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 CONVERSATION
“an open space for healthy discussions amongst youths”
– Bridging the Conversational Gap –
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 is 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 will 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.
