What We Do

Youth and Education

 

ADRA Mongolia acknowledges that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.

 

Feb_2008_-_IECOD.JPGADRA Mongolia provides educational opportunities for children and adults through literacy and numeracy training and life skills training.ADRA Mongolia aims to strengthen vocational and higher education institutions through support mechanism such as curriculum development activities.

 

Key Youth and Education activities include -

Life skills training, gender based violence awareness and anti-bulling programs, vocational training, adult and children’s literacy training, building capacity of Non-Formal Education centres, and disability inclusion and awareness raising.

 

Program highlight – Children’s Centre


In 2009 ADRA Mongolia took over the operation of a Community Based Rehabilitation Centre (CBRC) based in an urban settlement area in Ulaanbaatar. This centre has been running since September 2006 and has been providing services to vulnerable children with disabilities in the community. In November the CBRC commenced a two-year project, funded by Slovak Aid through ADRA Slovakia. This new project aims to improve the quality of community based services for children with disabilities and their families through capacity building of physical infrastructure and training of CBRC staff.


AGAPE


ADRA Mongolia’s AGAPE (Acting on Gender violence Awareness through Peer Education) project aims to reduce bullying in schools and increase awareness of gender based violence in school environments in Ulaanbaatar. The project cooperates with three public schools in Ulaanbaatar and has trained 60 peer educators to have skills on how to negotiate, diffuse or escape a situation of violence in their home or school, and act as a mediator in a situation of violence. Equipping students with the proper knowledge on relevant issues, and with important social skills, is expected to contribute to creating a safe school environment for students, which will positively impact on students’ academic achievement and personal and social development. The project is funded by ADRA Australia.


Family Education


The Family Education Project has entered its fourth year of a five year project. During the past three years the project activities have been implemented in 19 soums of Zavkhan aimag. The project aims to empower children who have dropped out of school through literacy and vocational training. The activities include basic literacy for adults and school drop-out children, vocational skills and life skills training, health education and small business management training. A two-stage competition complimented activities by encouraging beneficiaries to develop sound business plans, with the winning group receiving tools to support them as they start a small business.  During 2009, the project trained 125 adults in different vocational skills and literacy, and trained 100 children in English language literacy in Ider, Telmen, Uliastai, Nomrog and Tudevtei soums of Zavkhan aimag. As a result of the project activities, many small business groups are running their businesses such as providing baking supplies to school lunch programs.  The project activities are funded by ADRA Canada.


Youth Enterprise Project 4


Youth Enterprise Project 4 (YEP 4) is an integrated program which aims at poverty reduction and economic empowerment of youth. A two-month vocational skills course is combined with small business management training, as well as life and health skills which help to promote young people’s self sufficiency and personal growth.

During 2009, a total of 450 unemployed youth participated in the program in Ulaanbaatar, Zavkhan and Bayankhongor aimags. During this period the project collaborated with local Non Formal Education Centres and Vocational and Technical Colleges. Vocational skills were provided that had the most demand in the labor market, such as construction, plumbing work, farming, repairing electrical appliances, cell phone repair, and welding. More than 60% of the youth are now employed and another 10% are continuing their education in vocational colleges to upgrade their skills. During this period the project also continued its efforts to include disabled youth in vocational training programs and 45 disabled youth have participated in different vocational skills courses. The project is being funded by ADRA Australia and ADRA Switzerland.