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EDC Launches New Youth Program in Mali

Education Development Center : EDC — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:20:55 +0000

Amid great fanfare, the president of the West African nation of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, launched a new national program to address youth unemployment through education and training. Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), will implement the program known as PAJE-Nièta (“Support to Youth Entrepreneurs Project”), which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under the portfolio of youth development programs known as EQUIP3.

EDC Helps Youth Find Jobs in Somalia

Education Development Center : EDC — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:16:32 +0000

EDC’s Shaqodoon project is providing young people in Somalia with the skills needed to earn a livelihood.

Tribal Youth Find Direction in Native Traditions

Education Development Center : EDC — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:42:09 +0000

Connecting with tribal elders and Native beliefs and traditions is helping court-involved tribal youth find new directions.

For Youth, By Youth

Eric Marshall — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:52:08 +0000

With support from EDC’s Garissa Youth Project, hundreds of young people in Kenya prepare to enter the workforce.

EDC Program in Rwanda Engages Youth in Silk Production

Eric Marshall — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:09:30 +0000

In Rwanda, EDC’s program to train youth in “sericulture” helps boost silk production in the country.

Haitian Youth Recount Day of Earthquake

Eric Marshall — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:55:36 +0000

Before January 12, Charlèus Louristan, Widny Laurent, and Modline Occy were working toward a brighter future by studying carrelage (laying paving stones) as participants in EDC’s Haitian Out-of-School Youth Livelihood Project (IDEJEN).Then the earthquake struck Haiti, changing their worlds forever. Despite what they endured that day, Louristan, Laurent, and Occy remained connected to IDEJEN, which turned from creating education programs and helping impoverished youth develop work skills to responding to the urgent needs of the community.Here are their stories.

“We Have Survived Together”

Eric Marshall — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:01:21 +0000

In the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake EDC’s Haitian Out-of-School Youth Livelihood Project (IDEJEN) is helping youths rebuild their futures.Widny Laurent, 18, is sleeping with neighbors under a makeshift tent at Place Boyer in Pétionville, Port-au-Prince. And he has been since January 12 when the earth—and his life—underwent a shocking upheaval.

When Text Messages Change Lives

Eric Marshall — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:47:16 +0000

EDC’s Somali Youth Livelihood Program uses text messaging to link young people with potential jobs.