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Business Committee Youth make up a very Skilled Labor Force in Sierra Leone, though job opportunities are lacking. Most of the Youth are self-employed, though they lack access to the tools and resources needed to sustain/grow their businesses....Read more…

Technology Committee

 Accessibility to ICT is key to providing employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for youths in Sierra Leone. Skills training in and accessibility to ICT has introduced and continues to nurture systems of communication that enables the younger...Read more…

Health Committee

 Healthcare is one of the fundamental problems currently facing Sierra Leone.  There is dire need for a complete overhaul in the delivery of health services to the entire population, particularly the youth.  Unfortunately... Read more…

 

 
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 Sierra Leone Youth Portal   Community Youth Empowerment Center 
  

 

The Sierra Leone Youth Portal is an educational portal for Sierra Leonean youths abroad and home.

 

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 CYEC 

The Community Youth Empowerment Complex (CYEC) seeks to develop the capacity of youth in each region.

 

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 National Youth Helpline   Sierra Leone Youth Diaspora Homecoming 
 Helpline

The Helpline center will be for any young person under the age of 25 years seeking emotional support.

 

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 Homecoming 

The concept of the Diaspora Youth Homecoming is a collective journey of young Sierra Leoneans from the Diaspora to Sierra Leone.

 

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September 2007

Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Conference


Sierra Leonean youth gathered in Maryland, USA on September 1st and 2nd for the 2007 Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Conference (SLYEC) hosted by Young Leaders - Sierra Leone, USA Branch.   The conference consisted of a Leadership presentation, panel discussion on reversing the Brain Drain, and 9 workshops centered on Sierra Leonean issues such as Business, Health, Education, Media, Gender Equality, Technology, Public Policy, Human Rights, Arts, and Entertainment.

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Public Policy Committee

 The general situation of youths in post conflict Sierra Leone is very bleak. The DDR program’s short-lived and un-sustained interventions have ... Read more…

 

Education Committee

Education Committee home page The impact of the war (1991-2002) on a weak education system its relation to the war, Sierra Leoneans have often commented on the relationship between too few educational opportunities and the spread of the war.....Read more…

Women Affairs Committee

Women Affairs Committee Home page Due to ethnic, cultural and religious reasons, women lack formal equality in employment, health, and economic and social life.  Education, a means of gaining general standardized knowledge is also not readily available to all women. Read more…