Entrepreneurship skills for livelihood improvement. Girls Leadership Programme under the Mercury Phoenix Trust was established in 2021 targeting 1,345 youth (347 Males and 998 Female) between the age of 15-24. The programme was introduced to feed the gap in the current GRREAT project under UNICEF funding where adolescent girls receive training on life skills and …
Supporting out-of-school Adolescent girls in Uganda through Sexual and reproductive Health education. Adolescent girls face many barriers in exercising their Sexual and Reproductive Health rights,. The cost of these barriers are devastating and deadly. Barred from seeking services and making decisions about their health, one to 4 adolescent girls become mothers every year in Uganda.* …
“It is important to learn as it helps to change your behaviour to help yourself and those around you and your community.” Education has the power to give girls the freedom to build their own futures. Isatu has always been fully aware of this. She lives in the Rokulan community, in the Bombali District of …
At the heart of everything we do is Youth Power. Against a backdrop of current and future challenges, our new global strategy sets out our vision and plan to support youth power to create a better world.
Youth organisations and groups have been a lifeline in crises but are under threat, says new report
Offering young people prospects for economic participation. Restless Development is partnering with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to harness the opinions, ideas, insights and lived experiences of a diverse group of young people in Uganda. The programme aims to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 4 ‘Quality Education’ by strengthening local Technical and Vocational …
We are launching the latest State of Youth Civil Society report – Youth Power in a Pandemic. The State of Youth Civil Society report is a global, youth-led publication that looks back over the past year and forward into the next to explore the realities that youth civil society and social movements are experiencing. To …
This report was guided by answering one question: How does Restless Development facilitate effective youth leadership?
Young people look up to me as a role model because of the training I received from Restless Development. Education has the power to change the lives of women and girls, on their terms. Princess has witnessed this first hand throughout her own journey as Restless Development’s Programme Coordinator in Sierra Leone. “My name is …
Enter this new writing challenge from Restless Development and the Financial Times, as part of our UK Aid Match Power Up Appeal.