesty and integrity.
§ Gender sensitivity.
§ Innovations and alternate thinking
§ Passion and Professionalism
§ Action learning and knowledge generation.
§ Respect for the rule of law.

Some of our objectives are
§ Create gender awareness, understanding and practise among young people.
Facilitate the imparting of positive values through training and role modelling.
To promote peace and peaceful co-existence among communities through trainings, outreach programmes and social activities
Promote sense of unity and brotherhood
§ To seek viable means that would build young people’s capacity for societal leadership.
To initiate projects and creative thinking that would guarantee economic empowerment of young people living in low income areas.
To network with other organizations and corporate entities on developmental issues
Set and practise values that can will increase inclusive participation, dialogue, knowledge of individuals’ rights and responsibilities and create means to end individualism, crimes and any other enemies that wrestles the mankind.
Research and share knowledge and information on social, economic and political issues
To promote and enhance awareness, knowledge practice and respect of social justice and human rights
To promote the culture of inclusiveness and popular participation of young people in processes of governance
To harness the potential of young people that is manifested in talents, sports, creative thinking and innovations through identification and development.
§ To celebrate the young people’s achievement and contribution to our community and country
We welcome your opinions and support. Our call is to find one another, develop a unity of mind and purpose and make our lives to be of meaning to our time and time to come. We vow to make it happen, because we are determined to live beyond self.

Yours Faithfully,
signed
OULU O. PAUL
Convenor and Founder YPF