Employment and training programme of young adults

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

Poverty and umemployment of the youth and ex-combatants continues to pose one of the greatest threats to sustainable peace and development. The project aims to improve the socio economic situation of marginalized youths by providing education in functional literacy and vocational skills for 500 young adults by 2011. Education is accompanied by traineeship at local companies and start-up of small group enterprises. Also civic rights are addressesed.