The African & African Caribbean Nation is aliveThe African & African Caribbean Nation is aliveA presentation by Arrey Mbongaya Ivo for Afro-Caribbean Achievement A presentation by Arrey Mbongaya Ivo for Afro-Caribbean Achievement

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A presentation for ACAP Vacation A presentation for ACAP Vacation Term ActivitiesTerm ActivitiesArrey Mbongaya Ivo is founder Arrey Mbongaya Ivo is founder and Director of African Centre for and Director of African Centre for community and Developmentcommunity and Developmentwww.africancentreforcommunity.comwww.africancentreforcommunity.comhttp://youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforChttp://youtube.com/user/AfricanCentreforComom

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How African& African Caribbean How African& African Caribbean Youths should goYouths should go

In prideIn prideIn achievingIn achievingIn confidenceIn confidenceIn knowledge and understandingIn knowledge and understandingIn education and workIn education and workIn tradition, documentation and intercultural exchangesIn tradition, documentation and intercultural exchangesAll these leads to empowerment and pride in our nation/statesAll these leads to empowerment and pride in our nation/states

Education empowers youths. A pictureEducation empowers youths. A picture of pupils inof pupils in Grace Orphanage. Cameroon Grace Orphanage. Cameroon copyrights(2006)copyrights(2006)

It makes them to It makes them to know the world and know the world and how to defend how to defend themselves in it.themselves in it.It helps them have an It helps them have an identity and to stand identity and to stand against intimidationagainst intimidationKnow yourself, your Know yourself, your culture and others culture and others and read historyand read history

Empowerment is either formal or Empowerment is either formal or informal informal picture of Oroko boy learning with elders(copyrights2006)picture of Oroko boy learning with elders(copyrights2006)

It can come from schoolsIt can come from schools

It comes from parental It comes from parental educationeducation

It resides in progressive It resides in progressive traditionstraditions

It comes from the selfIt comes from the self

It can take various forms. It can take various forms. From science, sports, From science, sports, Arts, poetry, respect, Arts, poetry, respect, responsibility, work, responsibility, work, socio-economic life etcsocio-economic life etc

How do you empower yourself andHow do you empower yourself and others? Below others? Below

are pictures of African ways inare pictures of African ways in Germany(2006)Germany(2006)

By knowing your role By knowing your role models with African and models with African and Caribbean originsCaribbean originsBy striving to achieveBy striving to achieveBy making others follow By making others follow your exampleyour exampleBy not giving in to By not giving in to bullyingbullyingBy knowing your rights. By knowing your rights. every one is born equalevery one is born equalBy cooperating and By cooperating and sharing with others in sharing with others in most fields of life most fields of life

We must have pride in our nation, We must have pride in our nation, ourselves and our activitiesourselves and our activities

Picture1 are girls in Bonadikombo market, CameroonPicture1 are girls in Bonadikombo market, Cameroon helping helping their mothers to sell clothes during holidaystheir mothers to sell clothes during holidaysTraditional healing plant called “Traditional healing plant called “nkwa ndeknkwa ndek” known for curing skin ” known for curing skin diseases like diseases like ring wormring worm and and eczemaeczema. Many are not known to . Many are not known to science. It grows in South West, Cameroonscience. It grows in South West, Cameroon

What should we do when are What should we do when are bored, bullied, happy, sad etc?bored, bullied, happy, sad etc?

Use your time and life

To createTo report your Problems andFind solutions

Write, learn, draw, work, dance,Sing, pray,Laugh and

share

Lets build true networks between Lets build true networks between ourselvesourselves

Networks between the strong Networks between the strong and weakand weakThe poor and the richThe poor and the richThe educated and the The educated and the uneducated.uneducated.Traditions and ModernityTraditions and ModernityAfricans in Africa and the Africans in Africa and the DiasporaDiasporaBetween our brothers, sisters Between our brothers, sisters and parentsand parents Between Development Between Development people, associations around people, associations around the world and our visionsthe world and our visions

When we are strong as a groupWhen we are strong as a groupwe shall be strong aswe shall be strong as

YouthsYouthsMothersMothersPupils or studentsPupils or studentsArtistsArtistsScientistsScientistsBlacks, Blacks, Africans/CaribbeanAfricans/Caribbean Nation/StatesNation/StatesAs citizens of the worldAs citizens of the worldWe are meant to be We are meant to be winners.winners.

Event PicturesEvent Pictures

Slides, Pictures and Paintings by Slides, Pictures and Paintings by Arrey Mbongaya IvoArrey Mbongaya Ivo

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