Youth Employment Systems of DR Congo
The Youth Employment Systms of DR Congo, YES DRC is a DRC Youth Poverty Eradication Program hosted by ICG asbl (Initiative Congolaise pour la Gestion autonome des populations).
ICG asbl is a not for profit community organization established under the laws of the Democratic Republic of Congo with official registration number: Arreté Ministériel n° 258/CAB/MIN/J/2006 du 4 juillet 2006, published in Official Journal on September 1, 2006 and having its registered office at 5, 10th street, quartier industriel, commune of Limete, city of Kinshasa. It is also registered as Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the Ministry of Plan: Arreté Ministériel n°31/CAB/MIN.PL/2003 du 6 novembre 2003.
The YES DRC's goals include the empowerment of thousands of economically disadvantaged young people by developing a variety of short and long term educative and supportive programs to provide them with leadership and entrepreneurship development services, small micro credits and loans as start up capital, mentoring and tutoring services in order to create an enabling environment where Congolese young practitioners in the micro and small enterprise sector will develop strategic networks, share ideas, experiences, best practices.
Our domains of intervention are: Renewable energies, Information and Communication Technologies, Water and Sanitation, and HIV/AIDS.
The categories of youth we serve include both urban and rural street children, child soldiers, refugee children and other vulnerable adult youth from homeless and poorest families (aged between 15 and 35).
Since its inception, YES DRC/ICG asbl had successfully achieved a good experience story which includes (1) the provision of small loans, mentoring and tutoring services to support income generating activities in favour of 40 economically disadvantaged boys and girls from remote areas in the town of Bukavu and its peripheries of which 22 participants have become successful entrepreneurs in the sector of IT ventures, Poultry farmers, cake-making and dress-making; (2) hosted 15 capacity-building seminars; (3) a three days participative, diagnostic and planning workshop that 80 targets and collaborators attended; and (4) succeeded to organize 4 training and capacity building seminars and workshops in favour of 100 participants.
We work in fruitful partnerships with families, youth-led organizations, specialized government agencies, training institutions, UN agencies, Donors, International NGO and Civil Society NGOs to empower marginalized youth to create and improve their livelihoods, and thus create an enabling environment where they are prepared for future life as productive, contributing citizens, well-equipped to create a job or to take a job and become agents for social change.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are the most important development commitment made by the world leaders on a common stage at a turning point in history: at the dawn of a new century of human endeavour pledged to improving lots of people in awkward situation, and to protecting our shared planet from thoughtless plunder of Man. The above policy documents in turn inspired this proposal which, as national YES Campaign intervention, is to tackle the global and national crisis of youth unemployment that is manifesting itself in more than one way in our communities where youth are being recruited into local militias and terrorist factions, whether directed towards immigrants, or towards foreign powers. Indeed, youth unemployment is not an issue that we can afford to ignore. It affects our own lives and the lives of our families and friends, either directly or indirectly.
The world report on youth unemployment statistics indicates that this issue is staggering and begs immediate action. We intend to contribute towards the achievement of the MDGs and national PRSPs by providing education, skills training, micro credits, technical assistance and opportunities for self-employment and employment to Congolese youth to conduct poverty eradication programs for themselves and others.
We aim, through this intervention, to promote youth critical thinking and empower them to act effectively, and enable them to develop sustainable livelihoods and the ones of their dependents.
We are seeking for international onsite volunteers and financial support from a variety of stakeholders which will enable us to extend this program and demonstrate its soundness and effectiveness to community development agencies, and local private funding sources for future funding of the long-term program. We critically need funds and technical assistance to develop of a series of short and long term educative and supportive interventions. These support resources will constructively assist the hundreds of undereducated, jobless, exploited and economically disadvantaged young people into our new community service programs.
The challenge at this stage is to seize the opportunity, to take the risk, to realize an innovative, new, rewarding and productive future. With the strengths which have made our network what it is today, the choice is an easy one – help the community meet the challenges of the 21st century. The technical training requirement of our communities is overwhelming and mirrors the needs of most other inner city populations. The Congolese youth employment program is ready to be implemented as a national model for all inner city community organizations everywhere for building a future, uplifting individuals, creating self-sufficiency.
If you still have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at your convenient time.
I look forward to working with you and helping achieve your goals successfully.
