Young people vote to fund Togo project
Young people at West London YMCA have kindly donated £50,000 to a youth justice project in Togo, West Africa.
West London YMCA had set aside funding for Y Care International and asked young people at the YMCA to decide where they thought the money would be best spent. Harriet Knox, Y Care International’s Africa Programme Coordinator, met with young people and staff at the YMCA and presented two potential projects in Togo and Sierra Leone. Both projects support vulnerable young people at risk of offending and young people in conflict with the law.
After taking a vote, the group of young people decided to support the Togo project; a three-year project, co-funded by the EC, which began in January 2009. Y Care International will work with West London YMCA to ensure the young people remain involved, helping to support the project as it develops and linking up with young people at Togo YMCA.
