Youth for change project Final reports

Submission Date:                      Date: 25th December 2016
Subject:  final report (September 2016 to march 2017)
Project Name	Youth for Change Program in Bossaso
Project duration	September 20th 2016 to 31th of march 2017
NO Of skill options	4 Skills options (e.g. Electrical, Tailoring, Business and Beauty salon)
No of beneficiaries	90 beneficiaries (54 male and 36 female)
No of instructors	Five instructors

Overview

Youth training courses funded jointly by collaborative agencies including ILO, UNDP and UNICEF and implemented both PDO and Y-Peer to empower youth at risks categories including ex-combatants, defectors and armed groups through this vocational skill provision for peace and stability restoration. This project absolutely assisted 90 youths consisting of 36 girls and 54 boys and the community as whole.  The training activity started effective on 22 of September, 2016 and completed successfully with the close collaboration for entire project stakeholders including (community elders, project committee, local authorities and ILO officials.  This project is follow up the previous projects named Youth at Risks and Youth for Change which were implemented in major towns of Somalia and were graduated thousands of youth whose were supported with job skills, educations, micro grants and reintegrated into social life (2011-2015). This project has been focusing on 90 youth engaging with violence and crimes to be transformed into productive youth generation through Vocational training centre held by PDO and planned to be directly benefited 90 youths from the 4 chosen skills as basic electrical installation, Tailoring, Business and Beauty salon.

The first phase of the project’s were being implemented by Y-Peer whom their beneficiaries were undergoing mindset changes including social skills, literacy/numeracy, peace building, governance, Rule of Law, sporting, Islamic cultures, poet/arts norms, coaching sporting, tapping community activity volunteer services and social reintegration through RCPs’ in respective district. After youth beneficiaries from Phase 1 led by Y-Peer whom we were having a very good collaboration, meeting with minimum agreed criteria of success such as Code of Conduct, education score, attendance, hard work, behavior and social changes was commenced  2^nd Phase (Vocational Training Skills sponsored by ILO) for 4 months led by PDO, the youth beneficiaries was regularly monitored by PDO officials on how they could utilize the knowledge and skills obtained from the Y4C project and looking for other alternative of economic reintegration and labor intensive schemes for their future livelihood income and social reintegration on long term.

Since the inception of skill training in September 2016, the PDO has been engaging the success of skills development activities through its resource centre in Bossaso. PDO has put all necessary resource such materials, tools, human, classes, workshop, manuals in which most skill options can be available. The PDO has good coloration and partnership with Y-Peer NGO that also engages such social skills in which the 90 trainees of which 36 youth were females and all trainees meets with their relevant training skills like Beauty salon, Tailoring, basic electrical installations, and Business with computer literacy.PDO has experience and expertise how the dropout and antisocial elements transformed into productive members once again in the society and from that, the PDO has initiated the orientations and mobilization the vocational training skills system as precondition for ensuring the supply of skills adequately meets the needs of the labor market. The PDO has given choices for trainees as many as 90 trainees, after wards of orientation included the norms, discipline and procedures of the vocational training skills method being laid down by PDO skill training standards that complied fully with Youth for Change Project jointed by UNDP, UNICEF and ILO.

PDO has been providing the targeted trainees such appropriate apprentices that were supported to develop career skills, have access to specific further training courses, and were exposed to a range of areas across the business to broaden their understanding. Significant self-employed wage is also made, including youth development training opportunities to increase their capacity to communicate effectively with peers, local people, and local authorities as well as funding agencies. PDO considers and respect the beneficiaries when they highlight the need for greater support from small scale business, noting that small and medium companies were often better placed to employ un/skilled manpower due to their size and capacity combination. Quiet apart from planned job skills, the PDO has mutual cooperation with such businesses experience and train the trainees how to break barriers to engagement, including the susceptibility to poor market conditions, lack of familiarity with the labor market and private sectors relations requirements, concerns with poor suitability of apprentices, and perceptions of a poor return on investment. PDO advocated specific public and private support and outreach to encourage engagement to the graduated youth by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs’).

