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Mr. Hika Jospeh

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Organization: The Pacific Community - Youth@Work
Country: Solomon Islands
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I am currently engaged in empowering and linking unemployed rural youths in the Solomon Islands to opportunities. And at the same time trying to address the issues that hinders rural youth participation in socio -economic development. I coordinate the rural component of Youth@Work programme in the Solomon Islands. The programme is managed by the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with the Solomon Islands government

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    • Respond to Question 1:

      I understand that there are lots of programes/projects that were targeted to reduce poverty, food security, climate change ect.. I would like to share our experience here in the Rural areas of Solomon Islands. Our Young people were always excluded in the actual implementation or participation in any activities. There are lots of reasons why  - ranging from culture, education and others.

      Our young people are the future of SIDS.  Their lives are directly affected by climate change and is threatening their livelihood. We, the young people need to know the causes what is threatening our livelihood, need to be informed, must participate in programmes, and have a voice in policy making decisions.

      From my experience, it is better to design youth led initiatives, because young people tend to listen better to their peers than to someone outside of their group age. Considering the culture factor.

      I would recommend more programmes/project to be youth let. I appeal to governments and donors to support youth led organisations and movements that are trying to address the socio -economic issues in SIDS.