UNICEF - Voices of Youth: Take action

First steps

Introduction

"My suggestion is to become a doer instead of just a hearer. And things can be done. A doer hears and accepts the need for action, working towards the common goal of the people and their concerns." Young Canadian participant, Voices of Youth online chat, November 2002

Adolescents put on a play to promote HIV awareness and prevention in Botswana.

The state of the world is such that there are an awful lot of things to be done. There are also many different approaches.

If you would like to become a doer, this section aims to help you take the first steps:

to identify the issues that matter to you most;
to inform yourself about those issues;
to think about the sort of action you want to take and the level at which you want to be involved — local, national, global, or a combination.