Youth: The Seeds of Change
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| Amidou Boureima, from Burkina Faso, is one of many young farmers for whom our SoS program offers training and technical support. |
August 12 was International Youth Day – a day of celebration for youth, but also a great opportunity for these future stewards of our fragile planet to take action to help make the planet a healthier place.
But that doesn’t mean the rest of us get to take it easy.
Young people represent more than 80% of the population in developing countries – where the richest levels of biodiversity are located. But that diversity is disappearing quickly. Every one of us depends on it for survival and well-being – for food, medicine, shelter. And although our young people aren’t responsible for the situation, they’ll be left with the consequences if we continue to lose life on Earth.
Ensuring a healthier and brighter future for rural communities is one of the key reasons USC Canada’s Seeds of Survival Program supports training and technical support for young farmers, encouraging them to remain on their lands – connected with nature, able to gain a respectable living, and be valued for the work they do to feed the rest of us on this planet.
It’s also why we signed onto the International Youth Accord on Biodiversity; to help the world’s young people raise their voices.
In these ways, USC is tapping into the youthful determination in the global South; a passion and desire to confront the growing hunger, conflict, and climate chaos worldwide. With their help – with their ideas, energy, and skills – we can breathe new life into an inter-generational campaign for a healthier, more caring global community.
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USC Canada
was founded by
Dr Lotta Hitschmanova in 1945. Our award-winning Seeds of Survival program promotes vibrant family farms, strong rural communities, and healthy ecosystems around the world.
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