Youth Action Partners for Development (YAP4D)

The ACACIA Female Leadership Initiative (AFLI)

The ACACIA Female Leadership Initiative (AFLI) was cofounded by two participants of the 2008 Jane Goodall's Global Youth Summit, Julia Coburn and Shadrach Meshach, out of a desire to foster leadership attributes in youth that will be critical in solving the interconnected and complex problems of now and the future. Our goal is also to support and encourage individuals who otherwise would not have access to leadership opportunities -most notably girls and young women. Because everyone's input is important and everyone's voice must be heard!

Through AFLI, youth from different countries are connected together with the goal of learning from one another and working towards solutions to local and global problems. We are working on a multi-faceted set of projects combined with a focus on: MAKING CONNECTIONS, FORMING PARTNERSHIPS, DEVELOPING SKILLS, and BREAKING BARRIERS. These projects include youth taking action through Roots & Shoots, developing skills and educating communities through leadership workshops, creating meaningful international connections, faciltating critical dialogue on a local and international scale and creating outlets for voices to be heard where there sometimes may not have been an opportunity.

MISSION
The ACACIA Female Leadership Initiative’s (AFLI) mission is to create opportunities for youth to connect via an international network and Roots & Shoots projects to develop, expand and grow their leadership skills and, in the process, come to a better understanding of what it means to be an effective leader in 2009 and beyond.

This includes encouraging and supporting individuals, predominately women and girls, who traditionally do not have opportunities to become leaders in their own communities.

Our projects focus on four themes:
1) MAKING CONNECTIONS 2) FORMING PARTNERSHIPS 3) DEVELOPING SKILLS and 4) BREAKING BARRIERS

With an equal exchange of perspectives, knowledge and ideas it is our central mission for everyone's input to be heard - it is through understanding each other that we can overcome our biggest hurdles.

For Details and How to Support

http://femaleleadership.org/

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