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Solution Overview

Solution Name

Vibrant youths

One-line solution summary.

I would like to talk about the re-entry policy and also implementing education for all.

This will enable more children to go to school and will reduce early marriages.

Elevator pitch

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What is your solution?

Firstly I would love to talk about re-entry policy. This will help many youths go back to school after falling pregnant. This will help end child marriages as well.

Secondly, I would like to talk about the implementation of free education for all. Some parents fail to send their children to school because of low incomes but if there is free education for all, but will have no excuse but to send their children to school.

My solution is mainly centered on education because I believe education is the key to success. When youths ate learned they will know a lot of things and this will be productive to us as a nation. They will know the effects and dangers of many things and they will also know how to avoid certain things e.g teenage pregnancies, early marriages, STIs, cancers, climate change etc.

My solution is all about advocacy and creating awareness about what is happening in the world today. I can say it uses today's technology (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) e.t.c

What specific problem are you trying to solve?

I am trying to solve the problem of lack of education (illetracy) for youths in my community.

This problem has affected a lot of youths in my community.

80% of a 100 youths are uneducated and this has led to a lot of drunkenness and prostitution in my community. Poverty levels have also increased hence promoting theft.

Who does your solution serve? In what ways will the solution impact their lives?

My solution is mainly concerned about youths and children.

Youths are involving themselves in bad behaviours, some are becoming parents yet they can't manage to take care of their own children and as a result children are being disadvantaged, some are being sent to work instead of going to school.

If many youths are educated, employment won't be an issue and poverty levels will be reduced. Unwanted pregnancies will also be reduced hence we won't have a lot of children on the streets.

What steps have you taken to understand the needs of the population you want to serve?

Ues I did some research about it.

I worked with work WCY as an advocate children's rights and education was one of the things we focused on.

Not yet but am planning on engaging then.

Which aspects of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Improving learning opportunities and outcomes for learners across their lifetimes, from early childhood on (Learning)

Our solution's stage of development:

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution—in other words, what have you accomplished to date?

Because it's just an idea waiting to be implemented and seeing the outcome after implemention

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Kapiri, Zambia

Team Lead:

Sangwani Vanessa Mulubwa