Sponsor A Child Africa

Sponsored youth, Chengo Chewe from Lusaka, Zambia, Africa shares his plans for International Youth Day in New York:

I have been talking to a lot of people from all over the world about Zambia and the youth in Zambia. I am looking forward to meeting more youth and talking to them about their countries and communities. We will definitely share problems and successes we face in our various communities.

I am learning more about other youth activities that promote the Millennium Development Goals in other parts of the world. This will help me to teach my fellow Zambian youth what I learned and to do our activities like the others do to achieve maximum success.

I was so excited because I left my country for the first time in my life. I never thought I would one day fly to place where only the rich and educated go. New York is a very big city with very big buildings that seem to reach the clouds.

Definitely my life will never be the same when I get back.

Photo by Clementina Chapusha, Communications Coordinator for Children International in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa.