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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 Kibaya�ID: 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) 

Moderator and Speaker Training Session (remove)

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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.

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Youth are engaged as change makers.

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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

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Managing domestic solid wastes in rural and

semi-urban schools

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Collecting, sorting, using:

  • Plastics (nonperishable)
  • Food waste (perishable)

For:

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

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Public Education Campaign

for Collective Impact Initiative

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

International Climate Action Challenge (ICAC)

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

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Subscribe to YTB Global Newsletter for progress report.

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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!

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  • Robert Kibaya
  • robkib@gmail.com

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YTB Animation and Theory of Change

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