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Preparing Youth for Life and LivelihoodPreparing Youth for Life and Livelihood
Basic Education and Skills Training in Haiti and Timor Leste
Country OverviewsCountry Overviews
Haiti• Population: 8,706,497• Size: 27,750 sq. km
(slightly smaller than MD)• GDP per capita: $1900• Youth unemployment 40%
of youth in labor force
Timor Leste• Population: 1, 084,971• Size: 15,007 sq. km
(slightly larger than CT)• GDP per capita: $2000• Youth unemployment
47.4% of youth in labor force
What do youth need?What do youth need?
...But, what is a job?
…And, how can a job “be created”?
Youth ChallengesYouth Challenges
• Few marketable skills, minimal knowledge
• Weak undiversified economy = stiff competition for little gain
• Environment is not conducive to growth
EQUIP 3’s AnswersEQUIP 3’s Answers
Job = a way to earn a sustainable livelihood
Job Creation =
preparing youth to be more competitive in the existing economy
creating partnerships with government, private sector and local/int’l NGOs through which low-skilled youth can gain experience and opportunity (if not a traditional job)
Haiti• 2003-2010• 13,500 youth ages 15-24• No schooling or primary
school up to third grade• Urban and rural• 18 month program
– 12 months NFBE plus vocational-technical training
– 6 months accompaniment• Youth micro-enterprise• Continue formal school• Continue voc-tech• Paid internship or job
Timor Leste• 2007-2010• 2500 youth ages 18-30• Minimum 6th grade education
up to ‘some’ secondary school
• Rural• 12 month program
– 6 months work prep (on and off-the-job training)
– 6 months accompaniment• Youth/family micro-
enterprise• Continue formal school• Continue voc-tech• Paid internship or job
Results?Results?Not yet in…
In Haiti: the first cohorts of youth have entered the ‘accompaniment’ phase
In Timor Leste: we are scheduled to start our first cohorts in July 2008