Harare, May 25, 2010 – Contemporary Indigenous Youth Development Africa (CIYDA) today joins the rest of Africa and all its people across the globe in commemorating the coming together of nations, a race of people, who came out in defiance with a common goal, to take charge of their destiny not only as a united, but free people. The journey of a thousand miles commences with a single step one says, well for Africa and it’s populace that day began on May 25, 1963. It is a journey that we continue to walk today and has undoubtedly been fraught with both internal and external impediments.
It is perhaps in a distant past that Africa and its people ever found reason to celebrate and reignite that dormant sense of pride on two consecutive occasions. This year’s Africa Day theme, ‘Promoting Peace through Sport’, couldn’t perhaps be more meaningful. In just over two weeks, Africa hosts for the first time one of the biggest event in sports calendar, the FIFA World Cup. Many from across the globe will throng to recently built and re-developed stadia in some of the most remarkable cities of South Africa. For the continent it is a dream come true, after all most of the talent gracing the best leagues in Europe are from Africa. However for most of its people, this will merely shift from a dream at a continental level to a personal one, for most will get neither the opportunity to see their local sports idols at such a prestigious football stage in person, nor will they get the slightest glimpse of it except in print. To sum it up for many as one writer put it,
It’s a party in my back yard...I just can’t afford...
Download and read full CIYDA Africa Day article HERE
What is CIYDA
Contemporary Indigenous Youth Development Africa (CIYDA) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2008 and is based in Harare, Zimbabwe. CIYDA is working to develop and empower the youths of Zimbabwe for the benefits of the nation and Africa as a continent through the use of new media, information technology and networking amongst other things. Through these drivers, CIYDA aims to facilitate an information hub and service provision in the areas of Business Start-up, Social & Cultural Integration, Socio-economic Mentoring and Volunteering. Through current globalization trends and dispersion of Zimbabwean youths, CIYDA currently has a network connection of approximately 500 Zimbabwean youths in many countries amongst them, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia and Canada.
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