Tuesday Around the World: Pre-Christmas special
Greetings former delegates, facilitators and presenters, development workers, aspiring entrepreneurs and anyone else who has an interest in connecting, equipping and inspiring South African youth to create the future they want to see! Happy Holidays! It would be amiss to not acknowledge that today’s Tuesday Around the World (your weekly source of inspiration, humour and thought) comes...
Read MoreMonday Morning Musing: The light at the end of the tunnel
“It is better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness” - Chinese proverb. On Thursday I posed the question: “Are we the lost generation?“, while citing some fairly bleak and disturbing trends and statistics about the future. The post was supposed to be simultaneously informative, but also a “call to arms” of sorts. The point: There are so many...
Read MoreAgainst All Odds
It’s that time of year again. The time where we all complain about time flying and wonder where the year has gone. And so it seems fitting to take a moment to reflect on the incredible journey that the enke team managed to fit into twelve short months. There are some obvious highlights: our largest forum ever (146 delegates!), a line up of incredible speakers and supporters throwing their...
Read MoreThursday’s Thoughts: The lost generation?
A recent UN Population report has warned that an estimated 1.8 billion young people, the largest cohort of youth ever known, will likely see their most economically productive years wasted. The figures have some, such as the UK’s deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, calling today’s youth the “Lost generation”, with poor infrastructure, lack of jobs and lack of education as...
Read MoreWednesday Around the World
Welcome to Wednesday Around the World! Please feel free to post your comments or thoughts on the daily humour, inspiration and food for thought we’ve posted here at our facebook page or follow us on twitter @enkeMYM for more frequent updates. Today’s bag of links starts with an inspiring video that some of you might have already seen. 1) Did you know that there are more honors...
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