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 โ 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
โข Young refugees are supported to enroll into Lower Secondary Education, AEP, BTVET & Upper Secondary Education.
โข Refugee youth have an inclusive and safe learning space in AEP centers
โข 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.
โข Both refugees and host communities acquire work readiness knowledge and skills