War Child Canada
Bridge from secondary education and skills development to job opportunities for refugee and host community youth in Uganda
Duration: 5 Years (July 2022 – June 2027)
War Child Canada (WCC) is a Young Africa Works partner working with refugee and host communities to increase enrolment and retention of out of refugees at lower and upper secondary education. WCC works with on-ground Community Based Organization (CBOs) such as CECI, CEFORD, CIYOTA, CRSD, YASR to implement the program in the refugee settlement.
Services targeting young people
• Young refugees are supported to enroll into Lower Secondary Education, AEP, BTVET & Upper Secondary Education.
• Refugee youth have an inclusive and safe learning space in AEP centers
• Refugee youth and teachers access teaching learning and scholastic materials in AEPs. Refugee youth with an interest in business acquire tailored entrepreneurship support to ideate, start and grow their enterprises.
• Both refugees and host communities acquire work readiness knowledge and skills