What is It?
Africa U Can is a foundation born out of the need to change the lives of youths in Africa.
Mission:
Our mission is to inspire and motivate the youths of Africa to rekindle hope and build dreams, to develop their full potentials by learning new life skills and personal development to overcome every day challenges and rise to their best lives.
Objectives:
Our focus is first and foremost on students whose baseline formal education has prepared them to develop self-discipline and self-direction. We concentrate on students of secondary schools, colleges and universities. We also reach out to the youth with less educational background privileges. We simply teach them what is not taught in classrooms.
Our objectives are;
- Helping create bigger vision of self
- personal development
- dream building
- personal responsibility
- Time management
- positive attitude
- Leadership skill
- Encouraging betterment with scholarships
- Goal setting
Goals:
Our goals are to;
- Work in close collaboration with schools, universities, other non-profits organizations and government organizations
- Expand to 5 African countries by 2025
About the founder;
Elvis Prince Tognia is motivational keynote speaker and a Life Coach. He is also author of two books; Rise to Your Best Life and Light up your Life. He grew up in a tiny impoverished village in Cameroon, Africa. He had a challenging childhood marked by advert poverty and a culture of lack. He lived life in complete desperation, just like many young people in Africa, without a glimpse of hope nor a vision for the future. He Now resides in Los Angeles, California.
He was inspired to start Africa U Can after seeing thousands of African migrants perish through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea in route to Europe for a better life, causing one the worst humanitarian crisis of the time.
Every dollar raised goes toward;
1. Travel and transportation;
– Airfare round trip to the country destination of the mission
– Visa costs
– Public transportation, car rental to different cities and villages
2. Rental of venues (different cities and villages) for seminars and workshops
3. Purchases of materials such as;
– Banners
– Flyers
– Projector rental
– Writing pads
– Pen, pencils, papers
4. Administrative fees for authorization for assembly
5. Lodging and food
6. Hiring local help
7. Printed materials