Save the Children's Vanuatu Youth Outreach Program
The programme provides youth with livelihoods training and encourages their participation in policy changes in Vanuatu.
- Affiliation
- NGO
- Contact No.
- (+61) 1800 76 00 11
- Address
Sharon Dann, Partnership Manager, Save the Children Australia, Level 6, 250 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia
- Email Address
- Sharon.Dann@savethechildren.org.au
- Website
- http://www.savethechildren.org.au/where-we-work/vanuatu/youth-outreach-program
1. Source of funding
Save the Children, Vanuatu Government
2. Mission and Objectives
Save the Children in Vanuatu empowers young people (with specific focus on vulnerable ones) and their communities for youth development by accessing opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, healthy lifestyles and participation.
The program aims to emphasize an integrated community development approach to empower youth for development in Vanuatu.
3. Areas of work relating to youth employment
Skills development and Social dialogue
4. Partners and areas of partnerships
Provincial Government, Department of Youth Development and Training
5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO
6. Successful youth employment interventions
1. Sustainable livelihood activities using an integrated approach that builds on the strengths, resources and capacities of young people;
2. Healthy lifestyles and effective community engagement through the transfer of life-skills (leadership, healthy lifestyle, management) to assist youth in responsible choices and decision-making; and
3. Youth participation at village, provincial and national levels for policy change in areas affecting youth through sustainable partnerships with provincial and national government partners.