Fawzi (left) learns photography and editing skills at a youth center supported with USAID funding in the Shabwa Governorate of Yemen in 2022. Fawzi dropped out of junior high school to work in his father’s car repair shop and help support his family. With the help of a USAID-funded life skills program implemented by UNICEF, Fawzi was able to convince his father that he needed to stop working and focus on school.
“The program helped me to rethink about my future and encouraged me to speak with my father,” Fawzi said. “I convinced him that I needed to stop working in the workshop and focus on my school lessons.” USAID funds life skills, psychosocial support, and socioeconomic support programs for children and adolescents in schools with high dropout rates who are at risk of or affected by child marriage, recruitment to armed forces and groups, child labor, and school dropout. To date, USAID has reached more than 3,700 adolescents (2,000 girls and 1,700 boys) through these programs. In addition, more than 30,400 adolescents (19,400 girls and 11,000 boys) were reached through the peer-to-peer education and adolescent initiatives in schools.
Photo Credit: Mahmoud Alfilastini, UNICEF.
| Date Taken: | 02.15.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2022 13:13 |
| Photo ID: | 7181253 |
| VIRIN: | 220215-D-D0499-065 |
| Resolution: | 512x341 |
| Size: | 32.9 KB |
| Location: | YE |
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Education and Training
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Republic of Yemen (Yemen)
