Innovative Volunteers
Striving for Success
WHO WE ARE
INNOVATION
Innovative Volunteers (IV) was set up by enthusiastic Gambian Youths in the diaspora selflessly devoting their time and talents to inspire, engage, educate and help disadvantaged young people realise their potentials.
EDUCATION
Working with some of the most vulnerable young people in the country and the continent at large to create opportunities, establish new projects, commissions and training schemes: a one-stop-shop for creative opportunities.
SOLUTION
Head over to the Forum to contribute your ideas, thoughts, suggestions and solutions under the various discussions taking place.
WHY IT MATTERS
Despite some improvements in access to basic education and economic growth, The Gambia still faces considerable challenges in respect to reducing poverty. With a narrow economic base and a reduced internal market, it will continue to rely heavily on the productivity of its citizens to reverse the cycle that keeps families in poverty generation after generation.
Poverty reduction is a complex equation that involves improvements in job creation, especially for high-skilled and productive employment, as well as improvements in human capital levels to ensure that young people are able to create and take advantage of employment opportunities. Currently, however, low human capital levels greatly limit the productivity and employment outcomes of the population.
GET INVOLVED
We envisage to:
Inspire
Inspire the next generation of African kids, to take their destiny into their own hands and strive towards making this continent sustainable, informed and innovative.
Engage
Engage and collaborate with other stakeholders interested in conceptualizing, implementing, managing and measuring effective programs geared towards success for our young people.
Educate
An educated and informed citizenry is one that has total control of its affairs, lack of education and enlightenment has plagued our youth, thus the need to embark on programs geared towards uplifting their education and participation in matters that affect them.