Supporting Our Youth

While more children in Nigeria have enrolled in primary school recently, many are dropping out before completing their education. According to UNICEF, just 54 percent of students in primary school continue on to secondary school. This holds true for Akwa Ibom State in the delta region, where CEDPA and four local partners teamed up to empower more than 1,400 adolescent girls and boys to make better life choices. The Better Life Options Program, funded by the ExxonMobil Foundation, engaged community members, parents, school officials and village leaders to support these adolescents, who improved their knowledge about reproductive health, gender, civic participation and goal-setting through the program’s life skills classes. Of those who completed the program, 50 percent enrolled or re-enrolled in formal school and others went on to obtain vocational training. Meet some of the program beneficiaries, supporters, facilitators and implementing partners.

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Date Published: 17 March 2011

Document Type: Special Booklet

Issue: Education (including Non-formal), Youth

Languages: English

Purchase Method: Download