PDO has undertaken all planned activities against the 1^st installment (See break down budget) as much as ($) in accordance with the project’s goal, objectives and its milestones including orientation package, incentive trainees, payment of instructors, working vehicles, office supplies/stationeries, salaries of project staffs, cost of training items and tools and other costs. Having evaluated all tests done by trainees, they scored better grade notably in subject wise as 31 beneficiaries have been learning the skills of tailoring, 24 trainees have been learning the skills of electrical, 24 trainees have been learning the skills of small business, 11 trainees have been training the skills of Beauty salon, total of 90 trainees in 4 skill options. In addition to that, PDO gives trainees access to learn skill for adaptability, matching skills development to the needs of business, preparing young people for works, improving career guidance, building the status of apprenticeship, engaging young generation, community leadership, creating quality jobs is a priority, skills utilization must be a focus, adaptive workforce were needed for the future workforce, partnership were essentials, and other primary experiences related to the self-employed scheme. After celebration of successfully completed theoretical lessons PDO has launched practical sessions for all categories electric, tailoring, beauty salon and business with computer literate lessons and the students were happy with the training and actively participating of all sessions. PDO has conducted sensitization and orientation campaign on youth mobilization to the vocational training skills such registration, skill presentation, classes workshop where they practice their knowledge both theory and practices. PDO has launched the skill training for 90 youth beneficiaries with presence of all key stakeholders including local authorities (regional and district levels), funding agencies (UNDP/ILO/UNICEF) and implementing partner especial on job skills (PDO). PDO has prepared and made all arrangements needed by youth beneficiaries such as training materials, classes, training manuals, instructors and other primary demands. The Youth beneficiaries have selected 4 skill options such based Electrical, Tailoring, Business and Beauty salon on trainees’ choices.

Achievements

Ninety youth’s trainees for the project were studded four different potential and marketable skills and their answers on the test and class exercise or assignments were satisfactory and it was indication of their comprehension for the lessons being provided to them. Also, five qualified skill trainers were hired through recruitment procedure led by PDO, required learning materials also were supplied and class’s session’s schedule arranged. Furthermore, well prepared and monitored both theatrical and practical lessons were being given in daily basis with weekly or monthly progress tests had been taken in order to be known the level of understanding of the youth and evaluate vocational skill provision programs in general in terms of possible expected output and impacts to the youths and the community at large. At the end of the program final tests were taken and certificates were given to graduated skill trainees as a reward for their commitments and test grade and returned to society with the basket of knowledge and recovery from associated risks by re-integrated to the community socially and economically. As you might see the below pictures skill provision training  classes were practical sessions e.g. tailoring trainees were  struggling cutting, design , measurement  and  sewing activities where as electric trainees were studied installation of electric appliance with safety and risk precautions while beauty salon students were drawing

 Youth sensitization and awareness programs were conducted together with the training and teaching activities in order to convince and encourage that the learning and the knowledge skill provision programs were right bath of success. Not only the youths but also the community decision making segments in order to enhance the community involvement. The trainees were learned electric, tailoring, Business and beauty salon skills and the instructor lessons preparation and their way of teaching were monitored on daily and weekly basis as the observed the training quality is ensured. Moreover PDO has prepared classes; timetable and work schedule were established in addition to that required learning materials were supplied for each class and progress test were done on weekly basis.  

Youth for change project training completed with successfully and the students were keenly interested to learn their chosen skill training and takes well written lessons with perfect teaching methods such as direct lesson, brainstorm, group discussion, class exercise or assignment and 95% of the trainee’s responses were correct reveals that 90% were correct after the training quality control Committee (TQCC) check and verified. Therefore, in their answers we can predict that the trainee’s were understood the training topics covered during project implementation period.

Test results and improvements grade

 From the launch of the training in September 20^th, 2016 monthly test  and final exam taken in order to measure improvements made we summarized results of the training skills and graduated trainees classified by gender in each class are given the below table and chart:

#	Skill categories	Trainees gender  per class		Totals/per class	teacher’s per/class
		Male	Female
1	Tailoring	11	20	31	2
2	Electric	24	0	24	1
3	Business with computer	19	5	24	1
4	Beauty salon	0	11	11	1
Totals		54	36	90	5

Chart illustration:

Challenge

No major challenge encountered during the implementation period of the project but at the beginning the time was very narrow 20 September 2016 to 31, December 2016, but fortunately, the training extended to 31^est March, 2017. Also, Trainees were expected and interested to get some grants as the previous graduated students were given some grants by ILO. 

