All Eyes on the Goals: Creating youth partnerships to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Between Mombasa and Cape Town, young activists from countries in sub-Saharan Africa joined the 68th Global Voyage to discuss the development needs of the continent from a youth perspective. Keeping in mind the 2015 deadline to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), project organizers – Peace Boat and the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) – aimed to create a network between development-oriented organizations and design an action agenda to present to governments and policymakers in Africa and Japan. Above and beyond the creation of a final document, for the activists it was a chance to strengthen connections between their organizations and to share the advocacy strategies each use in their home countries. The nine participants represented organizations that promote themes such as gender equality, vocational training and decent work, particularly for young people.







