During a recent workshop in Jordan, Yemeni participants worked to conceptualize a DRL program to be launched in Yemen.
IDFR worked with Benadir University in 2014 to launch the first DRL program in Somalia. Today the program has grown and has launched its graduate program that has seen tremendous growth and interest. Now the program is led by the Somali Disaster Resilience Institute and has expanded its graduate programming through a partnership with UPEACE and is now offering a PhD program in Peace, Governance and Development with specializations including a specialization focusing on DRL
The Young Disaster Resilience Leadership (yDRL) program is an outgrowth of our DRL program. In yDRL we also want to build human capacity in disaster vulnerable communities – more specifically the capacity of children, adolescents and youth. We believe that by supporting the development of these future leaders, and building resilience communities we can more effectively save lives and alleviate suffering. Even as we note they are our “future leaders” we believe that they in fact show leadership now.yDRL is carried out in partnership with volunteers from the private sector, civil society, academics and others. Volunteers are change agents and become yDRL Teaching Fellows.
IDFR has DRL Fellows from our flagship Disaster Resilience Leadership program that includes leaders from relevant line ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector and academia.
Additionally, in our Young Disaster Resilience Leadership (yDRL) program we have yDRL Teaching Fellows which include agribusiness entrepreneurs, kiosk owners, IT entrepreneurs, health pioneers, photographers, artists, vocational school/literacy center founders, forex traders, hoteliers, academics and more.
My opportunity as a yDRL teaching
fellow has taught me that no man
is an island. From the experiences
of children living in the refugee
settlements to the Teaching Fellows,
teamwork really makes the dream
work.
Rodney Kiggundu, yDRL TF
During a recent workshop in Jordan, Yemeni participants worked to conceptualize a DRL program to be launched in Yemen.
IDFR worked with Benadir University in 2014 to launch the first DRL program in Somalia. Today the program has grown and has launched its graduate program that has seen tremendous growth and interest. Now the program is led by the Somali Disaster Resilience Institute and has expanded its graduate programming through a partnership with UPEACE and is now offering a PhD program in Peace, Governance and Development with specializations including a specialization focusing on DRL
The Young Disaster Resilience Leadership (yDRL) program is an outgrowth of our DRL program. In yDRL we also want to build human capacity in disaster vulnerable communities – more specifically the capacity of children, adolescents and youth. We believe that by supporting the development of these future leaders, and building resilience communities we can more effectively save lives and alleviate suffering. Even as we note they are our “future leaders” we believe that they in fact show leadership now.yDRL is carried out in partnership with volunteers from the private sector, civil society, academics and others. Volunteers are change agents and become yDRL Teaching Fellows.
“I am always motivated to inspire and engage youth in
self-discovery and productive ventures geared toward
self-discovery and productive ventures geared toward
connecting them to opportunities. I hold a Bachelor’s
degree in Industrial and Fine Art and am co-founder
and Director of Administrations at Streetlights
Uganda, a non-profit that focuses on empowering
and uplifting street children through art. Passionate
about using art for social change, I believe most
of life’s treasures come from the satisfaction that
comes from achieving your self-determined purpose
in life. And mine is using what I know to help uplift
others. Life has a multitude of opportunities for each
and every person, however old or young. Seeing the
zeal the children had to realize their inner leadership
potential is one thing that caught my eye during this
training. I believe we achieve more by doing more for
others without expecting anything in return. That’s
what makes life worthwhile.”