yep!africa authentic leadership
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To help prepare promising leaders for the future the YEP!Africa
Foundation helps develop employee leadership skills, and
at the same time builds goodwill for the company in the
developing world.
In our Authentic Leadership Programme
we encourage people to venture
outside their comfort zone by offering
development assignments in Africa where
they support our local members of the YEP
youth organisation in creating sustainable
livelihoods.
Your most promising leaders could even
serve on our Board to help build and
organize the YEP!africa Foundation.
Developmental assignments such as these
are among the most important tools that
great companies use to build leaders.
That is why YEP!africa has developed The
Authentic Leadership Programme.
Authentic leaders inspire with a
greater purpose
For whom? For all aspiring leaders who have been with
the company for some time ---- ideally the
employees that the company wants to retain most.
Interested?If and when you are interested in our Authentic
Leadership Programmeplease contact Paul
Engelsman:
Email : paul@yepafrica.org
Phone: 0031 6 12993822
More informationFor more information about the work we do visit our
website: www.yepafrica.org
How does it work?1 YEP!africa always works in partnership
with companies. In a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) responsibilities,
deliverables and the programme for the
participating company are agreed upon.
2 The experienced facilitators and coaches
connected to YEP!africa organise and carry out
the programme in close consultation with the
participating company.
3 The participating company can choose for a
one or two week development assignment in
one of the African countries we operate in.
After this assignment there is a possibility to
extend the programme by participating in one
of the YEP project groups or even serve on our
Board.
4 In Africa the participants work directly with the
members of the local YEP youth organisation
on one of their projects and/or support them in
creating their own business.
5 At the same time the participants are coached
on their own personal leadership and
entrepreneurial skills.
6 All programmes take place in safe, local
environments bringing participants as close as
possible to the authentic way of life in the local
African communities.
7 Local entrepreneurs/business people also
participate in each programme and share their
experience and expertise with the participants.
8 Before each programme YEP!africa organises a
preparation day with the participants and two
weeks after the programme a review day is
organised.
About the YEP!africaFoundation
African youth face numerous challenges that
include high unemployment levels which young
people rate as the top priority in Africa.
As long as youth regard their prospects for securing
work in Africa as unattainable, they will continue
trying to escape to Europe, in their eyes the countries
of opportunity. Too many young people die at sea and
ever rising levels of unemployment among young men
and women in Africa are a ticking time bomb. Let’s
remember that a country where youth has no future is
a country without a future.
YEP!africa believes that change can only be realised
when the youth change themselves and recognise
that empowerment begins at home and in their own
social environment. We do that by practising youth
empowerment as a matter of urgency. Building a
new social environment starts with a five day work-
shop: ”The art of Entrepreneurship”. This social
environment broadens and deepens when, after the
workshop, the participants become members of their
own YEP Youth network. This network functions as an
official local platform that not only stimulates social
entrepreneurship amongst the youth themselves, but
also represents our Dutch foundation towards local
stakeholders.
The Youth EmPowerment Foundation (YEP) wants to become the
leading organisation in Africa that creates sustainable livelihoods and
employment opportunities for youth in the future. Empowering young
people means creating and supporting the enabling conditions under
which young people with potential can act on their own behalf and on
their own terms, rather than at the direction of others.
youth is the
changeHowever, empowerment is not about
shifting all the responsibilities onto
individual young people. They need
support in order to become young
independent entrepreneurs.
That support comes from experienced local
and European entrepreneurs. Our workshop
programme “Entrepreneurs for Africa”
connects experienced entrepreneurs with
our youth and together they work on the
development of their businesses and the
youth network organisation.
Also our “Authentic Leadership
Programme” connects aspiring leaders
from great organisations with the future
leaders of Africa. This programme not
only seeks to groom authentic leaders
but also to create a world without poverty.
Action learning is the strong fundament of
this programme. During the assignment
the future leaders work hand in hand on
different projects of which the realisation
of “The Youth Enterprise Palace” is the
most challenging project at the moment.
A building where 50 small businesses can
be created, in an environment of action
learning.
Empowering youth to follow their dreams
and become social entrepreneurs
and community leaders is a unique
development concept that connects the
developed world with the undeveloped
world in an action learning environment.
Together, we can make the difference by
learning from each other how to make this
world a better world.
Join us in creating a world without poverty
and we join you in creating
authentic leaders
For more information about the
Authentic Leadership Programme
please contact Paul Engelsman:
Email : paul@yepafrica.org
Phone: 0031 6 12993822
YEP!africa
Vlak 2
3311 AT Dordrecht
The Netherlands
www.yepafrica.org
KvK : 2443707© 2
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