Welcome

1. Welcome

2. Click to add title How did you manage to do it?

3. Preparing and empowering young adults to meet the challengesof life Youth Development Program in SOS Children's Villages Ethiopia

4. Click to add title Purpose of the presentation Sharing our good practices and experience

5. Click to add title Outline • What we sow • What we harvest • lesson learnt • Tips

6. Click to add title Background information • 1974 • Has been a loving home for 2400 children and youth in six SOS families • 924 – are leading independent life • 867 live in a family houses • 609 are in Youth care programs

7. Click to add title Rationale “Adolescent boys and girls need the help and support of a family while they are learning self-reliance.” Hermann Gmeiner

8. Click to add title Holistic Youth Development Program To assist young adults in building the skills and values which help them to become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and intellectually competent to deal with the challenges of life

9. Click to add title Youth Development Programme

10. Click to add title Physical Development

11. Click to add title Intellectual Development • After school program A means to improving academic achievements and academic enrichment. Tutorial program, peer education, various extracurricular activities • Career exploring Youth are exposed to a variety of possible career fields. Guest speakers, career counseling, job shadowing • Organized follow up and encouragement system

12. Click to add title Psychological and Emotional Development • Creating emotionally safe environment • Enhancing Youth Participation (Child Parliament, Youth forum) • Organizing various Cultural activities • Life skill trainings

13. Click to add title Social Development • Keeping tie with biological relatives • Community participation • Social event • Part of community networking

14. Click to add title Outcome

15. Click to add title Academic achievement improved significantly • Their appetite for education opens and they work hard to achieve higher results. • Dropout rate decreases by 100% (No youth left SOS family Care without a qualification) • Repeaters rate decreases by 95% • No. of youth who join Universities and Colleges increased considerably. • Number of graduates in various field of studies increases • Able to choose the right learning path

16. Click to add title Enhanced social life • Greater community engagement • Accept who they are • Develop positive attitude towards their community • Better life partner selection

17. Click to add title Emotionally stable • Better decision maker • Visionary youth • Well behaved, grateful • Sense of independency enhanced • Develop high self esteem • Better financial management

18. Click to add title Lesson Learned • Start at early age – be proactive • Consistently provide the supports and opportunities • Follow a holistic approach • Young adults must be engaged • Involve all stakeholders • Design youth friendly programs

19. Click to add title Lesson Learned • Adopt with the ever changing external environment • Give individual attention • Develop strong and regular rituals of appreciation and recognition of success • Assign committed, competent, passionate staff • Allocate enough resource • Leadership commitment

20. Click to add title Tips • Allow them to make a mistake and then learn from it • Talk less and listen more • Don’t pretend • Be in their shoes • Don’t tailor a coat that fit for all

21. Click to add title Tips • Be flexible • Understand them not judge them • See the “half full” • Walk the talk • Smile

22. Click to add title Thank you for listening