“The courageous conversation is the one you don’t want to have.” _David Whyte
In the African society, it is common to find most African parents shying away from having conversations (on sensitive topics that greatly matter) with their children.
A greater percentage of children are led astray because they get so much “roughly packaged” information from outsiders, information they would have neatly gotten from their parents thus sparing them from the blisters that comes with swimming in youthful passions, peer and social media pressures. The conversational difference between parents and children therefore creates a huge gap between them. This gap doesn’t only affect the children and their parents, but the society in general as we have so much delinquency to deal with.
To bridge this gap, we bring to you THE CONVERSATION. It’s an initiative aimed at creating fertile soils for youths to speak out, to converse. Speaking and being attentively listened to would make the youths we work with feel valued, respected and understood. With the help of our carefully selected facilitators, the 10 youths whom we’ll be conversing with for 4 months would be given platforms under which they can freely express not only their burdens, but also their dreams (and be guided). Parents won’t and can’t be left out of this process. They would also be welcomed because their roles in the development of their children is immensely important.
On Sunday 20th March, we had our first conversation with the first batch of 10 youths. The memories already build are with spreading. The moment was a blend of artistic performances from our beloved Tibi Chelsea Mah, Percy Abain and the Stagelife Poetry theatre Troup.
We deeply appreciate the Great 8 Initiative, Tata Isaac, Ebenye Karine and all others who bought the vision initiated by Voices of the Young through her Coordinator Mr. Ntui Oben.
This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more updates about The Conversation from us.
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This is a wonderful Initiative that will bridge the conversational Gap and lead to a drop in social ills.
That is true Sir.
Thank for reading through and sharing your thoughts.