Youth Empowerment

Puntland, is an extremely poor region of Somalia country. Following nearly 20-years civil war, its development potential lies fallow. The illiteracy rate is high by international standards and the country education sector has collapsed; macro-level social problem-solving strategies have broken down, and the national private sector has atrophied, as have economic development initiatives at the grassroots level. Unemployment is especially high, particularly among the country’s youth. The very few vocational training opportunities available are too little oriented to actual demand and to the jobs on offer. Without a fundamental general education and the skills sought in the employment market, neither the revival of the economy and society nor the economic and social integration of young people is conceivable.