Vision, Mission and Objectives:
Delta Youth Movement was created to build the capacity of youth, promote collaboration, and exchange ideas among Delta Youth as well as to strengthen solidarity support for youth in difficult circumstances. The Network of DYM has since grown to over 8000 members and is a functional group in Delta State born to promote youth participation in politics, a state netwo
rk of youth activists, scholars and practitioners. DYM members are not only aim at building the future of our youth, but to build our youth for the future. DYM serves as a platform for Youth to address the importance of promoting democratic values, an avenue for sharing information and ideas and a voice for Delta Youth. DYM provides a space for youth to build better interaction/relationship with each other, to expand their views on key issues and to collaborate across all Local Government and Senatorial District in Delta State. DYM aims to support Youth participation in Delta State Politics. VISION:
A social Organization and movement to foster the greatest co-operation among Delta State Youths. A movement to advance democratic values and practices around Delta State and promote Youth Participation in grassroots /State Politics. Mission:
To serve as a platform for youth to share experiences, empower each other, advance the cause of our freedom from exploitation, abuse and oppression obvious around our political cycle, and build solidarity among members. Massively sensitize all youth from all works of life to qualitatively contribute and actively participate in bringing a change to Delta State electioneering process.
2. Strengthen the development of the movement by encouraging DYM members to identify issues affecting the lives of Delta State Youth and build state alliances for stronger collaboration to address these issues.
3. Reactivate creative potentials of Delta Youth for their economic empowerment through self-reliant projects making them assets not liabilities.
4. Raise awareness of the difficult environments that is preventing Youth from actively participating in politics.
5. Rally all Delta State Youth (Home or in the Diaspora) to work collectively as one actionable economic and political environment for the actualization of peace and justice in Delta State in order to reduce poverty, brain drain and diseases thereby developing a strong Delta State.
6. Increase the knowledge of information and communication technology among Delta State Youth by providing practical training sessions on how to use communication technology to build advocacy campaigns, and to strengthen the efforts of Delta Youth.
7. Build a network of DYM with national and International Youth organization with the sole objectives of empowering Youth politically, economically and socially.
8. Promote gender equality and education of the rural women in the course of emancipation and their empowerment. According to Allan Bloom Education is the movement from darkness to light.
9. Represent Delta Youth in national and International activities such as training programs colloquies, conferences in bid to positively change the socio-economic and political situation of Delta Youth.
10.Eradicate the socio-economic and political ills among Deltan’s (including HIV/AIDs), criminality, poverty and corruption e.t.c
11. Reach out to the state government in making the State Health Service free for all Deltan’s (No age Limit) who are within a certain income bracket in our Government Hospitals.
12.Encourage Delta State Youth to start up self- reliant projects in the domain of agriculture micro economic projects in order to reduce rural exodus.
13.Promote Delta State ethnic cultural and social heritage, creative artistic work gearing toward the creation of Arts training and exhibition centre’s.
14. Reach out to the state government to make education free from primary to university level. Together we will achieve our set objectives. Our take: A dog can bite you but you must not bite the dog.Your every movement in life must be peaceful; otherwise you lose your ethical superiority! Nonviolent civil disobedience is a genius; no power can beat it; use it when necessary. God bless the noble youth of Delta state,
God bless Delta State,
God bless Nigeria
Together we are stronger. (DYM Team).
