Save the Children organizes training courses on Youth capacities

SANA'A, July 24
(Saba)- Save the Children supported an awareness campaign for youth, which is
arranged by
Life Makers Foundation in Sana¿a.
The campaign, launched on Saturday, aims to raise the youth awareness on the danger
of chewing Qat, smoking and drugs and targets boys and girls between 14-24 age.
The campaign, the Youth empowerment Project (YEP) funded by USAID, is part of the
summer activities run by Save the Children and its partners in Sana¿a and Ibb
provinces.
"It includes many events such as arranging workshops, training course in life
skills, TOT trainings, distributing posters, brochures ¿etc", the coordinator of
YEP project
in Sana¿a and Ibb, Marwan al-Shabani said.
"These activities aim to empower the vulnerable youth through building their
capacity and raising their awareness in these issues especially they are the most
involved people
in such issues".
The YEP project will also fund 15 youth organizations which are YEP partners in
Sana¿a and Ibb and 17 small projects will be implemented by youth for three months.
Shawthab foundation, a partner of Save the Children, is launching in Sana¿a a
training course under banner ¿towered to work with youth through participation¿.
The training aims to provide youth with skills in the youth volunteering work and
how youth can play role in developing their communities through volunteering work.
The
training targets 40 boys and girls youth and continues for 6 days.
In addition, Save the Children- Siraj for youth leadership and development project
funded by USAID- arranges in Sana'a a four-day training course in the life skills
for
the youth and organizations working with youth which are partners for Siraj project
with participation of 24 boys and girls youth from four governorates, including
Sana¿a,
Aden, Ibb, and Abyan.
Save the Children works in partnership with Ministry of Sport and Youth towards the
protection, fulfillment and respect for all young people¿s right to participation
in
decisions and mainly Youth empowerment that affect their lives.
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