Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS)
Challenge The majority of smallholders in Kenya subsist on low-input, low-output rain-fed agriculture on very small plots. Women and youth represent a large portion of…
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Sub-Saharan Africa
YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation W-GDP — DREAMS Collaboration
Challenge Mozambique has high levels of youth unemployment, particularly among young women. At the same time, Mozambique has a shortage of skilled labor in the…
Inclusive Value Chain Assessments for Youth Workforce and Self-Employment Program Design
Challenge The tourism and hospitality sector in Africa represents a significant opportunity for youth employment, yet there are few training programs focusing on building the…
Ready, Resourceful, Risk Aware (Triple R): OVC, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women/ Insika Ya Kusasa
Challenge Despite recent reductions in new HIV infections in eSwatini, the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the country remains high. The impact…
Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity (ICAN)
Challenge Communities in Uganda suffer from multiple challenges, such as poverty, food insecurity, high rates of malnutrition, disease, illiteracy, and high population growth rates. Poor governance and…
Mafita
Challenge The marginalization of youth in Northern Nigeria has resulted in a significant decrease in formal school enrollment and the inability of youth to build…
Scaling World Class Demand-Driven Training
Challenge The current pace of job creation in South Africa is insufficient to meet the demands of a youth population growing in size and becoming…
Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS I, Bridge to MARKETS, and MARKETS II)
Challenge Many Nigerian farmers and their families struggle to move from subsistence farming to small-scale commercial farming due to outdated farming practices and a lack…
Liberia Agriculture, Upgrading Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH)
Challenge From the perspective of young people in Liberia, agriculture does not offer sufficient opportunities to earn income and support their economic and social advancement.…
Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) Program
Challenge Endemic poverty coupled with household-level economic shocks hampers the ability of vulnerable households in Uganda to access education, weakens caregiver and child relationships, and…