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YIEDIE Video: Creating Economic Opportunities for Urban Youth

Published 01/20/2016 by Global Communities

The Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative For Employment (YIEDIE) is working to create economic opportunities in Ghana’s construction sector for disadvantaged youth, implemented by Global Communities in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation. YIEDIE aims to reach more than 23,000 youth with training with technical, life and/or entrepreneurship skills leading to employment. The project applies an integrated youth-led market-systems model to improve the capacity of youth and service providers across the value chain. YIEDIE targets five of Ghana’s six largest cities – Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ashaiman and Tema with the aim of creating increased employment (including self-employment) in the construction sector by targeted youth; and fostering increased coordination and support for a better enabling environment by construction sector stakeholders. Please watch the video below to learn more about the project.

Published 01/20/2016 by Global Communities in Blog, Africa, Ghana

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