The International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence (2000-2010) is aimed at fostering peace through education, promoting sustainable economic and social development, human rights promotion, equality between women and men, tolerance, participatory communication, and promoting international peace and security. The Culture of Peace program focuses on making and keeping peace at the grassroots level through education programs and mass media communications which facilitate mass participation. Read more by clicking on the URL below or visit http://www.ipeacei.org/ to find out more.

The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) has initiated Opportunity Africa, a project to provide a gateway to Africa-related careers, training & education for young people of African descent in the UK. Opportunity Africa's purpose is to enhance the skills base and job preparedness of young Africans in London for the world of international/Africa-related work. We envisage that this will help make the transition from a career aspiration linked with Africa to participation on a programme linked to building skills, gaining work experience or a paid job smoother for you.

For young people living in poverty in coastal Kenya, surfing the internet and learning how to use computers make most sense when these skills mean better economic opportunities and work-readiness. In recognition of this, the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) announced on May 26 2005 that the winner of the APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize for 2004-5 is the "Global Education Partnership - Wundanyi" in Kenya. Global Education Partnership - Wundanyi (GEP) is a not-for-profit organisation located in the Taita Taveta District of Kenya. It has created a 12-week comprehensive training programme that focuses on "entrepreneurship and work-readiness skills" for local youth from 15 to 24 years.