Youth Bridge Foundation

BACKGROUND

Creative Writing, Art and Family Fun Festival [CreWAFF] is a Youth Bridge Foundation community and youth development initiative. 

When Youth Bridge Foundation, publishers of The Spintex Brief – Free Community Journal organized the first ever Creative Writing, Art and Family Fun Festival known as CreWAFF for children aged between 2-15 in April 2006, the value of the initiative to help develop our communities into a cohesive community of interest was clearly reinforced. The overwhelming patronage of CreWAFF 2006 in the Spintex Community by children, parents, grandparents, relatives and curious adults manifested CreWAFF as a building block in the construction of a viable community.

Responding to the call by patrons of CreWAFF 2006 to make it an annual event, the organizers are primed to make CreWAFF 2007 a much bigger and innovation-filled event. Given adequate support, post event management and follow-up activities [e.g. bi-monthly forums, practical workshops, etc.] will be integrated to sustain achieved positive impact.

Our motivation for organizing CreWAFF is anchored on the conviction and evidence from many parts of the world that families flourish, children are happier and businesses boom when the community is knit together by ties that go beyond mere territorial connectivity.

We are committed to advocating for a culture promoting the strengthening of families to provide supportive environment for the youth and the ultimate development of healthy communities. Thus, a haven for good business and multi-cultural co-existence will be created

THEME
CreWAFF 2009 – “Celebrating Africa’s Future – Children & the Family”

 CreWAFF 2009 embraces the future with optimism for the African Child and the Family in the commemoration of this year’s African Liberation Day. The event will enjoin the community fraternity to give opportunities to children to develop their creativity and ingenuity as a positive recipe for healthy growth and happy homes and families.

TARGET GROUP
Our primary target groups for the programme include children, the youth and parents from different social backgrounds and cycles with expectation of over 500 participants.
• Primary Group - 3 – 6yrs
- 7 – 15yrs
- 16 – 20yrs
• Secondary Group – Adults (Parents, Guardians etc).

STRATEGIC PARTNERS
The organizers of the event would engage in strategic partner with following prospective organizations to facilitate the organization of CreWAFF 2009.
i. Institutional Partners: UNICEF, UNDP, GES, MOWAC
ii. Corporate/Enterprise Partners:
iii. Media Partners: Citi Fm, Adom Fm, Joy Fm, Junior Graphic, Sunny FM, Daily Graphic, GTV