OPENING DOORS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE 4 KEYS

This is a fantastic resource and provides lots of information applicable to those of us working with young people. Have a look HERE after reading the extract from the executive summary below.

The case for investing in young people now is more than clear. Almost 1.5 billion people in the world today are between 10 and 25 years old. More than half of all youth--about 525 million people--survive on less than $2 a day. More than 100 million adolescents do not
attend school. Fifteen million adolescent girls become mothers every year. Among mothers under age 20, infant mortality rates average 100 deaths per 1,000 live births; among mothers aged 20-29 and 30-39, the rate is 72-74 deaths per 1,000 live births. Six thousand
young people are infected with HIV everyday; most of them are girls in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia1. Ratios of new female-to-male infections among young people between ages 15-24 run as high as 8:1 in South Africa. These are not just numbers. These are the realities of
young people at the crossroads. The gap between the MDG targets and the current state of affairs for young people leaves no time for questions. It is time for action.