Article 2 Newsletter

The newsletter was created by young people who were regular participants in the Voices of Youth online chats and discussions. These young people 'met' online over a period of several months to develop the idea and plan the newsletter. The group has never met in person, and come from a diverse range of countries, such as Somaliland, Romania, France, Nigeria, Morocco, and Argentina.

The young people divided themselves into departments: editorial, distribution and promotion, and online administration. They also decided that each issue will have a theme, such as violence or HIV/AIDS, and each member of the organising team will write an article for each issue. The newsletter includes first-person narratives, interviews, and research-driven articles. To cut down on production costs and to make the newsletter more easily accessible to an unlimited audience, it is published online.

The newsletter was created by the young people in an effort to encourage other young people to take action and be aware about social issues. “We want to make everyone awake,” says Zuhur, 19 and from Somaliland, one of the organisers of the effort. “The biggest thing that frightens me is people who do nothing.”

Young people around the world are invited to contribute feedback, articles, personal experiences, photos, pictures, poems, or songs for inclusion in the newsletter.

Youth

Voices of Youth is a UNICEF web-based project to "offer all children and adolescents, including the hard-to-reach, a safe and supportive global cyberspace within which they can explore, discuss and partner on issues related to human rights and social change, as well as develop their awareness, leadership, community building, and critical thinking skills through active and substantive participation with their peers and with decision makers globally. "