ABOUT CSAFRICA / GUIDING PRINCIPLES
+ CSAfrica Guiding Principles
The Coalition for a Sustainable Africa requires members employ or support the following principles.
1 Environmental Sustainability
+ Reliance on renewable, locally available resources
+ Restoration of natural resources to protect bio-diversity
2 Economic Sustainability
+ Investment in local business enterprise & capacity
+ Promote sustainable livelihoods that honor local heritage
3 Social Sustainability
+ Local empowerment and community based planning
+ Empowerment of women in planning & decision making
+ Ownership of programs by local stake-holders / citizens
+ Emphasize local knowledge in community led solutions
+ Promotion of gender equity to ensure social sustainability
4 Uphold Human Rights
+ Support the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child
(within the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
+ Child and youth focused programs which align with the U.N. conventions
5 Commitment to Education
+ Dedication to creating opportunity for ongoing education in the community
+ Development and implementation of curriculums that embrace the above principles
For membership please read more on our PARTICIPATE page, and to download out memberbship form.
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"Africa’s challenges are being tackled at different levels, and some successes have been recorded. But not fast enough.
The concepts of sustainable development, appropriate development models, and participatory development are not foreign.
We are aware that our children and the future generations have a right to a world which will also need energy, should be free of pollution, should be rich with biological diversity and should have a climate which will sustain all forms of life." 1991
Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Prize-
winning author
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