Mr. Joel Bayubasire Djanda
Executive Director/Country Leader
YES DRC
Tel.: +243813176618
Email: joel@yesweb.org
ICG asbl is a not for profit community organization established under the laws of the Democratic Republic of Congo with official registration number: Arreté Ministériel n° 258/CAB/MIN/J/2006 du 4 juillet 2006, published in Official Journal on September 1, 2006 and having its registered office at 5, 10th street, quartier industriel, commune of Limete, city of Kinshasa. It is also registered as Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the Ministry of Plan: Arreté Ministériel n°31/CAB/MIN.PL/2003 du 6 novembre 2003.
The YES DRC's goals include the empowerment of thousands of economically disadvantaged young people by developing a variety of short and long term educative and supportive programs to provide them with leadership and entrepreneurship development services, small micro credits and loans as start up capital, mentoring and tutoring services in order to create an enabling environment where Congolese young practitioners in the micro and small enterprise sector will develop strategic networks, share ideas, experiences, best practices.
Our domains of intervention are: Renewable energies, Information and Communication Technologies, Water and Sanitation, and HIV/AIDS.
The categories of youth we serve include both urban and rural street children, child soldiers, refugee children and other vulnerable adult youth from homeless and poorest families (aged between 15 and 35).
Since its inception, YES DRC/ICG asbl had successfully achieved a good experience story which includes (1) the provision of small loans, mentoring and tutoring services to support income generating activities in favour of 40 economically disadvantaged boys and girls from remote areas in the town of Bukavu and its peripheries of which 22 participants have become successful entrepreneurs in the sector of IT ventures, Poultry farmers, cake-making and dress-making; (2) hosted 15 capacity-building seminars; (3) a three days participative, diagnostic and planning workshop that 80 targets and collaborators attended; and (4) succeeded to organize 4 training and capacity building seminars and workshops in favour of 100 participants.
We work in fruitful partnerships with families, youth-led organizations, specialized government agencies, training institutions, UN agencies, Donors, International NGO and Civil Society NGOs to empower marginalized youth to create and improve their livelihoods, and thus create an enabling environment where they are prepared for future life as productive, contributing citizens, well-equipped to create a job or to take a job and become agents for social change.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are the most important development commitment made by the world leaders on a common stage at a turning point in history: at the dawn of a new century of human endeavour pledged to improving lots of people in awkward situation, and to protecting our shared planet from thoughtless plunder of Man. The above policy documents in turn inspired this proposal which, as national YES Campaign intervention, is to tackle the global and national crisis of youth unemployment that is manifesting itself in more than one way in our communities where youth are being recruited into local militias and terrorist factions, whether directed towards immigrants, or towards foreign powers. Indeed, youth unemployment is not an issue that we can afford to ignore. It affects our own lives and the lives of our families and friends, either directly or indirectly.
The world report on youth unemployment statistics indicates that this issue is staggering and begs immediate action. We intend to contribute towards the achievement of the MDGs and national PRSPs by providing education, skills training, micro credits, technical assistance and opportunities for self-employment and employment to Congolese youth to conduct poverty eradication programs for themselves and others.
We aim, through this intervention, to promote youth critical thinking and empower them to act effectively, and enable them to develop sustainable livelihoods and the ones of their dependents.
We are seeking for international onsite volunteers and financial support from a variety of stakeholders which will enable us to extend this program and demonstrate its soundness and effectiveness to community development agencies, and local private funding sources for future funding of the long-term program. We critically need funds and technical assistance to develop of a series of short and long term educative and supportive interventions. These support resources will constructively assist the hundreds of undereducated, jobless, exploited and economically disadvantaged young people into our new community service programs.
The challenge at this stage is to seize the opportunity, to take the risk, to realize an innovative, new, rewarding and productive future. With the strengths which have made our network what it is today, the choice is an easy one – help the community meet the challenges of the 21st century. The technical training requirement of our communities is overwhelming and mirrors the needs of most other inner city populations. The Congolese youth employment program is ready to be implemented as a national model for all inner city community organizations everywhere for building a future, uplifting individuals, creating self-sufficiency.
If you still have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at your convenient time.
I look forward to working with you and helping achieve your goals successfully.
Mr. Joel Bayubasire Djanda
Executive Director/Country Leader
YES DRC
Tel.: +243813176618
Email: joel@yesweb.org