Youth Power Program 2019-2020
ANHRE was one of the grantees of Youth Power program that is implemented in 60 communities in Jordan. The aim of the USAID program is to provide support for the youth groups in these communities in order to enable them to identify gaps regarding youth services in their local communities and design and implement initiatives that are built around youth-driven solutions, but at the same time ensuring the engagement of all community structures in the process. Specifically, it aims at: 1) providing youth with learning experiences, skills building, and opportunities to practice those skills in a safe enabling environment on subject matters under specific themes. 2) Mentoring youth to utilize problem solving and critical thinking skills to establish sustainable and innovative social initiatives and entrepreneurial hubs. 3) Engaging youth in community-based initiatives that aim to achieve sustainable development.
ANHRE supported youth aged 19 to 29 to implement initiatives in each of the targeted communities. The transformation of youth into agents of positive change is the main core of the project; in addition to the training provided by USAID YouthPower, ANHRE used the program’s toolkits and training material to provide training for youth on relevant topics and conduct ongoing coaching for the youth groups participating in the implementation of the identified initiatives in order to help them focus on the quality and relevance of youth services that exist on the level of their local communities.
The topics which youth was supported in are, but not limited to: (Project management and sustainability; Advocacy; Awareness campaigns; Problem-solving campaigns; Learning and further education; Volunteerism). The project included providing M&E support, producing content and reports about the initiatives and its impact individually and combined on each community’s level based on USAID’s YouthPower reporting requirements that are focusing on initiatives reports including: the level of youth engagement in communities, the impact on both the youth and the community and presenting success stories; the second level will be the synthesis level that will focus on the overall impact of all initiatives in a certain community showing where the initiatives integrated, completed or complemented one another, and the effect of the compiled work on the youth who led it.
Under this project ANHRE developed sign language dictionary for civic engagement concepts and vocabularies (August-October 2020)
In collaboration with deaf youth activists who already launched the “understand us in our language” campaign. ANHRE led a project to develop a sign language dictionary, including 50 glossaries/ terms used in civic education and working with youth. The dictionary included the signs and some guidelines for working with deaf youth to engage them in public affairs.
In addition, ANHRE had developed inclusive digital vocational training toolkit and material that helped youth with disability to enter the market place.