YEP keeps community life active

Youth Employment Project (YEP) launched its activities in cooperation with Save the Children organization (SC) and the United States Agency for International Development USAID, last week. The project consists of four governorates (Sana’a, Aden, Ibb and Abyan) aiming at empowering vulnerable youth in livelihood opportunities field, capacity building.

On 14th of Feb, Youth Employment Project concluded school elections in the YEP target schools (Hayial School, Omar al-Mokhatar school and Rabia’a school)in Sana’a in which around 9,000 students (males and females) participated in the election in a democratic environment, after three months preparations for the election. Today, YEP arranges training program for the students’ councils in the target schools. The training aims at building and developing students councils members’ skills in improving their own activities plans for the students councils and to know their roles in developing the learning and teaching processes.

On 9th Feb, YEP has funded an initiative for its partners in al-Braqa district, Aden. The partners (al-Fardous foundation, child protection foundation from distortion) arranged one day training for 35 youth from the vulnerable, marginalized and Somalis youth in the voluntary work and youth initiatives. The outcome of the training was conducting on Wednesday 10, Feb., a one day cleaning campaign in al-Braqa beach by the participants, coordinated with al-Braqa district and the Cleaning Fund.

Also, in Sana’a, YEP launched on Tuesday 9th of Feb, a training program in livelihood opportunities field for 100 youth (males and females) from all the districts in Sana’a for 40 days. The training aims to develop the participants’ skills in the technical and knowledgeable skills in the livelihood opportunities and marketing fields.
On 6th Feb, YEP opened its sub-office in Abyan. Official, social and media representatives attended the opening. In the launch, the YEP partners made an exhibition for their productions which was supported by YEP project.
 
In addition, YEP has funded some youth initiatives and projects in the four target governorates such as in IBB governorate, YEP has funded three Youth initiatives for three Youth foundations (Sabab Salah foundation, Life Makers Foundation, and YEP voluntary foundation) to launch a training program for 10 days (16- 26 Jan. 2010) in Information Technology, self marketing and livelihood opportunities field and preparing and writing proposals. The training targeted 80 youth participates (males and females) from Ibb University.

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