Congo DR award 72066018CA00003 · 2019 · basic education · Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

(Democratic Republic of the Congo): To increase youth resilience to the effects of conflict and violence in the eastern DRC, the Integrated Youth Development Activity (IYDA) will employ an integrated approach that includes interventions in education and economic growth. This approach ensures that youth 1) gain and apply relevant skills for improved educational and social outcomes; 2) are positively engaged in community activities; and 3) are engaged in productive, market-linked livelihoods. IYDA will empower a cadre of youth with the assets and the skills to better identify, assess, and create economic opportunities, as well as to make positive life decisions. This activity will facilitate an enabling environment at the community level that supports youth in developing a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, and empowerment. IYDA will increase the self-efficiency of 10,000 vulnerable youth; provide basic education to 12,000 individuals; support 8,000 young people as they gain work experience; and strengthen the capacity of approximately 690 teachers, facilitators, and youth literacy volunteers. All vulnerable youth receive 12 months of basic education followed by six months

Source: IATI activity description, US-GOV-1-72066018CA00003 (2018). The source's own text.