As the Commission wraps up one of its flagship programs the Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Programme (YEEP) an AfBD funded, the TVET Image Campaign component that was managed by EFSL had a colorful celebration of the TVET Week on Wednesday 25th November at the Atlantic Hall, National Stadium. Delivering the Keynote address on behalf of …
Freetown, Tuesday 17 November 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has handed over 70 fishing boats to support 1,400 youths who live in 40 communities across the 7 coastal districts of Western Area Rural and Urban, Port Loko, Bonthe, Moyamba, Pujehun and Kambia. Giving an overview, Project Manager of the Youth in …
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As the AfDB funded Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Project (YEEP) wraps up, two thousand five hundred and ninety eight (2,598) beneficiaries from Njala Bo Campus, Njala Mokonde, Eastern Polytechnic, Government Technical Institute Kissy, Ernest Bai Koroma University and Milton Margai College of Education and Technology have received completion certificates by Lattanzio Kibs, the Consulting firm. …
At the Ministry of Youth Affairs conference room on Tuesday 3rd November 2020, the Minister Mr. Mohamed Orman Bangura officially launched the Social Good Summit 2020. The Social Good Summit is held every year by the UN to bring young people together to discuss global solutions to problems within their communities. For seven years now, …
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160 youths participated in the training on ‘effective use of social media in non-violent campaigns’ across four districts— Western Area Rural, Western Area Urban, Koinadugu and Kono. This comes amidst growing concerns by the public on the misuse of social media especially by young people to share fake news that has the propensity to create …
The National Youth Commission’s flagship Programme funded by UNDP— Graduate Internship Programme (GIP) trained 445 young people who were pre-shortlisted for the 2020 GIP. The Deputy Resident Representative of the UNDP Rokya Ye Dieng has said “Youth aged 15 to 35 years, account for 33% of the country’s population of which 67% remain unemployed.” She …
