WORDS FROM YES CHAIRMAN. 

The government, society and other stakeholders must create mechanisms that ensure young people are involved in the development of poverty reduction strategy through national youth councils or other forums for youth representation. This will ensure that youth perspectives are heard and that poverty reduction strategies are relevant to local concerns. It will also promote widespread participation in their implementation. In terms of these recommendations, you can play a key role in ensuring country ownership of poverty reduction strategies. By investing in the engagement of youth, the poverty reduction strategies will not only make youth more active as citizens to give back to their societies for the rest of their lives, but also by default link the entire families of these youths and their communities into the work. By looking at these needs of youth, key needs in terms of long range and greatest poverty-pay off are likely to be quickly identified.

 WORDS   FROM YES GENERAL SECRETARY

Youth organizations are unique in that they are primarily focused on reflecting the views and serving the needs of the young people. Whether these are structured organizations or informal groups, they provide a space where young people can organize for action to meet community needs and experience group processes. Support to youth organizations and their structures on a national level through National Youth Councils or Youth Committees in many countries is the basic strategy to involve youth into decision making and insert ideas on how to rescue their life based on socio-economic development hence become independent .This also involves the right and support to establish youth organizations.

Maneno kutoka MWENYEKITI YES.  

serikali, jamii na wadau wengine lazima kujenga mifumo ya kuhakikisha kwamba vijana ni kushiriki katika maendeleo ya mkakati wa kupunguza umaskini kwa njia ya halmashauri ya kitaifa ya vijana au vikao vingine kwa ajili ya uwakilishi wa vijana. Hii itahakikisha kwamba mitazamo vijana ni kusikia na kwamba mikakati ya kupunguza umaskini ni muhimu kwa masuala ya ndani. Pia ushiriki mkubwa katika utekelezaji wake. Kwa upande wa mapendekezo haya, unaweza kuwa na jukumu muhimu katika kuhakikisha nchi umiliki wa mikakati ya kupunguza umaskini. Kwa kuwekeza katika ushiriki wa vijana, mikakati ya kupunguza umaskini si tu kufanya kazi kama vijana zaidi wananchi kutoa nyuma na jamii zao kwa ajili ya mapumziko ya maisha yao, lakini pia na uhusiano default familia nzima ya vijana hawa na jamii zao ndani ya kazi. Kwa kuangalia mahitaji haya ya vijana mahitaji muhimu katika masuala ya mbalimbali ya muda mrefu na umaskini mkubwa kulipa ni uwezekano kuwa haraka kutambuliwa.

Maneno kutoka YES Katibu Mkuu

Mashirika ya vijana ni ya kipekee kwa kuwa kimsingi ni kulenga iliyoonyesha maoni na kuwahudumia mahitaji ya vijana. Kama haya ni muundo mashirika au vikundi rasmi, wao kutoa nafasi ambapo vijana wanaweza kuandaa kwa ajili ya hatua ili kukidhi mahitaji ya jamii na uzoefu wa michakato ya kikundi. Msaada kwa mashirika ya vijana na majengo yao katika ngazi ya kitaifa kwa njia ya Halmashauri ya Taifa ya Vijana au Kamati ya Vijana katika nchi nyingi ni mbinu ya msingi ya kuwashirikisha vijana katika kufanya maamuzi na kuingiza mawazo ya jinsi ya kuokoa maisha yao kutokana na maendeleo ya kijamii na kiuchumi hivyo kujitegemea. Hii pia inahusisha haki na msaada wa kuanzisha mashirika ya vijana.