Episode 11 – Synopsis

In this week’s episode we ask: “What’s your passion? How best can you use your talent and skills to make a difference in your community, and the lives of others – right where you are?”

Our i-reporters and characters are out there getting busy, involved and active in their communities planning and launching cool intervention campaigns for young people - and you can too!

In this episode, we are celebrating young people who get out into their communities, roll up their sleeves and get busy with making life better for themselves and others. The teams in the different countries are definitely getting down and dusty with their ideas to make Imagine Afrika a memorable part of this generation’s reality.

Social transformation happens because people decide to get involved. We gain life skills and live for a purpose, learning how things work and what benefits humanity. Our teams are high on life from putting their efforts into helping create something beyond themselves, and you see it when you spend time around them!

Look at Brenda and Barbara in Uganda. This week they proudly release their fabulous campaign song to the whole Ugandan nation on air after so much hard work! Our guys in Uganda are stopping at nothing to make sure their media and messaging campaign reaches everyone in their country. See them in action as they team up with some committed musicians when it’s time to play with beats and create a theme song for the campaign.

The crew in Ivory Coast put their heads together and cook up exciting plans and ideas to wow their peers in Abidjan with a message that will impact on their lives and an event that has the best of fashion, music and culture. Koffie is never one to walk away from a challenge to make things happen. Let’s see what happens when he rises to the occasion and begins to show Coulibaly just what he’s made of and how he works it on the organisational front.

Also watch out for Bolatch in Ivory Coast. This guy is coming up with a sweet sounding surprise for us.

Our i-reporter in Botswana is up against a real challenge to win Peo’s trust and motivate her to embrace growth. Let’s see what happens when Peo starts realising her dream to get her very own omang (identity document) but comes up against some tough and unexpected challenges. How will she deal with it? And how does Kitso handle it?

A challenge for you: What is happening in your country and community that you are involved in? Are you a motivational speaker, a peer educator, or a fundraiser; a committed campaigner or an activist for a just cause like better housing, people’s right to clean water and healthcare services? Let us know what you are busy with and how you have decided to go out and do something for your community. Remember, it begins with YOU!!!

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