Isn’t that hilarious, they call us the future yet they don’t support us to build this future!!

As one of the Youth in Egypt, I think this is a major problem, youth need a lot to succeed, they need care, education, raising awareness and skills, capacity building, and much more. We have to confess that lately the government started to reconsider this issue and actually the decision makers took some actions to empower the role of youth and strengthen the youth initiatives. Giving an example and not listing, Egypt hosted the Youth Employment Summit held in Bibliotheca Alexandrina September 2002. This summit did not only discussed youth employment, but also it reached ways to magnify the effect of youth on their society and empower their role. Anyway this might be a start, but still a lot of efforts should be done in this field, and lets recall a word of a wise Chinese man: “If you are planning 2 years, plant rice.. If you are planning 10 years, plant a tree... If you are planning 100 years, educate the youth”

This might show us that the most successful investment is investing in Youth!

Niveen Khaleel