Entrepreneurship & Business Development
Support for emerging entrepreneurs, SMEs and youth-led businesses.
Program
Youth Empowerment
CEST works to strengthen the capacity of young men and women and support pathways toward self-reliance through training, mentoring, entrepreneurship and business support. It also gives young people a platform to take the lead on the welfare, economic, social and development issues that affect them.
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Objectives
- Strengthen the capacity of young men and women so they can become self-reliant.
- Mentor young people in enterprise development and business activities.
- Provide training services and capacity building to non-formal youth groups.
- Create a network that recognises the contribution of youth and youth-led organisations to national development.
- Serve as a training ground where young people champion their own welfare, economic, social and development issues.
- Encourage hard work, determination and dedication as alternatives to drug abuse, violence, cultism and other social vices.
Who this program is for
- Young men and women
- Youth groups and youth-led organisations
- Non-formal groups seeking training
Activities
- Capacity-building workshops and training sessions
- Mentoring in enterprise and business activities
- Youth-led community engagement
- Edutainment and social programs
Expected outcomes
- More young people able to earn a living and support themselves
- Stronger, better-recognised youth-led organisations
- Young people taking part in decisions that affect their communities
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