The Mayor of the Bo City Council, Dr. Wusu Sannoh has appointed Councilors Josephine Makieu, Alpha Bah and Alusine Kamara to work with YMCA on the Supporting Youth Livelihood Governance project intended to give young people the capacity to make them employable and hold political leaders accountable.
The Regional Project Officer of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), Southern Region, Thomas Bahungeh Kallay briefed the councilors of the Bo City Council about the Supporting Youth Livelihood Governance project that they are implementing in Sierra Leone and Liberia with Support from the European Union (EU).
Addressing the councilors during the Bo City Council Monthly Meeting held at the Council’s Chamber on Tuesday, Mr. Kallay said that the project focuses on people between 15-35 years and will provide vocational training to marginalized young people whiles at the same time building the capacity of youth and civil society organizations to engage local authorities on issues of youth employment and vocational education.
“The project also aims at bringing greater government responsiveness to youth employment issues, to address poverty and social exclusion among young people,” Mr. Kallay said. He added that the project seeks to ensure the implementation of existing youth policies and encourage greater public participation among youths in local decision making, scrutiny of local government expenditure and development plans.
According to him, youth advocacy groups will be established in Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Freetown comprising selected trained youth leaders. He said that peace clubs will also be set-up in schools. He stressed that the project will work with the local authorities to ensure that key information relating to local and national budgets and plans are disseminated to the general population through weekly radio discussion programmes.
The councilors commended YMCA for taking such project into their communities, as it will empower the youth to become self- reliance.
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