Recommendation

According to PDO evaluation results of the program and the community committee consultation we are suggesting the following points:-

• Continuation of such essential skills in the future the project will have long term benefits to the youths and the community at large.
• Provide some grants to the students and help starting small business  in order to create their own business
• Increase allocated time for the skill training in the future  so to enable to learn more optional skills in one project
• Expansion  of the geographical  area of the program in the future

Annexes:  training pictures and students list

S/N	Trainees’s Name
1	Rahmo Ismail Jama
2	Said Mohamed Ali
3	Farhaan Mohamed xoolaside
4	Ali Said Ali Samater
5	Mohamud Farah Elmi
6	Mohamed Adan Diiriye
7	Mohamud Mohamed Muse
8	Shucayb Ahmed Mohamud
9	Abdalle Mohamed Sharmarke
10	Khadar Hassan Jama
11	Ayaan Abshir Mohamed
12	Amino Mohamed Abdirahman
13	Abdi Shiekh Doon Jama
14	Abdi Mohamed Farah
15	Abdikadir Ahmed Yasin
16	Sabirin Aden Ali
17	Fatxi Mohemd Ismail
18	Ahmed Mohamed odawaa
19	Mohsin Mohamed Tuure
20	A/kafi Omar Jama
21	Mohamud Abdullah Mohamed
22	Ayanle Abdullah Ahmed
23	A/rahman Ahmed Salad
24	A/rahman A/ladif Farah
25	Ayaan Omar Ismail
26	Asha Ahmed Adan
27	Maryan Ahmed Abdirahman
28	Fadumo Mohamud Ali
29	Haboon Muse Salah
30	Ayan mohamud Hassan
31	Muno Ahmed Salad
32	Fardows Ahmed Abdullah
33	Ayaan Mohamud Muse
34	Rahmo Jama Farah
35	Saynab Ismail Ducaale
36	Abdirahman Omar Abdi
37	Abdisalan Abdinasir Carif
38	Jama Mohamed Nour
39	Xalwo Xaamid Said
40	Ahmed Saleebaan Ahmed
41	Abas Mohmed Mohmud
42	Salaado Ali Farah
43	Bishaaro A/rahman  Hussien
44	Fadumo abdirisaaq
45	Bashir Omar Ismail
46	Muno Abdisalan Abdirahman
47	Bishaaro Mahdi Hassan
48	Abdishakur Omar Mohamed
49	Abukar Abdi Bille
50	Abdirahman Ali Hussien
51	Abdullah Muse Aden
52	Yahye Said Mohamed
53	Asiyo Mohamed Mohamud
54	Farah Mohamed Shaciye
55	Libaan A/khaddar Hussein
56	Ahmed Bashir Mohamed
57	Mohamed Macalin Osman
58	Abdihakin Ali Shire
59	Farah Abdi Awad
60	Ismail Farah Shirwac
61	Abdirahman Mohamed Xaraabe
62	Nasrudiin yusuf Mohamed
63	Nour Deeq Ali
64	Said Moahmed Supayr
65	Ibrahim Osman Mohamed
66	Said  Abdirur   camoore
67	Mohamed Mohamud Abdirahman
68	Sharmarke Mohamed Osman
69	Mohamed Yasin Haybe
70	Mohamed Aden Ali
71	Abdirashiid Mohamed Mohamud
72	Abdifatah Mahad Ismail
73	Mohamed  Idiris Ahmed
74	Hassan Ali Mohamed
75	Ahmed Subeer Ali
76	Ahmed Said Mohamed
77	Mohamed Kayse Mohamed
78	Mohamed Hussien Abdi
79	Said Yasin Ali
80	Jaweeriyo Yusuf Abdullah
81	Kowser Bedel Mohamed
82	Mako Yusuf Bile
83	Bishaaro Mukhtar Ismail
84	Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf
85	Kaaho Libaan Farah
86	Nimco Mohamud Shukri
87	Hawo Mohamed Hirsi
88	Nimco Yusuf Abdirahman
89	Sacdiyo Shugri Farah
90	Maryan Abdirahman  ALI