Today marked another milestone in our fight against #unem

In life, there's always an event; a moment in time that changes the course of our lives. Stories are all around us and they're happening all the time.

Because stories not only teach and explain things, but also create awareness, emotion and entertain us, we put an extra effort in helping our communities tell their stories better.

It is slightly past 10 o'clock in the morning in Budumbula Trading Centre, Kamuli District. As I wait for my hosts to pick me up, I see a group of well-able young men carry a game board and instinctively, I pulled out my camera and took a snap.

Wait a minute! What on earth are these guys up to with this board so early in the day?" I wondered. Are you thinking what am thinking? Probably. Yes, these youthful guys, like many of their peers across the nation, are going to play themselves silly in the morning.

While listening to Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation President, I heard him make one of the most profound statements of our time: "The greatest threat to our civilization is Hopelessness."

I couldn't agree more! There are lots of people who have forfeited their potential and resorted to several unfulfilling practices like drugs, prostitution, theft and many other vices because they have lost hope in the future.

Most of the problems affecting our society in Africa are deeply rooted in poverty. From street kids to hunger, child abandonment and homelessness the list goes on. Our strategy to curb them is thru skills development especially among youths who are the backbone of this great nation.