Skilling Youth for Sustainable Livelihoods in Refugee Hosting Communities, Uganda
The project builds youth skills, work experience, access to financial services, and voice with local government and private sector actors.
To contribute to peace, recovery, and development in refugee host communities of Northern Uganda by supporting the livelihoods and integration of youth.
Supporting livelihoods, integration, employment access, and practical skills for marginalised young women and men in Northern Uganda.
The project supports young women and men in refugee host communities to build practical skills, access work experience, connect with financial services, and represent their interests with local government and the private sector.
- Increase access to employment for marginalised young women and men in refugee host communities of Agago and Lamwo districts.
- Improve youths' foundational, transferable, technical, and vocational skills; their access to work experience and financial services; and their ability to represent their interests among local government and the private sector.
800 youth
Lamwo and Agago
Vocational skilling, work placements, startup kit support, youth saving groups, financial services linkage, and local government/private sector engagement.
APT, FCDO, VEDCO
- Employment access for marginalised youth increased
- Foundational, transferable, technical, and vocational skills improved
- Youth access to work experience and financial services strengthened