Description

IDAY (International Day of African Youth) is an African network composed of national coalitions, bringing together each of the local civil society organizations active in the field of education.

IDAY national coalitions are organized according to democratic principles. They decide on their own organizational structure and develop their own internal rules. They are structures open to other organizations and united by the same vision: to make heard in Europe and in Africa their will to achieve quality basic education for all in Africa.

The network is therefore composed of more than 600 associations across 20 African countries that develop solutions to their problems by empowering their local and national authorities for effective and sustainable development. Governments are indeed the first responsible for the rights of their citizens. The advocacy actions carried out by the IDAY network aims at involving them. An example of solution are the school gardens allowing to improve the health of the pupils and thus their education (a healthy pupil learns better).

Concrete example :

IDAY collected 6 413€ in Belgium and IDAY-Uganda realized 7 school gardens in the district of APAC (a region in Uganda where there are many rivers and therefore many mosquitoes). Two years later, the Artemisia annua was passed from one school to another with the support of the authorities who wanted to introduce it in all the schools of the district.

Since 2011, IDAY has supported the implementation of 256 school gardens in 14 countries.

➢ VISION

The network works to contribute to a society where all individuals, especially young people, have access without discrimination to quality basic education (pre-school initiation, primary education, functional literacy).

➢ MISSION

Promote, through constructive dialogue between African civil society and African authorities, policies, systems and practices that ensure quality basic education for all children and youth in Africa.

➢ OBJECTIVE

Strengthen the capacity of African civil society organizations to advocate for and monitor quality education for all, with particular attention to the needs of the most neglected vulnerable children and youth and all factors that influence access to and quality of education.