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Title: Youth TimeBanking Global (YTB) �as a sustainable and scalable approach to address waste management in new and emerging urban centers in Uganda.

Presenting author: Robert KibayaID: 43730

Symposia: 1. Urbanization and its impact on health and development

DevRes 2022

Transforming Development

Research for Sustainability

August 22 – 24, 2022

Robert Kibaya

Executive Director�Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization (KIRUCODO) 

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YTB is Youth TimeBanking

This👉 Giving & Receiving Opportunities

Builds 👉 Strengths & Community

Youth receive time credits for their school and community service.

Youth are engaged as change makers.

YTB promotes collaboration across peer groups, cross-age coaching, �and youth-adult partnership.

YTB Community CALM

  • Care: service to others
  • Apps: technology for good.
  • Learn: community literacy.
  • Make: hands-on and building.

YTB Community CALM – Care (service) + Apps (digital inclusion) + Learn (literacy) + Make (build)

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Measure

    • Nonperishables
    • Compost
    • Art projects
    • Families
    • Schools
    • Students
    • YTB Credits
    • Scholastic materials

Process

    • Co-production
    • Youth-adult partnership
    • Cross-age mentoring
    • Sponsorship
    • Storytelling
    • Equity & Solidarity
    • Restorative Practice
    • Social Inclusion
    • Youth ARE: Assets + Resources + Energy

Outcome

    • Waste management
    • Recycling
    • Compost - Sack farming
    • Citizen art
    • Better sanitation
    • Better air quality
    • Reduced litter
    • Sustainable-scalable community engagement + youth responsibility

Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections

Project: Sustainable Waste Management in Uganda

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30-second video showing young boy who decided to do something to reduce pollution.

Young men who have been separated from community want to help with recycling.

2-minute video Project leader garbage sorting, composting, sack farming.

Progress for Waste Management Project in Uganda

Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections, YTB Links

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Students write about their YTB activity Global Letter Writing Exchange (GLWE)

YTB Ugandan Youth for Environmental Care�Cross-age youth mentors

Youth-adult partnership

Managing domestic solid wastes in rural and

semi-urban schools

Collecting, sorting, using:

  • Plastics (nonperishable)
  • Food waste (perishable)

For:

  • Recycling
  • Citizen art in community
  • Compost fertilizer - garden

Public Education Campaign

for Collective Impact Initiative

12-minute video of student explaining composting process during COVID.

Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections, YTB Links

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Subscribe to YTB Global Newsletter for progress report.

2023 Virtual event and recognition to support youth involvement with Urban Waste Management Project

Youth putting YTB Global stickers on scholastic materials.

Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections, YTB Links

YTB Global virtual recognition event for Waste Management Project.

Contact Robert Kibaya, robkib@gmail.com to receive announcement.

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Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections, YTB Links

YTB Waste Management Project Activity Log and partial Report

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Youth TimeBanking: Youth-adult partnership of reciprocity & community connections, YTB Links

YTB Global Sample Activity Form and Activity Report

Sample TimeBanking Report. �

  • A youth in the Waste Management project is assigned ID “9999”�
  • Project is assigned “1000”.�
  • Link in the top left of the report is used to enter TimeBanking Activity

Click on image below to open Form in web browser

Click on image below to open Report in web browser

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YTB: inspired by Edgar & helped by many others…

YTB is Innovative

Builds Community

Benefits Youth

Works Anywhere

YTB Community CALM – Care (service) + Apps (digital inclusion) + Learn (literacy) + Make (build) – https://ytb.tiny.us/links

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  • Thank you!

  • Robert Kibaya
  • robkib@gmail.com

YTB Community CALM – Care (service) + Apps (digital inclusion) + Learn (literacy) + Make (build) – https://ytb.tiny.us/links