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The New Leadership program is a partnership with Twaweza
Communications Limited and is funded by Ford Foundation Eastern Africa Office.
This project aims at redefining the concept of leadership and extending the
leadership space from politics to other arenas.
The project seeks to curve out leadership spaces in business and
entrepreneurship, volunteer movements, community initiatives and education
sector and contribute in changing peoples perception of leadership.
Project Objectives
The project main goal is to diversify, demystify and realign
the concept of leadership among the youth. The project also aims to:
Explore meanings and
inferences of leadership in East Africa. These explorations would give us an
understanding of young peoples concepts of leadership and whether these change
over time and how these affect society.
Initiate a process of empowerment for male and female young
leaders on issues of democracy, human rights, and community mobilization
through media and the arts, with the eventual aim of sustaining the nascent and
fledgling democratic processes in the East African Region.
Improve the capacity of young leaders in Kenya and East
Africa to continuously expand their cultural, social and political space.
Provide an opportunity for political and social networks and
linkages towards positive collaboration, at both the lateral and vertical
levels.
Enhance opportunities for younger people to sharpen their leadership
skills in participatory democracy and governance.
Inculcate in young leaders the values and concepts of
effective democratic leadership
Project Activities
The project is creating spaces for propagation of
alternative leadership ideas in the media. In 2004, we called on the public to
nominate people in their communities who are doing work in leadership. We
received over 100 nominees. From this number we selected 20 participants and
facilitated them to Nairobi to share and exchange ideas on community work and
influence.
Here are some
excerpts from the participants:
This program is ongoing with leaders workshops and seminars
in Nairobi.
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