Jambo from Kenya,

Let me pass this on that....it was time to deliver,but did we deliver? and how much did we carry back home? and how are we going to use that to work with our leaders in our respective countries,to grace lives of young people and dont feel left out?

It was such an opportunity to be in Toronto,with a well organised youth pre- conference by the Toronto Youth Force where it prepared me to have skills in dealing with adult partners in my country,working together to strengthen the partnership and I saw some of the advocacy skills we learnt working at the committment desk from different global leaders who made committments to young people and who knows.....youth participation will double up again at the next stop in Mexico city for the XVII International AIDS Conference on 3rd-8th/August-2008.

I noticed that I was missing the youth pre-conference during the main conference,and the youth pavillion served the purpose of many young people as Adults visiting the place,it was an overwhelming conference,with some and none crosscutting issues at all and thanks to the youth pavillion and the youth daily orientation...wow,they were too early though!!The updates were lifesaving if you ask me.

Bye bye to Toronto with the tiresome North and South building levels..-which made me not to attend some sessions and I was not alone...that is for sure,but the few skills I earned I believe were rich and are already in my wayforward list to start the implementation...Time to Deliver is not a slogan.....was it to you?

we are all not perfect.....lets give credit where it deserved and open more doors for youth.

Miss you all.....

From Jacky Kowa
Kenya-Nairobi