{"id":132875,"date":"2024-08-08T07:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/nurturing-hope-and-leadership-among-gazas-young-people\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T07:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:40:51","slug":"nurturing-hope-and-leadership-among-gazas-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/nurturing-hope-and-leadership-among-gazas-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza\u2019s young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132875\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cMy message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of youth in societies and to invest in their potential,\u201d said 23-year-old Sarah Al Shamali from Gaza City, ahead of International Youth Day, marked annually on 12 August. A volunteer with Sharek Youth Forum, a local non-governmental organization (NGO) in war-torn Gaza, Ms. Al Shamali has currently been displaced for the ninth time and lives in a crowded refugee camp as the conflict with Israel enters its 10th month. Before the latest eruption of violence, she ran her own media and graphic design company, where she honed the leadership skills she is now teaching to hundreds of her fellow Gazans. \u201cI was motivated to alleviate the suffering of Gaza\u2019s citizens,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to show the world that no circumstances will extinguish the lifeline of hope for our young people,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Al Shamali and her colleagues are providing practical support, from educational programmes to distributing safe water in displacement camps and cultivating a spirit of solidarity among Gaza\u2019s youth. She described her experience as a volunteer as \u201ctransformative,\u201d explaining that it has helped her to navigate crises, strengthened her resilience and confirmed her belief in the potential of future generations \u201cbecause young people embody the soul and energy of our country\u201d. Children in Gaza hold lanterns to celebrate the advent of Ramadan in March. (file)\u00a9 UNRWA Children in Gaza hold lanterns to celebrate the advent of Ramadan in March. (file)<\/p>\n<p>Some 1.9 million people are currently displaced in Gaza, many of them already multiple times. Most are living in temporary, insecure and unsanitary shelters, vastly increasing their exposure to diseases and gender-based violence, yet with scarce access to even the most basic health care. A youth programme launched in December 2023 with support from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has so far engaged almost 1,000 volunteers to assist more than 90,000 young people across Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>One million children in Gaza now require psychological support. Funded by Education Above All, the initiative offers psychological counselling, stress relief activities, support for survivors of gender-based violence and essential supplies and advice during public health campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Such efforts are essential not only to meet the immediate psychosocial needs of young people, but also to equip youth affected by conflict and trauma with skills to rebuild a more peaceful future. Studies from conflict- and post-conflict settings show that support programmes led by peers and survivors can significantly improve the health and wellbeing of women and young people who are vulnerable to violence. \u201cThe most valuable investment lies in empowering them as the owners of their ideas, initiatives and projects,\u201d Ms. Al Shamali said. \u201cThey can find solutions to society\u2019s challenges as leaders, innovators and as our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/08\/1152901\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/nurturing-hope-and-leadership-among-gazas-young-people\/\">Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza\u2019s young people<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,15613],"class_list":["post-132875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-gazas-young-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}