TURNING THE TIDE PROJECT
W W W . D E S I G N F R E E B I E S . O R G
by expecting to train 1000 youth as direct beneficiaries’ and more than 10,000 indirect beneficiaries.
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During the preceding of ten years, the youth of Somaliland architected illicit journey towards Europe with intend to acquire residential and job opportunities, because of the low job opportunity available in the country.
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This illicit migration fascinated many youngsters in Somaliland to put effort how they will cross in many hazardous borders and seas. Many of them die in the way to Libya, others were raped and tortured, and many of them die in the Mediterranean Sea, while the rest were detained in work detention.
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SONYO Umbrella has become aggravated from these painful events. It become too difficult to take in their hearts and wait till the last drop of tears dry on the check of many parents, Power distraction, brain drain, knowledge extermination, and economic distraction become hurricanes facing the future of the country. The youth has become center of
Turning the Tide is the name given to this project, because the project activities make an effort to turn the youth from emigration to inhabitation. This project started with well organized youth festival congregated this disaster those who are the more than 2000 youth in crown leaders of today and tomorrow, hotel with the guest speaker of those the development of the Nuur Dalacay (real nationalist), country is on their hands. The the most popular Somali poets, emigration of powerful, educated HAVAYO Circus group, KMC young generation from the peace craven, minister of youth country has become black clouds and sports, and other honorable heading to the future of the guests provided memorable country. lectures about migration. In respond of this, SONYO formulated and drafted a proposal with the objective to resolve brain desert, unemployment, mass migration and economic lost heading to the country and the youth in generally with the help of DRC (Danish Refugee Council). DRC took the responsibility of getting a fund for this project.
The project is sixteen months project involving in Hargeisa and Ainabo, and it has four phases of intervention, three in Hargeisa and one in Ainobo. The first phase of intervention started the first week of September in SOCSA center, more than 250 participants will benefitted the first phase of the project by capacitating them the skill of sports, culture and As you can understand from the conflict management education, name of this project, the overall with the objective to educate objective of the project is to them the methodology of Somali divert the youth from doing evil traditional conflict resolution. actions, radicalism and interyouth conflict through advocacy, In addition to that, the project entrepreneurship skills and builds a key component between skill trainings. The advocacy the youth and the traditional program is airing for three leaders, those involve the peace activities interdependent with building and conflict resolution each other (sports, culture and in Somaliland. conflict management education) (Continued on page 5)
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