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| Sydney Tetteh Hushie |
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Programs Coordinator, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS |
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Male, 28
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Accra, Greater Accra |
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 Ghana |
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Ghana |
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Ghanaian
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Ghana
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English
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 http://www.gyca.org |
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 About Me |
Sydney Hushie, 27, young and interested in the development of Africa by young Africans has been a youth advocate for HIV/AIDS for 14 years. Sydney, since 11 years has always believed in African youth and the role they have to play in the leadership of the continent.
Sydney currently is the Programs Coordinator of the South Secretariat of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS based in Accra Ghana. Sydney is responsible for the Regional and National Focal Points program of GYCA. His role involves coordinating, providing technical and administrative support for the RFPs and NFPs. Sydney coordinates the work of 12 RFPs and at least 50 NFPs across the world.
His work is directly linked to GYCAs key strategy of identifying, training and mentoring new leaders for the AIDS response.
Sydney has a great interest in promoting youth activity in the media. This is demonstrated through work he has done with the Children and Youth in Broadcasting (a media advocacy group) in Ghana. As part of the work with CYIB, Sydney has trained over 400 children and young people in media advocacy and increased media access to children in the rural communities. He also has been for many years radio and TV presenter on a number shows targeted at young people’s involvement in development. A number of advocacy press articles have also been written all under the media project.
Sydney has been involved in national, regional and international level advocacy and engagement of young people. At the national level, Sydney has been involved in advocacy with members of parliament on various Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of young people. In December last year, Sydney led a team of young people to organize the youth programme of the International Conference on HIV and STIs in Africa in Dakar Senegal. This conference brought over 250 young people to Senegal creating space for 24 young people in the main conference chairing, facilitating, presenting abstracts and papers. This largely increased visibility of young people at the conference and subsequently in the conference at large. At the international level, Sydney recently joined a team of young people in Oslo-Norway at the Young Leaders Summit organized by the Crown Princess of Norway and UNAIDS. A major outcome of this meeting is the initiation of the 5% investment for the Future Campaign. Also created was the HIV Young Leaders Fund which is providing core and program funding to youth organizations.
Sydney has also in the past worked with the UNFPA, UNICEF, Plan International, UNAIDS in Ghana. He has worked in various capacities in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS. Sydney has developed manuals, trainings, project concepts and evaluations for the above organizations.
Sydney believes in the power of volunteerism and supports youth participation in developing their community. Sydney for most part of his work has volunteered and cannot count the enormity of experience and opportunities available to him.
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| User Joined: March 14, 2005 |
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