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Organisations concerned directly with national youth
service
The organisations below have useful examples of national
youth service initiatives. (In addition, see the short vignettes
about national youth service as examples of NYS in practice.)
International:
By country or region:
Africa:
South Africa: National
youth service
Kenya: The Kenyan National
Youth Service (NYS) was implemented immediately after independence
and every year takes in over 2,500 youths, who are trained in vocational
skills. The servicemen undertake major projects that are part of
the national Development Plan. Vocational training under the NYS
is carried
out at some 14 schools, institutes and training centres throughout
the country.
Botswana: Tirelo Setshaba
Australasia
Europe
United States
- National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Originally an adjunct to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Service-Learning at the
University of Minnesota, the Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning
Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher
education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives
and tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening
schools and communities using service-learning techniques and methodologies.
The Clearinghouse stands ready to assist with materials, references, referrals,
and information. The Clearinghouse also maintains this website and an ever-growing
library collection that is available to Learn and Serve America grantees.
Department of Work, Community, and Family Education
- Corporation for National Service --
offers Americans of all ages and backgrounds opportunities to serve
their communities.
- National Youth Leadership Council -- the
sponsor of the USA's annual National Service-Learning Conference; provides
professional development for educators and community leaders, offers
youth leadership development through an annual leadership training program,
and
provides model programs, publications, and advocacy for public policy.
(Note: this Council is not related to or affiliated with an organization
called the "President's National Youth Leadership Council.")
USA Freedom
Corps
- National Service
Learning Partnership
- National Association of Service and Conservation
Corps -- the membership organisation for youth corps programs, aiming
to strengthen the quality of existing youth corps programs and to promote
the development of new ones
- City Year part of the AmeriCorps National
Service Network, is a nation-wide North American service program which unites
young adults, ages 17 to 23, from diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic
backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership
development, and civic engagement. City Year has addresses in several states.
- United Way of America National
Youth Service (NYS) Initiative aims to give young people the structure and
opportunities to begin a lifetime commitment of service to others. The philosophy
behind the initiative is that young people are not the problem but the solution.
Also see: United
Way of Australia
- Peace Corps
- Freedom Corps
- Learning In Deed
- Youth
Service California Publications (1995 information)
Also see the links provided by the site, Innovations in Civic Participation
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