STOP YOUTH POVERTY

YOUR DONATIONS YIELD REAL INCOMES AND SMILES

With the introduction of our Career and Business Facilitation Programmes, our Transitional Internship and Incubation Programmes have reached a new level. This is mainly due to the support we received from our recurrent, old and new donors and we are very grateful.

Our last report requested for support for Larbi, Deborah and Frank. We are happy to announce that we were able to build the capacity of Larbi, Deborah and Frank as well as Isaac, Enoch and Hannah. Furthermore, we were able to place Isaac, Larbi, Hannah and Enoch within record time. This proves that with adequate and timely funding, we can put smiles on the faces on depressed unemployed youth and more importantly, give them sustainable incomes. Unfortunately, we lost our office laptops, mobile phones and iPad to a burglary, so I cannot share any pictures with you this time. We will do so in our next report.

Frank, Isaac and Larbi heard about Totally Youth from a presentation made by the CEO on different radio programme. Hannah learned about us from her neighbour who advised her to contact us for a job, while Enoch was introduced to us by Hannah. Enoch and Hannah live in the Greater Accra Region where Totally Youth is located, Frank is from the Volta Region and Isaac and Larbi are from the Ashanti Region. We therefore had to accommodate Isaac, Larbi and Frank during their capacity building segment. When Isaac and Larbi were placed, we had to transfer them to our Career Facilitation Programme, which allowed them to continue to live on our premises free of any charges. This will enable them earn enough to move out and manage on their own. Hannah lives in, where she works and Enoch is living temporary with some friends.

These are beautiful and heart-warming real-life stories, which can be repeated for the million other vulnerable unemployed youth still out there. It was not easy helping these six unemployed youth and we actually lost Deborah, because she needed more help for her business incubation than we could provide, with our scarce funding. With your support, we can help a lot more young people like her. Frank still lives at Totally Youth and has taken up part-time school to improve his grades. This will make it easier for us to place him, early next year..

You have helped put smiles on the faces and income in the pockets of four young desperate people. Please join us once again to repeat this humanitarian act that produces responsible citizens and reduces poverty and crime. If this is ypur first time reading one of our reports, please join us to put a smile on the face of a needy but worthy youth. With Christmas and New Year just round the corner, you can extend your goodwill and good cheer to at least one deserving unemployed youth. It will be the Best Gift Ever for that young person and you will be glad you did. Please give it a try at www.globalgiving.org/projects/stop-youth-poverty. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

                          MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR