- Pathway 1: Establishing and capacitating a NYRI
network of ambassadors for resilience - The
NYRI aims to equip youth ambassadors with the necessary foundational skills and
agency to design and implement projects within their communities
that will activate the youth agenda and promote psychosocial wellbeing and
resilience of young people
- Pathway
2: Resourcing and supporting the NYRI youth network of ambassadors to offer
opportunities to vulnerable youth - The
NYRI aims to develop a strategy that ensures that NYRI alumni and young people
as well as organisations that support initiatives/programmes that build or
strengthen resilience in young people are supported and financed to ensure
long-term impact.
- Pathway 3: Advocating for data support for
resilience initiatives implemented by non-profit organisations - The NYRI aims to
identify means and opportunities for young people to access online platforms
and information in the field of youth resilience work in a low to no-cost
manner, through meaningful engagement and
consultation with key stakeholders.
- Pathway 4: Developing a framework for youth resilience work
- The NYRI aims to develop a theoretical
grounding of youth resilience that will help to coordinate and support
youth-led resilience initiatives. This research will also inform the
development of knowledge products, toolkits, and policy alignment products and
will strengthen resilience work in a more intentional manner informed by
academic grounding.
- Pathway 5: Advocating for the further inclusion of youth in
decision-making processes - The NYRI aims
to develop and implement a systemic participatory process for youth structures
to strengthen their youth activism in platforms of social responsibility and
active citizenship in order to advocate for increased support to young people
on services and programmes that promote their psychosocial well-being and
resilience.
The NYRI recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic
has immensely magnified the pressures and risks affecting young people in South
Africa and in order to effectively find solutions a holistic and inclusive
multi-stakeholder approach has been prioritised. This will ensure results in
the long term as well as alignment and synergy across various processes
resulting in an initiative has lasting impact and successful implementation.