Global Youth Service Day is a campaign of YSA (Youth Service America), an international leader in the youth service movement. The event is celebrated each year in more than 100 countries, with young people working together -- and with schools, youth organizations, nonprofits, community and faith-based organizations, national service programs, government agencies, and adult mentors -- to address the world’s most critical issues and change their communities.
The clean-up of Kampala’s Lubaga Division was undertaken in partnership with FOWODE Young Leaders Association Alumni, Kampala City Yange, and the political leadership of the division, which included the Deputy Mayor of Kampala City.
As part of the clean-up, the team called upon the residents of Lubaga and Mengo to keep their environments clean and to avoid throwing waste materials in trenches and along the roads – acts that can lead to hygiene-related diseases, such as cholera.
The team also used the occasion to tell the communities in which they worked about their work with URI, as well as ways residents can get involved in future clean-up exercises and other volunteer work in the community.
The young leaders have pledged to continue cleaning up the streets and roads every month. They also agreed to engage the community in health drives, behavioral change initiatives to sensitize the people about malaria and the dangers of young people using drugs. In addition, they are working to build strategic alliances with local leaders to help mobilize the communities.
