Youth Livelihood/Skilling

As almost all the developing countries continue to struggle in delivering their promises of skills development for its looming youth population, there are still very huge gaps in basic literacy and numeracy of working age populations, as 750 million people aged 15 years and above (or 18 percent of the global population) are reportedly being unable to read and write, with estimates being nearly twice as large if literacy is measured through direct assessments. Large-scale international assessments of adult skills generally point to skills mismatches as well as large variation in the returns to education across fields of study, institutions, and population groups.

As AFRIYEA we have therefore established youth training programs that are well designed to help them in learning innovations in various areas of climate smart agriculture.

Due to wrong perception of youth on agriculture, we have used the golf sport to inspire many youths to come embrace agriculture by involving them in the food systems which has opened their eyes to all the opportunities in the sector.

Most of the golf academy’s students and the entire surrounding community have been inspired, introduced and trained in climate smart urban farming innovations that can help them to grow food which not only improves their nutrition but their incomes as well.

As AFRIYEA continues to inspire and initiate more youth into urban farming, we face a challenge of inadequate resources to enable us fully equip the youth with knowledge and the best urban farming trainings.

It is upon this basis that we request you to be part of us and support us so as we are able to uplift, elevate, transform and improve the skills and lives of these youths. Every small contribution matters, thank you!