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Youth Forum: Youth trained on guidance, counseling for returnees management in Bwiam

A 5-day intensive training on guidance and counseling for youth on returnees management wrapped recently at the Bwiam ChildFund Lodge in Foni Kansala District, West Coast Region. The training was part of the collective efforts of the Gambia Government and its development partners to tackle irregular youth migration. It was also to accelerate the collective efforts to re-integrate voluntary returnees back to the Gambian society.... Read more

Gambian migrant returnees regret perilous journey

News outlet: The Standard

The Gambian migrants who have recently returned from Libya have expressed regret in taking the perilous journey, while warning other young to resist the temptation. The new arrivals were speaking last week during a weeklong orientation and capacity assessment session at the Friendship Hostel in Bakau organised by the National Youth Council in collaboration with the Gambia Immigration Department and the support of Youth Empowerment Project. The orientation centered on the economic opportunities, skill development programme and support mechanism available in the Gambia as the returnees battle to reintegrate.... Read more

EU and ITC launch job, entrepreneurship initiative for youth in the Gambia

News outlet: ITC Website

Today the European Union, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Government of the Gambia have launched a new initiative to support job creation and entrepreneurship for Gambian youth. The Gambia Youth Empowerment Project is a four-year project that will benefit from €11 million from the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and will strengthen the long-term competitiveness and viability of the country’s economy.... Read more

GYIN Gambia ELIT 2017: Expanding Youth Development Through Entrepreneurial Mentorship

News outlet: The North Bank Evening Standard

The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia) will hold its 2nd Edition of the National Youth Summer Camp from July 23-August 1, 2017. This year’s Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Information and Technology (ELIT 2017) Summer Camp will allow young people to become rural mentors in their own regions as well as other regions in the country.... Read more

Gambia: Gyin Gambia Elit 2017 - Expanding Youth Development Through Entrepreneurial Mentorship

News outlet: All Africa

The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia) would hold its 2nd edition of the National Youth Summer Camp from 23 July to 1 August, 2017. This year's Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Information and Technology (ELIT 2017) summer camp would allow young people to become rural mentors in their own regions as well as other regions of the country.... Read more

GYIN national youth summer camp Saturday

News outlet: The Standard

The Global Youth Innovation Network, GYIN, an international youth network supported by the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, a UN agency specialized in rural development will Saturday 23 July begin its youth summer camp in Jenoi.... Read more

GYIN Gambia ELIT 2017: Expanding youth development through entrepreneurial mentorship

News outlet: The Point

The Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter (GYIN Gambia) would hold its 2nd edition of the National Youth Summer Camp from 23 July to 1 August, 2017. This year’s Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Information and Technology (ELIT 2017) summer camp would allow young people to become rural mentors in their own regions as well as other regions of the country.... Read more

GYIN NATIONAL YOUTH SUMMER CAMP UNDERWAY IN L.R.R

News outlet: The Stone Circle

The second edition of the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter’s (GYIN Gambia) is currently underway at Jenoi Agricultural Farmers’ Training Centre, Lower River Region. The ten-day long capacity building program, which began on Monday 24th July, 2017, is on the theme “Expanding Youth Development Through Entrepreneurial Mentorship”.... Read more