Blog for Youth

In an attempt to boost the prospects of thousands of young people across the world, SOS Children is offering its services in the segments of education and practical training.

The common causes of unemployment among young people are poor education, lack of practical skills, as well as an absence of career guidance.

From Soschildrensvillages.org.uk:

For young people who have been in alternative child care, finding a job may be even more challenging.  Many young people who have grown up in alternative care have had disrupted school careers and faced a great deal of instability in many aspects of their lives. In poor areas, they may struggle to find a formal education. Without the necessary skills to gain employment, young people face a lifetime of poverty and deprivation.

Fully aware of these challenges, SOS Children work to guide young people in our Children’s Villages and the wider communities towards independence, and give them skills that will help them to find employment. We run nurseries, primary and secondary schools in areas where there is no education available. In addition, we run 109 Vocational Training Centres, which equip 17,500 young people with skills relevant to their local job market. The Centres provide accredited courses in a range of vocations, such as carpentry, textiles, cookery and agriculture. The support the young people receive also includes career guidance, to ensure that they are progressing well and help them to find a job at the end of their course.

Unemployment amongst young people is a cause of great concern for many years in all parts of the world, in developed as well as in less developed countries.

Lacoste, unlike other companies, sponsors professional athletes and reportedly paid tennis star Andy Roddick more than $5 million annually to wear the brand while competing.

The brand recently began outfitting non-celebrities, including the wait staff, bus boys, and valets at the Hamptons location of Nobu.

From NYTimes.com:

Employees at the Soho House and two Hotel Gansevoort locations — all in Manhattan — also are wearing clothing provided free by Lacoste. Outfitting concierges and waiters is representative of a broader effort to reinvigorate Lacoste, which some may associate with a bygone preppy era.

“It’s an iconic brand with a ton of history, but in the last few years I think it lost touch with the next generation,” said Mr. Walk. “It felt kind of stagnant — you respected the croc but you weren’t really sure who it was touching, how it was connecting with you.”

Over the last year, the agency has pursued a strategy of “aligning the brand with key cultural zeitgeists and influencers,” according to a promotional document summarizing its efforts.

“As a consumer, you’re sitting there and Lacoste is all around you,” said Charlie Walk, a partner at RJW Collective, a marketing agency based in Manhattan that works with Lacoste. “But it’s not in your face screaming to you that there’s a branded moment here in the middle of your meal — it’s an elegantly disruptive activation.”

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Prince Harry has decided to break up with underwear model Florence Brudenell-Bruce, his latest sweetheart.

The split came just two months after Prince Harry and Miss Brudenell-Bruce got together.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

The 25-year-old had won the approval of Royal aides and only two weeks ago they were described as a ‘dream couple’.

They were reported to have got so serious that she had been introduced to Prince William and others close to Harry which was seen as a significant step.

A source said she went ‘down a storm in the Royal household’.

One of the reasons behind the split is thought to be his commitment to his work in the Blues and Royals in the Army Air Corps.

‘Harry enjoyed spending time with friends over the summer, but he doesn’t want to be tied town in a relationship when training, so he called time with Flee,’ a source told the Daily Mirror.

Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has been detained by police at his home on Tuesday.

The detention was meant to prevent Hazare from defying authorities with a fast to the death to force tougher laws against corruption.

From in.news.yahoo.com:

Police denied the septuagenarian permission on Monday to fast near a cricket stadium because he had failed to meet certain conditions, including ending his fast in three days and ensuring not more than 5,000 people took part.

“Police have detained us,” Arvind Kejriwal, an aide to Hazare, told NDTV broadcaster before being taken away by plainclothes police in a white car.

Local media said police took Hazare into custody to prevent a breakdown in law and order in the capital as thousands of followers were due to take part in the fast.

inHazare has become a serious challenge to the government of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he challenged it over its failure to tackle corruption in Asia’s third largest economy.

Led by national president Rajiv Satav and general secretary Virendra Rathore, Youth Congress workers clashed with the police near the railway station when they were prevented from taking out a procession.

A cameraman, four policemen, and around 10 Youth Congress workers were injured in the scuffle.

From Indianexpress.com:

The police cane-charged and used water cannons to disperse the workers who pelted stones. While two YC workers — Amit Verma, Youth Congress president from Ambedkarnagar, and Surendra Fauji from Delhi — suffered head injuries, Virender Rathore fractured his right hand.

The Youth Congress had announced a “Lalkar yatra” against corruption and the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

“When Youth Congress workers were trying to move towards Vidhan Sabha, we tried to control them peacefully but they became violent and started throwing stones, eggs and other things. Four policemen, including a deputy superintendent, were injured and they had to resort to lathicharge to disperse them,” said Lucknow DIG DK Thakur.

Speculations have been mounting about the character of Ashton Kutcher ever since he was announced as Charlie Sheen’s replacement in Two and a Half Men earlier this year.

The 33-year-old actor would be playing Walden Schmidt, an ‘Internet billionaire with a broken heart,’ on the new season of the hit show, which airs on U.S. network CBS this September.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

But Entertainment President Nina Tassler would not ‘confirm or deny’ reports that Sheen’s character Charlie Harper would be killed off.

She also refused to reveal any more details of how the series would continue without Sheen, commenting that keeping ‘the mystery is part of the marketing.

‘It’s going to be a big event and I think the chatter and the conversation and the discussion is part of what the fun might be,’ she added.

However, she did confirm that Kutcher and co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones had a table read earlier this week, with the season premiere due to shoot on Friday.

Charlie Sheen, who is replaced by Kutcher, was fired from the show earlier this year after suffering personal problems and rowing with creator Chuck Lorre.

‘Sweeping’ reforms are being planned for copyright law to ensure that it would be no longer illegal to transfer music from CDs to a different format, for example a computer or an iPod.

The practice isn’t allowed in the UK, unlike most countries.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

The new legislation is aimed at opening the door to services for film and music fans and boosting the economy by up to £8 billion.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said the move will bring copyright law into line with the ‘real world’, and with ‘consumers’ reasonable expectations’.

It will also be made legal for performers, such as comedians, to parody someone else’s work without seeking permission from the copyright holder.

Mr Hargreaves, professor of digital economy at Cardiff School of Journalism, found that the 300-year-old copyright laws of Britain were obstructing innovation and growth and said a shake-up could add nearly £8 billion to the economy.

Experts have warned British women that poor lifestyle choices mean women in the country are 17 per cent more likely to develop cancer than the European average.

Estimates have revealed that about one in four British women will develop cancer by the age of 75 compared with about one in five across Europe.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

Modern lifestyles, including high obesity levels and alcohol consumption, are fuelling the higher than average cancer rate for women here, according to researchers.

Being more physically active, reducing alcohol consumption, keeping to a healthy weight and not smoking can minimise the risk of a number of cancers.

The latest estimates come from World Health Organization data released by the World Cancer Research Fund.