Saved by the ballerina - and other tales of youth empowerment

This week’s report from our Upside solutions journalism project looks at efforts to embolden and inspire young people in neglected communities

Everywhere around the world, the lives of children are shaped by vast, menacing forces for which they bear no responsibility – economic inequality, ethnic hostility, the ideology of austerity.

There can certainly be no sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems if we fail to engage today with the generations who will pick up the baton tomorrow. So this week we sought examples of projects that are uniting and emboldening children and young people, be that through dance, music or play.

It’s wonderful to learn about these communities taking responsibility for their prosperity. Much better than reading yet another story about a community waiting for a factory to land on its doorstep.

Commenter MaltKelp writing below the line

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2Dx7ZMH