Youth Political Leadership Program (YPLP)

Accomplished Activities during the 2^nd quarter of the project:  

• Selection and profiling of 06 youth (02 girls and 04 boys) from district Dir Lower was finalized after due process. Brief bios of these selected youth will be finalized and made public during the next month.
• Meetings and consultations with young political activists at the local level were arranged for introduction of the Youth Political Leadership Program and its aims and objectives. Youth especially girls apprised the initiative and expressed interest to take part in its activities actively and get the maximum benefit of it.
• Training manuals for first leadership training were made final and pre-tested in a small group of youth in Lower Dir. After pre-testing the manual was finalized and made ready for training after Ramadan.
• Project monthly progress review and planning meetings were held in the head office. During the meeting project progress was reviewed, challenges were discussed and action plan was reviewed and finalized for every next month. 

 Challenges faced and mitigation strategies applied:

The project design is based on an integrated approach in term of the relevancy of the activities sequel and effect. The total estimated budget of the project is 50,000 USD, against this budget until we have received an amount of donation around 5,300.00 USD. The project team discussed the funding challenge and agreed to start the Youth Leadership Training in one district initially, keeping in mind the cost of the training and available funds. Later, the project will be extended to the rest of the two target districts.

• 2nd Quarterly Progress Report (PDF)