Our Work
Youth Empowerment
Young people are trained and accompanied into green livelihoods so that they can create wealth at home rather than leave their communities.
Activities
What this programme involves
- Training and assisting youths in income-generating and wealth-creation activities
- Agriculture, beekeeping, agroforestry and animal husbandry
- Creating Common Initiative Groups (CIGs), cooperative societies and Economic Interest Groups (EIGs)
- Working with primary and secondary schools on revitalising school gardens
- Environmental education
- Local volunteerism
- Youth entrepreneurship
Our Approach
How FAAFNET works with communities
- School-based clubs, gardens and nurseries as entry points
- Group formation and business skills alongside technical training
- Volunteer placements with FAAFNET activities
Who Benefits
People and groups we work with
- Local Women Groups
- Youth Groups
- Community-Based Organizations
- Educational Institutions
- Common Initiative Groups / Cooperative Societies
- Community Forests
- Farmers
- Community Leaders
From the Field
Photographs from this area of work
