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Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa (YiSHDA) is a Nigerian not-for-profit established with a definite purpose to serve as a youth platform for Potential Discovery, Development, Leadership and Value Creation. Since 2010, we have vigorously pursued our aim of helping Africa discover young leaders who would use their potential to build a rewarding political, social and economic space for the continent, meeting our target one community at a time. We have done this by initiating various programs and youth-driven response mechanisms in states across Nigeria and beyond. YiSHDA is registered with the Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission with the number CAC/IT/No. 60340 and also a member of the Nigerian Network of Non-Governmental Organization (NNNGO) and holds a special Accreditation Status with the International Youth Federation (IYF).

History
Joseph Emmanuel Yaba first founded the organization as a Community Based Organization (CBO) in 2010. He later got the organization registered with the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on 18th May 2012 as Youth Initiative for Sustainable Development (YISD) becoming one of the first organizations in Abuja to start creating awareness and working around the sustainable development goals even before it officially came into force in 2016.

The need for expansion and scaling-up organization activities across Nigeria and beyond brought about the registration with the Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on 2nd April 2013 and the name Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa (YiSHDA) was approved by the commission.

Joseph’s idea is to have youth organization that will be broad-based and address salient issues that board on young people’s development. He also wants to nurture discipline among young people by instilling in them the spirit of patriotism, moral values and loyalty in the bid to raise responsible citizens while also promoting sustainable development for all people across Nigeria.

Vision and Mission
Mission

Our mission is to inspire and educate young people by building their capacity, leadership, and responsibility skills, and closing existing knowledge gaps that hinder the attainment of sustainable development drives.

Vision

To be a Pillar for African Youth Development by advocating for policies and programs that have potentials to impact positively the lives of people.

Work and Achievement

 * In 2014, we launched and implemented the Girls Mentorship Program designed to help young girls get the support they need to become successful women leaders, managers and entrepreneurs.
 * Zip up plus project implemented in partnership with the Society for Family Health with the aim to increase impact in knowledge, attitude and practice amongst youth about HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health. Through the project, a total of 20 Peer Educators and 240 peers were trained.
 * Integrated Community Menstrual Hygiene Program, a well-designed menstrual education and support initiative that captures and spotlights the challenges of girls during and after their menstrual cycle and countering misinformation that makes girls vulnerable to sexual predators and other harmful menstrual practices.
 * Young Girls in Enterprise Program that recognizes that girls have the potential to change their own economic status as well as that of the communities in which they live. Through the program, 250 young girls were equipped with skills needed to transform ideas into successful enterprise.
 * Make Her Space Project-A STEM project that teaches young girls how to create technology and engineering based solutions that will solve problems in their local communities and providing first hand information about ISTEM career options.
 * School Initiative on Environmental Program (SiEP): a comprehensive environmental education program that seeks to create a platform for environmental awareness among young people i.e. a platform where young people can get together to take action on environmental issues. Through the program, young people are given the opportunity to make real difference to their own quality of life, their local community as well as contributing to the future well-being of the planet.

Partners and Supporters
Through the support of Days for Girls International and AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), we have educated over 5000 girls in 20 rural communities on menstrual education and distributed free sanitary kits. We have also worked with Internally Displaced Community of Gwoza and Bama in Abuja, teaching them relevant 21st century soft skills through the Beyond Access Nigeria Project founded by the International Research Exchanges Board (IREX), and establishing a literacy club for girls across 17 locations in partnership with Global G.L.O.W.

We have equally collaborated and partnered with many local and international organizations to achieve our goals, which includes Initiative for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Children, FCT Department of Science & Technology, FCT Secondary Education Board, FCT Education Resource Centre (ERC), Junior Achievement Nigeria, Connected Development (CODE), YouthHub Africa, World Bank Youth Forum; and African Union Commission.

Reference

 * 1) Girls in ICT by YiSHDA  https://nnn.ng/tag/youth-initiative-sustainable/   Retrieved 15 September 2022.
 * 2) Accredited Organization International Youth Federation  https://www.iyfweb.org/p/member-organizations.html  Retrieved 15 September 2022
 * 3) Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa  https://1worldconnected.org/project/africa_digitalskills_gender_youth_yishdanigeria/   Retrieved 15 September 2022
 * 4) Beyond Access Nigeria Project  https://events.aflia.net/event/7/contributions/24/attachments/4/5/Abduralhim__Osuigwe.pdf   Retrieved 15 September 2022
 * 5) YiSHDA UNESCO Biennale Luanda  https://www.unesco.org/biennaleluanda/2021/en/yishda  Retrieved 15 September 2022
 * 6) NGO to Re-position Public Libraries in Nigeria  https://tribuneonlineng.com/ngo-re-position-public-libraries-nigeria/ Retrieved 15 September 2022
 * 7) Open Document Draft-Case 7, Nigeria https://www.intgovforum.org/en/filedepot_download/7047/1403  15 September 2022
 * 8) Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa  https://namati.org/network/organization/youth-initiative-for-sustainable-human-development-in-africa/  15 September 2022
 * 9) Youth Initiative for Sustainable Human Development in Africa  https://yishda.business.site/  15 September 2022
 * 10) International Girls in ICT Day 2016 events  https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/events/2016/Africa/Nigeria-2016-6.aspx  15 September 2022
 * 11) International Girls in ICT Day 2015 events  https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Women-and-Girls/Girls-in-ICT-Portal/Pages/events/2015/Africa/Nigeria-2015-4.aspx  15 September 2022
 * 12) Official website  https://yishda.org/  15 September 2022