GARISSA YOUTH (G-YOUTH) PROJECT Quarterly Report April 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012

and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Kenya. The project aims to empower Garissan youth through various activities and interventions. During the quarter from April 1 to June 30, 2012, the G-YOUTH project implemented several activities to achieve its objectives. The Youth Action team focused on the implementation of the Youth Action Summit, which was held from May 29 to 31, 2012. Prior to the event, a series of mini summits were organized to raise awareness and excitement among the youth. A total of 530 youth attended the mini summits, and 2,800 youth participated in the larger Youth Summit. The project also continued to support the emerging youth association, the Garissa Youth Consortium, by helping the youth leaders to draft a regional action plan. The project made progress with the Youth Fund by awarding community development grants and launching the civics grants. Training, mentorship, and monitoring of the community development grants to youth associations were also conducted by G-YOUTH staff and project partner, KCDF. The Youth Work team implemented the re-adapted WRP program, where 240 youth completed WRP training. The final youth internship placement was also completed within the quarter, with a total of 68 youth being placed. The Youth Work team also organized and implemented a youth work summit, focusing on career opportunities through testimonials from businesspeople, networking, and a career fair. The Education component continued with the development and implementation of ISY activities in partner schools. ESL training of trainers was also completed during the quarter, with a total of 15 teachers trained in 11 madarassa schools. The 3rd call scholarship award ceremony was held on April 26, 2012, where 459 youth were awarded scholarships to local institutions. The Youth Civics component continued with the broadcast of the financial literacy program series in G-YOUTH's weekly live civic shows on Warsan FM. The IRI program completed the Learning for Living interactive radio lessons for upper primary students, which successfully reached a total of 27,574 upper primary school students in 68 target schools. The Monitoring and Evaluation unit conducted the post tests and teacher survey for the Youth Civics Learning for Living interactive radio instruction programs developed in collaboration with KIE. The M&E department also conducted the fifth community needs assessment survey during the quarter. Additionally, the M&E unit worked with KCDF to finalize the monitoring tools and procedures for the Youth Fund grants and continued registering youth into the G-YOUTH database. The Communications team utilized a range of strategies to reach youth, including Facebook, the project website, and Twitter. The team also utilized non-internet communications tools like radio, blast SMS messages, banners, fliers, and public announcement billboards. Basic ICT courses were held at the CRC IT lab, and a total of 77 youth successfully completed the training. Key events that impacted management and administration this quarter included the resignation of Sharmarke Osman, G-YOUTH's deputy chief of party (DCOP), in April 2012. Following Mr. Osman's departure, Ms. Amina Issa, the project's Administrator, was appointed as G-YOUTH's Acting Deputy Chief of Party. The project also experienced a transition of Caroline Riungu, G-YOUTH's M&E manager, to EDC's regional office, where she will continue to provide support to G-YOUTH as well as other projects as the Regional M&E Advisor.