YPPD is a voluntary and non-profit youth-led development organization working in partnership to bring sustainable solutions to some of societies growing challenges. Operating for the past ten years, the organization is staffed by a group of young proactive youth who are convinced that development does not lie in the hands of the elderly alone, but also in those of the youths. The overarching aspiration of YPPD is to contribute to the endeavors of supporting youth-led development, conflict resolution, stability and good governance, and most importantly inclusion and active participation of marginalized groups. YPPD works to increase the capacity of vulnerable groups through training, partnership, advocacy, enhancing youth knowledge base and equipping them with skills that will help bring about meaningful changes within the communities they live. It is a platform for diverse kinds of actions committed to ending poverty and social injustice. Youth Participation
This strategic program area works to build the political and civic consciousness of youths and their level of participation in governance issues that affect their lives. The aim is to enable young people realize their potential as citizens through active participation in, contribution to and engagement with social, economic, political and cultural development processes. In acknowledging young people as trusted partners in development, as well as people with the right to life and wellbeing, we respond to the call for our youth-focused programs to address the global agenda of poverty alleviation, climate change and HIV/AIDS.

Youth Enterprise Development
This area of work represents a promising avenue for young people to create their sustainable livelihoods, supported by appropriate programs and supportive policy environments. YPPD contributes to promoting sustainable livelihoods for youths as a strategy for poverty reduction and enhancement of living standards through youth skill and enterprise development and advocacy and lobbying with key actors for the progressive creation of the requisite policy and institutional frameworks for the realisation of this goal.

Youth Networks and Governance
Our work in this area will give young people an opportunity to promote and provide practical support for the achievement of our fundamental values. The goal of this strategic program is to enhance the capacity of young people and youth networks to influence governance processes at local and national levels through strong and active partnerships with the relevant stakeholders and through monitoring the activities of state institutions working on justice and accountability issues. In this regard, we work to promote justice for children and women who are among the most vulnerable in Sierra Leone, and to strengthen the effectiveness of institutions of accountability through monitoring and reporting on their activities.

Youth Education and Training
Our work in this area recognizes that young people including youth leaders and youth servers all bring diverse experiences and rich perspectives into the learning environment and, through informal and non-formal training opportunities; create opportunities for disadvantaged youths to lead brighter lives through a system of continuing education. The idea of an educational program is to address the educational difficulties and deficiencies of young people in terms of enabling them make the meaningful changes they need within their communities. As lead agency of the Action/2015 Campaign in Sierra Leone, Youth Partnership for Peace and Development championed four major processes after the official launch of the campaign in January of 2015 (between January and March). These major activities included.

i) Mass mobilization and Official Launch of Action2015 Campaign:

Youth Partnership for Peace and Development in collaboration with Campaign for Good Governance facilitated this initiative at the national level together with the broader Action2015 National Taskforce. This in fact was a set of citizen?s voices which aimed at compelling governments at all levels to commit to ambitious and transformative action to end poverty, address inequality and ensure sustainable development in Sierra Leone.
http://www.premiermedia.sl/content/stakeholders-discuss-action-2015-fight-poverty-and-inequality
ii) Parliamentary Forum:
The team undertake held one Parliamentary Forum as a way of keeping members of parliament informed with the MDGs and Post-2015 SDGs with special committees (Development, Health, Water Resources, Budget and Finance etc) . http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/printer_200527285.shtml

iii) Media Advocacy:
Produced and aired jingles; media discussions; involving media representatives in planning processes; produced and distributed IEC materials; used community theatre and the establishment of an Action2015 Sierra Leone Media Taskforce.

iv) Policy Dialogue:
The team, between January and March 2015 successfully carried out five (5) policy dialogues with the Development and Planning Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development along with major stakeholder institutions like Social Welfare and Gender.
Yes - YPPDAnnualReport.pdf GOVERNANCE BOARD
NAME COUNTRY PROFESSION
Miss. Yeama Caulker = Sierra Leonean = Gender Programs Head, WIPNET
Mr. Reachlieu M. Allison = Sierra Leonean = Administrator, WASH-Net Sierra Leone
Dr. Augustine Park = Canadian = Professor, Post Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Toronto, Canada
Victor Lansana Koroma = Sierra Leonean = Executive Director, Health Alert Sierra Leone
Mr. Saa Matthias Bendu = Sierra Leonean = Southern District Women?s Network
Mr. Edward Jombla = Sierra Leonean = National Network Coordinator, West African Network for Peacebuilding
Mr. Musa Ansumana Soko = Sierra Leonean = Executive Coordinator, YPPD and Secretary to the Board

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