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International Youth Day takes place on the 12th of August, the event focuses on young peoples quest for identity and a way to find meaning and a place in the world. Bursting with energy, curiosity and spirit that are not easily extinguished, young people have the potential to change negative societal patterns of behavior and break cycles of violence and discrimination that pass from one generation. Adolescents have contributed to society by taking on a number of roles. They publish newspapers and magazines, run businesses and act as elected leaders in their schools and communities. They manage households, care for younger siblings and ailing parents. They educate their peers about life's challenges and about protection from diseases, such as AIDS, and the dangers of high risk behavior. Some work 15-hour days in factories and fields, risk their lives on the front lines of armed conflict, marry and have babies when they are still children themselves. They are imaginative, energetic and impassioned about the world and their place in it. What happens to young people affects us all.
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Adolescence is one of life's fascinating and perhaps
most complex stages, a time when young people take on new responsibilities
and experiment with independence. They search for identity, learn to
apply values acquired in early childhood and develop skills that will
help them become caring and responsible adults.
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