About G-YouthAbout G-Youth
The Garissa Youth Project (G-Youth) is designed to create enabling
environments that empower youth in different ways through a youth-owned,
youth-led model. The project supports
youth in designing and managing initiatives that improve economic and social opportunities
for themselves and their communities, enables increased numbers of Garissan
A
cornerstone of the project is supporting the creation of a youth led organizations
in Garissa’s five locations of Galbet, Medina, Township, Iftin, Waberi by
giving them grants to create and implement projects that help to uplift and
improve their communities. The Garissa
Youth Fund provides genuine youth empowerment opportunities that provides scholarships
to further youth’s educational goals and opportunities for leadership training .
The G-Youth project is designed in a manner which
integrates activities across all the four components so the activities
complement and reinforce one another. G-Youth activities fall into the following components:
1. Youth Action: The Youth
Action component supports the development of the youth organization. This organization will facilitate the
implementation of annual youth summits and a regional youth action plan.
- Youth Education: The Youth Education activities are intended to strengthen
the opportunities of Garissa youth
to access quality formal education learning opportunities, and gain needed
skills in workforce preparedness, civic
engagement, and family life.
- Youth Work: This component strengthens Garissa youth to have access to
employment and livelihood opportunities.
- Youth Civics: The goal of this component is to empower youth with the
knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes needed
to help resolve community conflicts, work collaboratively within
ethnically diverse groups, and
constructively engage in civic activities and political life.
