Under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, The Gambia will benefit from a contribution of EUR 11 million aimed at
increasing job opportunities for youth.
Not exact matches
He said the aim of the government is to use the «Planting
for Food and Jobs» programme to transform the agricultural sector; and this would be done by
increasing productivity of the farm resources centred on small holding activities, to provide
job opportunities for the teeming unemployed
youth and to provide raw materials
for the industrial sector.
«As the Council begins our Executive Budget hearings on May 6th, we will continue to strongly push
for critical investments that will greatly expand employment
opportunities for our young people by
increasing the number of year round and summer
youth jobs, advocating
for vital legal services and workforce development skills to support our growing immigrant population and fighting to combat food insecurity in our City,» they said.
Increased job and economic
opportunities for residents would provide an alternative to the street lifestyle, and economically stable neighbors could serve as mentors, role models, and supportive coparents to local
youths.